Spring in Jugiong
Sep 2019, Jugiong, NSW Continue reading Spring in Jugiong
Sep 2019, Jugiong, NSW Continue reading Spring in Jugiong
Patterson Lakes, Melbourne, Vic Nov, 2019 While it is a known fact that the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, some of us just go for a walk. Continue reading Melbourne Cup Day
I’m sure that we humans are each afflicted with a boring passion, be it stamp collecting, train spotting or being detectorists (thanks Netflix for great comedy viewing ‘The Detectorists’). Mine is iron lacework spotting. No, I don’t nick the stuff, … Continue reading Quite possibly a boring passion
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic The Railway Hotel is only a few blocks away from our camp, there’s a dog on the veranda and the timber cutting themed bistro is cool and welcoming. The ‘Seniors meals’ are huge and there’s no … Continue reading Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic Camped at the RV Stop Spot in the small Gippsland town of Heyfield we stroll to the town wetlands and take the shorter walk around the gum tree fringed lake. Cormorants are preening in the sun, … Continue reading Heyfield Wetland Walk
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic Just 22kms north of Rosedale, Heyfield in Victoria’s Gippsland region is larger than we had imagined. There’s a pub, two cafes, Chinese and Indian restaurants, a baker and a butcher who is a new bloke to … Continue reading Heyfield RV Stop Spot
Nov 2019, Metung, Vic The ‘Charles Edward 1864’ sculpture by Doug Hadaway is situated on the Lake King shore at Metung, Vic. 1200 hours went into creating this artwork. The original Charles Edward was an iron hulled paddle steamer and … Continue reading The Charles Edward sculpture
Nov 2019, Metung, Vic In a past life we spent every free moment sailing and boating on the Gippsland Lakes. Which meant dashing from work on a Friday afternoon and driving 300kms to Metung hell bent on making it to … Continue reading The Metung Pub
Nov 2019, Lakes Entrance, Vic Lakes Entrance was originally called Cunninghame, before a permanent entrance was cut in 1889 to open the expansive Gippsland Lakes and river system to the ocean. In those early days a tree high on the … Continue reading Lakes Entrance
Winter 2018, Warwick, Qld At Warwick the sky is blue and clear but there’s a wintry chill wind, even the statues are wearing woollen scarves. Parked outside someone’s house we dash into the van and do a quick change from T shirts and shorts into warm winter clothes and go off in search of a bakery pie. (Gosh it’s handy towing your wardrobe behind you). Instead of a forgettable bakery pie, we find a snippet of 1950’s Italian Australian history. The Belle Vue cafe, pressed metal ceilings, Laminex tables and matching vinyl chairs and a pretty damned good lasagne. Oooh, … Continue reading Lunchtime time travelling