January 2022 Cable Station Walk is the name for a set of stairs scaling the cliff at Flinders. Though not the actual location of the original pathway it still gives a fair idea of the climb. In 1869 a submarine … Continue reading Cable Station Walk, Flinders
January 2022 A Sunday drive down the Mornington Peninsula to pick up a bag of mussels from Harry the Mussel Man who, I might add does a roaring trade tied up at the Flinders pier, prompted me to drag a … Continue reading Flinders on Western Port
January 2022 Walter Burley Griffin is a household name in Australia as he was the landscape architect who planned the Nation’s capital Canberra. Most Australians when visiting Canberra, curse Burley Griffin for the circular layout of the city. A layout … Continue reading Bananas in Reverse are a Pain in the Neck
Is it January 2022? There’s been such a kerfuffle on TV lately about the shortage of RAT test kits. I came across one in the back shed yesterday. Can someone please tell me, do I spit on his head or … Continue reading RATs
January 2022 Have you noticed the number of houses that have a caravan in the yard? They’re not so noticeable in the cities where people often store their vans at specialised storage yards, but out in the countryside where nearly … Continue reading Caravans in Backyards
1 Rendlesham Avenue, Mt Eliza Back in 1957, the then owners of this house had a house guest. An English-born aeronautical engineer and prolific writer who had moved to Melbourne after the war. He penned a novel during his stay … Continue reading When Hollywood Came to Town
January 2022 38 Hectares (94 acres) of swampland on the south bank of the Yarra River was set aside in 1846 for the development of what was to become the green heart of the city. Under the directorship of Ferdinand … Continue reading Glimpses of Melbourne – Royal Botanic Gardens
January 2022 Forty Kilometres south of Melbourne CBD the oldest house in the suburb of Frankston was built in 1855 for the Liardet family. Surrounded by gardens it is a French-style farmhouse that would once have had views of Port … Continue reading Ballam Park Homestead
The other night they were telling us on the TV that it seems that the Moderna vaccine might cure warts. Well, what a load of codswallop that is! I’ve got more warts and barnacles than an old whale and not … Continue reading Pull the other leg
January 2022 It’s summer in Melbourne and the Red Flowering Gums are splendid. The bees are kept busy all day and in the evenings the lorikeets, more colourful than the flowers, squawk raucously as they feed on the nectar. Continue reading Red Flowering Gums
