Sunday, 14 June 2020 Of course we expect winter to be cold and grey but with much to see and do around the region of Mandurah, WA it is no reason to be holed up inside. With woolly hats and jackets as insurance against even bleaker temperatures we set out down the coast to Preston…
Along the Newell Highway, partway between Narrabri and Baradine is an unmarked turnoff to the much-guarded, and spectacular, sandstone caves set in the Pillage Nature Reserve. Unmarked by request of the Gamilaroi people of New South Wales, custodians of the land, who are proud of their cultural heritage of which the caves were once an…
15th November 2020 How is it that when we were at work, days droned into weeks, months and years, yet in retirement, time passes so I can’t believe it has been a fortnight since our last coffee catch up? Are you well? How are you managing the seasonal changes? If we were having coffee I…
How about these crazy times? Crazy maybe, but we can still have coffee and chat about our week, or the last couple of weeks. The crazy has started to lift in some states here in Australia while for Western Australia (WA) hard borders remain closed, which is odd considering their closest state, South Australia, has…
Welcome to what was to have been another Weekend Coffee Catch Up. But you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. Well, today I’m one of the mice … After selecting photos, resizing and captioning each one, it all disappeared. So no words today because I’m speechless and my…
I hope you are having, or have had, a great weekend doing all the things that bring you pleasure and release from stress of the past week. We’ve had a busy week as we travelled the final few hundred kilometres on the Western Australian (WA) side of the border. We had a two-night stop at…
Welcome to this week’s coffee catch up. It’s an evening cuppa, after another full day and while Basil watches motorbike racing, I’m outside listening to the sounds of campers settling into their evenings. Night creatures are about and birds still chatter. It’s been a warm day in Kununurra, Western Australia but it has cooled off…
Welcome to this third week Coffee Catch Up. I wrote this in two parts so the first part was written during our stay at Barn Hill Station, the second in Broome. Before we go further I want to let the people in my home town know I’m cheering you on. Think of me as your…
It wasn’t a day for hiking one of the trails in the Lesueur National Park but we drove the 18km loop to see the early showing of wildflowers. The National Park was named for Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, a natural history artist aboard the Naturaliste on an 1801 expedition. The French Government commissioned the sister ships, Naturaliste…
This weekend coffee catch up is a new kind of post for me but I like the idea it will be informal and off-the-cuff. So, pour your self a cup of your favourite brew and let’s get into it. If we were having coffee I’d offer to share my custard-cream-filled apple turnover from the Dongara…
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