Home, Garden and Sydney
The other night we were treated to a 'Supermoon', the largest it will be for many years and before a total eclipse next month. We had our third French Market in four years today and as suspected, it was bigger and better attended than even last year. We
Australian Holidays
Our last full day and we decided on an easier day, with a walk to Rainbow Lake. Some early rain and 50kph wind had subsided when we set off. I have always dismissed doing this short (4.0km) walk but it turned out to be a scenic gem. A short
Australian Holidays
Finally got round to it! We drove to overpopulated Thredbo and took the chair lift to Thredbo top where is the well known Eagle Nest cafe. From there it's a 13+ km round trip to the highest mountain Australia, last seen by us six years ago. We'
Australian Holidays
Hard to believe it's six years since we were here. The walk to Mt Stillwell (2077mts) was really scenic --panoramic views of 360 Deg at the top. Mary spotted an Alpine funnel web spider on the track --nasty things when roused. Just as we got back there was
Australian Holidays
After six years we make a nostalgic return ! Not to Pygmy Possum Lodge but Stilwell 'Hotel'--the only hotel in the area and very much a one star hotel but clean, warm, friendly and good food. A seven hour drive from Sydney today. We're here for
Kayaking
On a great day for weather and tide we paddles from Wally's Wharf to the Basin entrance at HT, to find it rather stagnant due to the sand blockages. We paddled along the shoreline, all now reinforced with huge bags of rocks, to the toilet area (of course!
Kayaking
Spurred by my last successful paddle there, I chose a very calm day today, with the right tide changes, while Mary was choir-warbling, to paddle to Bundeena for a coffee and hot cross bun. It was lovely to do it in a very relaxed way. As a bonus, the
Australian Holidays
Last year's trip failed to materialise of course, so this year we went to Sussex inlet on the S.Coast of NSW--a very popular place to retire and not do much , but there is a pleasant view. We used the SI Bowling Club as a rehearsal venue
Home, Garden and Sydney
Yesterday, in need of exercise, we went to the coastal path and arrived just as the strongest winds arrived as well. The rain felt like bullets on the small area of exposed face skin. There were new waterfalls in places I'd never imagined. The sea was rough too.
Home, Garden and Sydney
In view of last entry and having re-read the correspondence from Christmas , I thought I'd say a bit more about our involvement with the French group. To people in the UK it might seem strange, but here, anything European or from anywhere else really, is seen as
Home, Garden and Sydney
March 19th is Francophonie day so a fitting time to celebrate the third year of the local Taren Point Public School bilingual programme. The programme was started in collaboration with our local French Association , which Mary and myself help to found , starting about 8 years ago but materialising in last
Australian Holidays
Early last week we spent three nights with cousin John and Penny. Their garden had bloomed during the summer of lockdown and Mary and Penny picked buckets of quince. There were also a lot of frozen soft fruits from their plant enclosure. We had two walks--one to Jinki Ridge