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The White Sands Walk
Jervis Bay is famous for its gleaming white sand and crystal clear water. Fittingly, the White Sands Walk connects a string of beaches along the curve of the bay, from Plantation Point to Hyams Beach. We chose Green Point Beach as our starting point for an out and back walk; the beach was our first […]
Wusty the Wombat
A long travel day with not much to note as we made the familiar trip up the Hume Freeway, ticking off the exits. Sadly it was too warm for the traditional pie stop at Holbrook. We just kept driving until the petrol ran low, at Goulburn. It is always fun to see the Big Merino […]
Concrete Canvases
As always, just click on any image to see it enlarged. Another short trip to use up bookings made in 2021, and unrealised. We deferred this one until after the summer school holidays. After such a wet spring, we were wondering what the weather would hold in store, but its been a hot start to […]
It’s All About The Light
Click on thumbnails to view full size images … We luxuriated in a late morning. The temperature had reached the 30s very quickly, and a north wind was strong enough to swirl leaves and small twigs off the gums. Our destination was the Noojee Trestle Bridge, followed by a walk to see the Toorongo Falls. […]
Trees Twisted and Tall
As always, click on a thumbnail to see a full size image … Reluctantly we packed up and bid farewell to our lovely room at Peppers. Another night would have been nice … Today’s destination was Lake Mountain, the closest ski-able mountain to Melbourne (cross country, not downhill). In summer, the village becomes a departure […]
Crossing the Rubicon
At last! After a delay due to heat, then another due to rain, we finally spent the day doing what we came to Taggerty to do – crossing the Rubicon. Fortunately for us it was not a point of no return, but as we followed the aqueduct for much of the hike, the Roman analogy […]
Frog Spotting
Every holiday has one – that day when things don’t go quite to plan, so you end up doing something that you’d never even considered, and it turns out great. Today was that day. We woke to gloomy skies and much cooler temperatures. With a load of washing to do (me) and a payroll to […]
Dam Hot
Last night a gusty wind change blew through in the evening, and we expected cooler weather today; the plan was to explore the Rubicon Valley Historic Area on foot. But by the time we were ready, it was already well on the way to 30 degrees and any sign of the cool change was gone. […]
Dam Dam Dam
One of the nicer things about the house is watching it slowly light up in the morning, as sunlight and shadows interplay. Packing up required an earlier start, and we were back on the road by mid morning. The first dam of the day was a recrossing of the Eppalock Spillway. It’s quite an impressive […]
A Million Places to Put a Control
After another lazy morning (well we are on holiday, although it’s not like we bounce out of bed at the crack of dawn at home – did that for 40 years, not doing it now), we had an early lunch and set out for Heathcote, only about half an hour away. We skirted the northern […]
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