Kalorama and our travels
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2023-02 Warby Ovens National Park, Yarrawonga and Murrundindi Reserve
Yet again, we headed off to Yarrawonga, a place that keeps drawing us back because it has plenty of bird life and is so very different from Kalorama. On the way, we dropped in at Warby Ovens National Park and climbed Chick Hill. It is quite a challenging climb being very rocky and steep. One…
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2023-01 Blue Lotus Watergardens
As ever, the watergardens are a terrific place to visit. Here are shots of our visits this season. On one of the trips we were accomanied by our good friend Kate. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1
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2023-01 Point Nepean and the Great Australian Beer Festival in Geelong
In the middle of January it was the Great Australian Beer Festival again in Geelong. We were kindly invited to stay again with Allan and Lorelle and so we headed down to Geelong via the Mornington Peninsula and the Sorrento to Queenscliff ferry to avoid the city traffic. Whilst down that way, we decided to…
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2022 Highlights
We began the year by taking several local day trips to take advantage of not being locked down and to get away from our still badly damaged mountain following the June 2021 storm. We saw lots of wildlife, took many photos and back at home Hazel’s veggie garden showered us with produce. In March we…
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Over the Years
Here are some of the better shots that we have taken over the many years that we have loved wildlife and travel. They range over 5 continents and more than 30 years. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1
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2022-08 UK Trip
After 5 years and a pandemic we have finally managed to head back to the UK to see friends and family. The flight on Qatar was comfortable and the food was excellent. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1 We arrived in Lymm on the 19th August and headed down to the Saddler’s Arms to meet up…
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2022-07 Yarrawonga
After some miserable damp and rainy wintery weather on the top of Mount Dandenong, we decided to escape to the Sebel in Yarrawonga for a bit of sunshine, good food and a lot of walking. Web gallery Zonerama2022-07 Yarrawonga
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2022-05 Healesville with Kate
On a misty day in May 2022, Hazel, Kate and I headed off to Healesville Sanctuary for a day out. We left the mountain in bright sunshine, only to find that flatland, including Healesville Sanctuary, was blanketed in fog. It took a couple of hours but eventually the fog cleared and the sun came out.…
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2022-03 Ballarat to South Australia
So after weeks and months of COVID lockdowns, we really felt the need to get away. Even the risk of being with several thousand people was not enough to put us off heading to Port Fairy for the folk festival. Prior to going we had a chat with Kirsten, our travel agent and she suggested…
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2022-01 A Picnic in the Forest with Rob and Kate
Kurth Kiln regional park is about 35km from where we live and until recently had been an unexplored gem. Apart from being a nice area of bushland with the usual birds and animals, it also has a fascinating history. There is no point in me reproducing that history here, you can find it at Kurth…