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Chasing the sun in winter

Pictures from this year’s road trip north escaping Canberra’s winter. Although with a changing climate our winters are trending warmer each year now. Still, it’s one of the nicer things about living on a large Island continent with a relatively … Continue reading

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Australia Zoo

An overdue visit to Australia Zoo was also worthwhile. It’s well laid out and full credit to the Irwin family for keeping the dream alive. With visitor numbers way down due to covid last year plus all the lockdowns this … Continue reading

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Sunshine Beach and Noosa 2021

It was touch and go whether I would get up there this year with covid running rampant over a large part of our neighbouring state. However a window of opportunity opened and I made a successful road trip via the … Continue reading

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Vancouver

Recent trip to Canada and the USA overseas saw Vancouver as the first major stop. It’s a diverse city with lots of contrasting areas. Gastown is worth a visit, a lot of rare sights there, like the narrowest building and … Continue reading

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Canberra Centenary 2013

The city I live in hosts it’s centenary year in 2013 with lots of events planned during the year. I hope to make it to the ones appealing to me. Although I notice there is a web site registering 100 … Continue reading

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Canberra Floriade

It’s blossom time again in my city with the annual Floriade festival which comes around every spring. Only this spring has seen some wild weather in the past week with everything from massive downpours on the East Coast to snow … Continue reading

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Fitzroy Falls

Just got back from the coast again, only this time stopped at Fitzroy Falls and took some pics. One thing that did annoy me thou was the placement of the sign labelling the falls. It was all along the front … Continue reading

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Kiama Trip

Just got back from some healthy time away at Kiama. Loved this seaside town and the local council should be commended for having all the lawn area neat & tidy. Because believe me there is a lot of lawn to … Continue reading

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Well I can tick off seeing the sunrise in East coast and set in the west coast off my Bucket list. I’m still deciding wether to cross off a drive there or not, its a long haul and as  someone … Continue reading

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Ships off shore

Caught this pic while visiting Perth last week, notice how it makes those huge tankers look like tug boats. It was anchored 4 nautical miles off shore in Fremantle. The 95,000-tonne aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and guided-missile cruiser USS … Continue reading

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