July 2017, Ballina, NSW If I’m not dragging poor Woody around cemeteries looking for long lost ancestors we’re looking at intriguing graves or reading headstones to get an understanding of the history of an area. One could say that this … Continue reading Cemetery Curiosities
July 2017, Ballina, NSW Winter on the south and east coasts is whale watching time and it’s not unusual to see the tell-tale spouts on the horizon. Even more rewarding is to see them close to shore. Continue reading Whale Watching
May 2016, Near Lightning Ridge, NSW The Grawin Opalfields is a short drive from Lightning Ridge (about 80kms) and well worth the visit for the pubs and the humour. If you are a fossicker there are public dumps available to noodlers. Need an explanation? Well the professional opal miners dump their unwanted tailings at a public dump. Amateur fossickers must never trespass on mine sites but they may fossick or noodle at these public dumps. Read the signs carefully and only noodle where it is specifically allowed. Fossickers do find small pieces of opal at these places. I have no … Continue reading Noodling at Grawin Opalfields
Winter 2017, Bellingen, NSW They’re an artistic lot up on the New South Wales north coast and it certainly shows when you see what they’ve done to the showgrounds toilets. By the way, the showgrounds are excellent for peaceful overnight … Continue reading Bellingen Showgrounds
May 2017, Sawtell, NSW Bonville Creek, Sawtell, NSW Continue reading Bonville Creek
Mar 2019, Albury, NSW Time and again we cross the path of great explorers. Europeans who set off into the unknown with little more than hope and dreams in search of arable land and inland seas. People who would have seemed small and under nourished by today’s standards, yet filled with tenacity and courage. We’ve crossed Burke and Wills ill-fated route in many places on our travels. They crossed the continent from south to north only to perish part way home. Sturt, McDowell Stuart, Leichhardt, Mitchell and Hume and Hovell among others. In Albury while walking in the park we … Continue reading Hamilton Hume and William Hovell
Built in 1891, New South Wales highest lighthouse is situated on Smoky Cape between Hat Head to the south and Trial Bay and South West Rocks to the north. It’s a steep walk up from the carpark but the view … Continue reading Smoky Cape Light
Albury, NSW Fancy yourself as a baker but haven’t got a wood fired oven? Then imagine how lucky the good folks of Albury are, the city council has built them a fabulous oven and pavilion in the Hovell Tree Park down by the Murray River just for community use. Every second weekend the oven is fired up for locals to cook their breads, pizzas or roasts while an Oven Co-Ordinator watches over the oven itself. The Albury City provides details on their website. What a great idea that would be for a family get together. Smoky and warm crusty pizza … Continue reading Put another log on the fire
Mar 2019, Braidwood, NSW Forecasted bad weather forces us to leave the Sapphire Coast and cross the Great Dividing Range on the Kings Highway out of Bateman’s Bay. After a short steep climb on a very good piece of road … Continue reading Braidwood
Mar 2019, Broulee, NSW At the northern end of Broulee beach Candlagan Creek flows out to sea. Small and sheltered and perfect for kayaks and SUP’s we marvelled at the clarity of the water. Continue reading Candlagan Creek
