Year: 2025
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Fire
Not in my beloved adopted homeland but in the country of my birth, my troubled island of Cyprus where fires broke out near the foothills of Limassol ravaging vineyards, farmyards and backyards, burning through houses and treasured belongings, threatening lives and causing whole villages to flee in terror before they are engulfed. I can’t imagine…
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The Birds, the bees and Tetra Paks
Walking into the Gallery of Modern Art I am intrigued with their latest exhibition which is called Wonderstruck. More about that another time. Today I am concentrating on one artist and one work of art on display which absolutely caught my fancy. Here it is in its entirety. Come in a little closer. Her name…
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The Stick Pea
How can anything as beautiful and ethereal as this be given such an inappropriate name ? Delving into this a little more Calliandra haematocephala gives it a better ring and yes you guessed it, its not native to Oz but come from Suriname in South America. I have never seen it used in a hedge…
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A new generation’s…
Messages of hope. From my local kindergarten on Ithaka Creek two messages for the environment and for one another. The ever changing colours of a sweetgum catches my eye as I head for a walk down the creek. Families and players gathering at the Broncos Rugby Club as the decider is played today in Sydney…
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Farewell to the island
It’s been a little different this year and perhaps not the holiday I was hoping for, but the bonds and memories continue to command the moments both with family and friends. Some memorable get -togethers, long swims in an almost empty sea, old familiar faces in the city, genuine reminders of history and belonging and…
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Shades of green
My sister is turbocharged. That is probably the best description I can think of for anyone who doesn’t know her personally. She gives 110% of herself at all times. No rest for the wicked. And so it was on a Saturday afternoon when we decided to head to the Troodos mountains for a trip down…
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Richard Groom’s Birthday Ride.
Remember Richard Groom, this extraordinary Aussie I met on a Bikeway? Well he is off celebrating his 85th Birthday. He wants to do the 160 kms Brisbane Raleigh Rail Trail https://www.brisbanevalleyrailtrail.com.au/ – heading out in the first week in June and back on the Friday, the day Stu, their son died in a car accident,…
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Pyjama Foundation
Pyjama Foundation is a charity in Australia which nurtures and mentors fostered children.https://www.thepyjamafoundation.com/ I have been a volunteer for a number of years. Just recently they organised an outing to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and gave some of the kids and their pyjama angels a day of “behind the scenes with the wildlife carers”. It…
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Paddington in QLD
This is a suburb very near me with lots of lovely homes, shops and restaurants. Some old houses with lots of character, waiting for a gentle renovating hand to give them a new lease of life. Old coloured glass and delicate stained glass framing some of the windows. I take a walk along the two…
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Winter warmers
I take a stroll in the Botanic Gardens and if you think of winter as a time of little colour or shutting down, well, you are in for a surprise. In Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens the colours are popping on this first day of winter. The Aloes are in full flower and the birds love them.…
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