Cold Tongue
We met a couple in the bar the other night and she told us that her kids never liked offal. But they always came back for second helpings of Ton Gue. Continue reading Cold Tongue
Tag: Australia
Remembering the Little Things
When you are getting on in years it’s hard to remember details. We know a bloke who’s a farmer and who’s also fond of tattoos. When a few of his cattle went missing a while back he found them on a neighbouring property. It was easy to settle the ownership dispute because their ear tag registration number just happened to be tattooed on his arm. He also has his kid’s birth dates on his leg and heaven knows what else or where. Some would call him organised. Continue reading Remembering the Little Things
Macleay Valley
Driving between the coastal towns of Crescent Head and South West Rocks one passes through the dairying area of the Macleay Valley. The Macleay Valley is cow’s paradise, the wide river flats of lush green grass and birds wading in … Continue reading Macleay Valley
The War Memorials of Albany
Albany is a perfectly situated city on WA’s south coast. Because it was the port of embarkation for the Australian and New Zealand World War One soldiers it is home to the National ANZAC Centre and a host of war … Continue reading The War Memorials of Albany
Murchison House Station
Murchison House Station is a range goat farm on the banks of the Murchison River just out of Kalbarri in Western Australia. It is dog friendly and there are plenty of peaceful riverbank camp sites. Like so many farm stays … Continue reading Murchison House Station
Tsunami Training Exercise
June 2017 – Ballina, NSW I walk to the end of the Richmond River breakwater and chance upon a tsunami exercise day. The State Emergency Service, Surf Life Saving Club and Maritime Rescue are working together to make people aware … Continue reading Tsunami Training Exercise
Caravanning the ultimate retirement activity for males
Ladies is your husband getting under your feet? Is he bored and doesn’t know what to do with himself? Is he complaining about retirement and wishing he was back at work? Is he telling you how to hang out the washing and the best way to sweep the floor? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then it’s time to sow the caravanning seed. There is so much about caravanning that will keep your hubby happy and occupied for months on end. Firstly it involves cars, big chunky cars, with huge tow hitches and snorkels (so your … Continue reading Caravanning the ultimate retirement activity for males
Night Noises
Traffic and trucks, planes and freight trains, surf pounding, rivers gurgling, waterfalls roaring, the blood curdling scream of curlews at midnight, cattle mooing, frogs croaking, bats chattering, crickets chirping, Mopokes ‘more pork more pork’ and owls hooting. Kangaroos hopping past (their tail marks in the sand next morning), wind howling, rain pelting on the roof, untimely roosters crowing far too early and the welcome screech of cockatoos at dawn on a hot summer’s morning. The sounds of the bush. Continue reading Night Noises
A Chilling Thought
Dad’s talking thermometer now lives on our caravan and it normally only talks between 8:00am and 8:00pm. However we’ve now discovered a hidden feature….we went to Drouin and stayed in the little park called Glen Cromie not far from Mt Baw Baw. In the middle of the night we were woken to be told that the temperature had just dropped or should I say plummeted below zero, to a chilly -.2 degrees in fact. Now seriously, we’d had enough trouble getting off to sleep what with freezing cold noses and all and then we get woken up to tell us … Continue reading A Chilling Thought
Looking for long lost relatives? Sometimes they’re closer than you think.
We joined a local caravan club and discovered that we were distantly related to one of the members. We’ve travelled many thousands of kilometres with one mate from our club and this year we camped with her at beautiful Nambucca Heads. Being a relaxing holiday whenever our friend had a chance she poured over Ancestry.Com in search of her Mother’s family. Her Mother had never told her children that she had been fostered thus it had been something of a shock for them to find out only recently that the family they believed were theirs were not blood relations. Needless … Continue reading Looking for long lost relatives? Sometimes they’re closer than you think.
