Family
My luck ran out following a large dinner in a club on Thursday. By Sunday I felt a bit ‘off’ and on Monday had a cough and sore throat and tested positive by RAT. cancelled an appointment on Tuesday with a gp for skin check and the receptionist recommended that
Home, Garden and Sydney
The extreme weather event continues and now a cargo ship stricken with engine failure was adrift and at risk of smashing into our local shoreline until a Sydney tug came to tow it further out. A swell of 8 metres made it a difficult operation and at one stage the
Home, Garden and Sydney
we’ve been bang in the middle of this for over a week now and more to come . About 8 inches last night alone !
Bushwalking
On a weekend due for one month's rain in two days, all we could think of was top go for a walk! Out in the coastal sandhills of Kurnell, 15 minutes away, is the film set for another Mad max film. The last one was shot here 37
Home, Garden and Sydney
We travelled in by train with friends Steph and Matt and visited Circular Quay, the Opera House, Customs House, Museum of Contemporary Art, the Rocks and a Sydney café where I enjoyed a mulled wine--perfect cold weather for it.
Scouting
Tonight at our Scout Group AGM the State Commissioner printed me with the following certificate--it was truly unexpected, especially the 30 years! I thought it might be 20 or so. So it became quite a momentous evening, especially as there was an almost unheard of total change of parent
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Last Friday we did the Wally's Wharf to Alice Falls trip again, but this time in perfect weather for a change! The pic is morning tea near the end of SW Arm. The usual suspects all munching and chatting in true bloke-like fashion. Yesterday Mary found a
Home, Garden and Sydney
For years we have patronised this café in Cronulla, with our walking group and other times. Anna, who keeps a book blog, has a passionate interest in books and authors, has given me very helpful opinions and guidance on a range of book topics. Our ur men's Tuesday
Family
We came home to see our cat Boots, 19, sitting by the back door. Daughter Jacqui had been looking after her and warned us she seemed to have stopped eating. She was very frail and we thought she would not survive the night. She did , just, but expired peaceably later
Australian Holidays
It snowed overnight! The windscreen on our car had frozen snow on it--very hard to remove. Fortunately another friend had 'lifted' the windscreen wipers on all our cars. The immediate drive was dangerous but after about 500m descent, there was no snow and no rain. About half
Australian Holidays
An early morning pic, from our room, of the golden sun on nearby Mount Stillwell, then our 'landscape artists in residence' this week in the Lodge followed by a pic of the ice on puddles today, then a walk with friend Judy along Rainbow Lake. I thought it
Australian Holidays
A return visit to Pygmy Possum Lodge with some friends.Our lodge is on the extreme left with two grey/green rooves. First full day we took the new path to Porcupine Rocks , with some new views of them.