Year: 2022

Birdsville’s population expands massively during the Horse Races and the Big Red Bash – The Hotel was established in 1884 and is still going very strong despite fires and calamities. Customs like this one give it a special resilience. There is hot water just coming out of the earth – it has to be cooled…

Marree is home to Tom Kruise – yah nah,  not the one most of you know, but an extraordinary Aussie who was the mailman and delivery driver for this remote region for many years. For most people living in this area of Australia contact with the outside world was hard and sporadic. Tom Kruse was…

Our travels today took us to the capital of the the Flinders area, a small and pretty town called Quorn, the backdrop to a fair few films including the Water Diviner directed by Russell Crowe.  Along the way a stop in Kanyaka Station a vibrant settlement that was later abandoned during the prolonged drought of…

We landed in Adelaide, the city with the most churches and free settlers, and soon we were on our way north heading to our destination for the day Port Augusta. The flat arable land is all cultivated, wheat, barley, oats, wild rape borders these massive fields, interrupted by spreads of purple flowers. It’s so rich…

This month’s bookclub was a wee bit different. We headed off early this morning to Surfer’s Paradise to meet Celia who was hosting us. We enjoyed the views and popped some bottles of bubbly and grazed away on cheese and nibbles while chatting about our book- lots of things wrong with this month’s choice -but…

Today I went to West End to explore the Planet Series – a chance to see the Moon, Earth and Mars in big images featuring detailed Nasa Imagery. Go along and see them at the West End Central precinct – near Harris Markets.  Buildings matching the sky  Meanwhile back home the King Beekeeper was busy…

More surprises were waiting for me. I am the loving carer of an orangutan called Koyah. Magnificent in every way and if you want to give your loved one a special gift please think about adopting an orangutan – after all 97% of an orangutans genetic make up is the same as humans. We are…

A houseful of flowers awaited me on my return from holiday. It was an unexpected but joyful meeting of the family, a warm induction into mediterranean temperatures of late August. Feasting with family and friends, meeting old acquaintances and marvelling at our advancing years, (while noting with some satisfaction, that we can use most limbs)…

Walks and talks, mountains and views, tranquil swims in the sea. Even a turtle sighting by a friend who is also enjoying this area. Time to head off to another part of the island and leave this perfect spot for now. Uppermost for todays blog the many views of the sea and the changing skies.…

The boat was a blast. We swam and bobbed about in the water and remembered many happy moments. It was time to reconnect and reflect but also laugh out loud. Here we all are with my sister and two nieces.  Onto Aphrodite and what she was up to in her bay – a lovely tranquil…