April 2024 I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that this really got … Continue reading Getting an Education – Gemology & Mineralogy
April, 2024 I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that this really got … Continue reading Getting an Education – Navigation, Geography & Topography
Subtitle: Do you call that a road? Apr 2024 I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this … Continue reading Getting an Education – Planning, Plotting & Project Management
Apr 2024 I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that this really got … Continue reading Getting an Education
Apr 2024, Rochester, Vic A few glimpses of our week in Rochester, the grand old buildings, the iron water tower from the banks of the river, and the everyday view from our window of a guy taking his rubbish down … Continue reading Sketches of Rochester
Day 8 Saturday 24/2/2024 Rochester, sunny cool breeze 29˚ The Rochy Show has cranked up again and as we walk over we are surprised to see that it’s even busier than last night. In the livestock sheds a well-endowed billy … Continue reading Hello Rochy – Show n Shine
Day 7 Friday 23/2/2024 Rochester, sunny 26˚ No two days are ever the same when you’re in a caravan. We drive over to Kyabram to see the silo art by Jimmy DVate. The works are on a large squat water … Continue reading Hello Rochy – Hooroo & a hoofing heifer!
Day 6 Thursday 22/2/2024 Rochester, hot 38˚ It was another hot night and a warm morning. To get us out of the van we drive into Echuca for lunch at the Old Post Office café. The air con is nice. Thinking that a drive to Torrumbarry Weir on the Murray River would be a good idea in this heat, we set off with me behind the wheel and Woody navigating. Of course, the VW navigation leaves a lot to be desired and Woody refusing to use Google Maps (his excuse being that it’s more fun to get lost) we never … Continue reading Hello Rochy – You call this fun?
Day 5 Wednesday 21/2/2024 Rochester, Warm 31.5˚ Last night was hot with a thunderstorm, which meant that just as we were cooling down, the rain forced us to close the roof hatches. Instant sauna. We drive back to Colbinabbin for lunch at the pub the one that we’d promised ourselves and discover that the dining room has a view of the painted silos and a caravan that is camped for the night in the pub’s backyard. Lunch is as good as we’d heard, and the menu wasn’t all the ‘usual suspects’ either. Woody moans ecstatically over the Spaghetti Marinara and … Continue reading Hello Rochy – A Grey Nomad’s Dream
Day 4 Tuesday 20/2/2024 Rochester, hot 34˚ It’s a pleasant morning and we take a walk into town to buy another of those delicious chooks. It’s also a chance to photograph the back of the town’s painted silo which I … Continue reading Hello Rochy – The 2022 Floods
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