Australian Holidays
We arrived yesterday late afternoon and today we decided on the main Range --as the weather looked perfect--and was! The following pictures are from out side the ski lodge, then Mary crossing the Snowy River, the main range walk and myself and Mark on the top of Kosciuszco (very
Music
The Sutherland Shire Community Band conductor organised student rate tickets to see this tonight. We met at the Opera Bar first and managed to get some pics. All the ladies had dressed very nicely for the occasion. Photographs in the auditorium were forbidden, of course. It was a very light-
Kayaking
Following a sad story of unfortunate coincidences, we lost both of our double kayaks--a real blow --especially our long-standing (well, long-floating, anyway) red kayak, much used for day trips on the Hacking. We found a secondhand one owned by a kayak designer (HYBRID) extraordinaire and brought it
Music
What is it about Cronulla rock platforms and boats this year? A second stranding in a few months. Earlier in the day we had helped at North Caringbah School Fête with a Joey Scout stand and I had performed there with the SSC band. Several bands performed, one of them
Pictures for Brice
Last night we attended a French Cabaret night at a local sailing club, in fact we were part of the organising committee. The meal was excellent and the performers included a French singer and cello player, piano accompanist, accordion player and a troupe of 3 dancers--whose costumes were visually
Music
The second time our band (Bundeena Community Band) has played here. I include a few pics of our conductor for the day and a singer plus some musicians and another singer and a young man taking part in a medieval 'battle--which I missed as I was enjoying my
Family
A fast-paced variation of the game 'croquet', gateball is increasingly popular and my cousin and wife, John and Penny from Blackheath, generously came down to 1st Caringbah Scouts to demonstrate last night. The game generated a lot of interest and those wishing to follow it up are
Family
Up against a team of generally larger boys, it was never going to be easy to win the final, but they put up a spirited attack (as you can see from the action shots) and Toby managed a splendid penalty goal!
Bushwalking
Today I took a train to Blackheath to see how my cousin's house extension is going and while there we did a walk along Collyer's Causeway, part of Porters' Pass. Following the rain, we had plenty of scenic waterfalls to admire--fortunately, no leeches! The
Family
At our local beach and rock-pool, Oak Park today we met Brice and Agnès marcel and their daughter Anaïs and son Nino. The weather was nice but the water was a cold 19 Deg C!. With my waterproof camera we managed to get an underwater pic of the top
Home, Garden and Sydney
The highly scented pink Amaryllis ('so-called 'naked ladies' as they have no leaves ) the pond lily -the third to appear and the Cleomes--all feature and 2 are 'pond scenes. All in the shade of the Frangi Panni tree and its scented petals.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
A daughter who is 40? Impossible! Yet here is the party evidence from last night when about 35 of her family and friends gathered to witness the event..........which may explain some of the bizarre costumes! I chose Don Quixote--who almost no-one there had heard of. A big