Although we tend to go to the beach for our not-often-enough walks, sometimes we go to other places. That might be because it’s high tide and what remains of the beach is hard to walk on, or it might just be too hot for comfort. Or we might just want a change. One alternative is…
We went for a walk on the beach on Friday morning. It hasn’t happened as often as it should, I guess – but then, we’ve been busy in the garden, moving a mountain of mulch, painting, repairing edging, pulling out plants and sometimes planting them. And that all happened as we cleaned up the home…
The first rugby league game of the restarted season was played last night, signalling the start of a new phase of easing covid-19 restrictions. There were no live spectators at the match but the viewing audience via TV and on line was in millions. The TV audience was 1.6 million and the match was on…
Here we are in week whatever-it-is of self isolation. The grocery stores are slowly coming back to normal but many small businesses (dress shops and the like) have closed. I suppose without customers it costs too much to stay open. And while places like nail salons and massage parlours are closed, hairdressers here can stay…
How’s it all going on the home front, folks? Another week or so and our garden will be looking better than it has since we moved in. Bushes we should never have planted have been yanked out, trees cut back, vegies seeded, pool cleaned, weeds poisoned. As the ‘stay home’ rules tighten and the weeks…
It’s baby boomer bashing time again. It’s never too long before a new flare-up and the covid-19 pandemic has caused a resurgence. Adam Creighton penned an article in The Australian entitled Coronavirus: Perks and loopholes can’t endure as we run up debt. Be warned, the newspaper has a paywall. Australia, like most countries around the…
After a pretty horrendous summer here in Australia autumn has started with a global virus crisis. Pete and I had been looking forward to a lovely river cruise in the Balkans. But over the past few weeks our flights were changed three times, the Grand Prix was cancelled, international cricket was played without an audience,…
Brahmani kites are found all over Asia. They are medium sized raptors and although they’ll catch fish, they are quite happy to take carrion from the beach. There are a number of pairs around our beach at Hervey Bay but the ones I encounter most often range between Torquay and Tooan Tooan Creek. During nesting…
Much as I like going overseas I’m fortunate to live in a very special part of the world. It’s big enough to have a couple of hospitals and small enough not to have massive traffic jams. The weather’s usually mild and we’re only three kilometres from a lovely beach. I usually take my camera with…
The trip to Vietnam and Cambodia has been consigned to the archives and we’re both recovered from the virus we contracted, thank you for asking. Just as well we didn’t make our trip In February this year – we would have been held up by the coronavirus police for sure – and I don’t even…