#australia

Got a homecoming lunch to prepare for and attend. Not really a homecoming - our friend's daughter has a wedding to attend for on of her Australian Navy colleagues. Making a round trip visit to her family

Notes I love it went an architect actually put some thought in something a mundane as a car park entry, particularly one like this hidden done an alleyway, not in the vista that most people see, of course

A different day lining up. Combined 4 year old/3 year old birthday party in the afternoon. My wife headed out early to get a few things for the party and for presents for her grandson. My morning taken

They didn't tokenize the coal. AGL's 500 MW / 1,000 MWh battery on the former Liddell coal station in New South Wales has reached full commercial operations. The coal plant was 2,000 MW and closed in April

A warmer day coming up. Chance to go back to check on the pink sun orchid I checked on Wednesday. My friend agreed to meet me - we have shared a lot of orchid sightings but never met face to face. We met

Hello friends, I hope you are doing well. Welcome to my new post. Oceania is a continent in our world and one of its countries is Australia. Which is known to everyone as a rich and large country in the

Narromine was my 60th different event. It was our second parkrun in two days because this Saturday back in early 2021 wa

I've shot Lake Beeac a few times, (Lake Beeac is in Western Victoria, about an hour and half outside of Melbourne for those of you who like to know these sorts of things) Most of the time I choose to present

Here are some more beautiful photos of our lovely Saratoga on the Central Coast of NSW on a Sunny Thursday morning On The Way Home we also made a quick stop literally around the corner from me, I got lucky

We took a quick break, then with all my limited strength and determination (I am currently quite sick with my genetic syndrome that you ccan read about in other posts), we then hopped in the car and did

For the past couple of days I have gone on some quick, local photography missions around our local area of the Central Coast of NSW. The first lot of photos come from point clare. Without further ado,

It's a pickleball day - played a different venue to the last few weeks. Played Frenchs Forest before - close to where we first lived in Sydney and where my children first went to school. A more gentle

A different day lining up - we are looking after my wife's grandson for the day. Always going to be a busy day - playing cars on the floor, keeping him quiet while ouma is doing work calls, watching kids

Covid, large crowds and people rushing to get between two events brought the end to the New Years Day doubles. It was a

Was supposed to be a quiet at home day. Got on top of the week's investing stuff and most of the investing blog. Getting frustrated with Reckon Personal Plus software - getting really slow in one portfolio.

Notes The romance of travel reduced to a night in crappy, slightly dirty, definitely overpriced room on the edge of the airport where the view is of fast food restaurants and just out of frame, private

In need of an easy day. It is the fortnightly church Op Shop day. We walked up there a little earlier than normal. Wander around - bought one toy for Ollie - and got to coffee shop in time for the free

I thought nobody but Americans enjoyed NFL?

Woke to a grey sky day with sun forecast later on. My wife headed out for a sewing session early. Was aiming for a quiet day - local walk vs trip to walk flat in the city. Knee is improving Did the local

If you'd asked me how many parkruns I might do when someone first encouraged me to go to this "parkrun" thing back in January 2017, I might have guessed that I'd get to 50. While it took me til