Birthdays & Anniversaries
Mothers' Day at Caryl and Will's
We (Alison and family, Caryl and Will and Mary and I) used two braziers and toasted marshmellows and made damper, around the fires, while Caryl provided sparklers, coloured bangles and food!
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Kayaking
Mary returns to paddling!
Friend Carol wanted to have another short expedition, so she and Mary shared a double while I paddled or sailed beside them. We stopped at Shiprock reserve then had the obligatory coffee at Maianbar.
Spectacles
Meeting with Mark Scott -CEO the ABC
Yesterday I met Mark Scott at a talk he gave . His insights into the National Broadcaster were very ernlightening. Mark has a background in teaching, political research, a degree in public admin from Harvard, was a senior editor at the Sydney Morning Herlad from where he moved to the ABC
Kayaking
Trip with Holly
In perfect weather we made the trip around into Gunamatta Bay and back via Maianbar. Most of the moored boats are extravagant, but a couple of 'wrecks' give a bit of character here and there, as well as one or two unusual boat names!
Family
New patio cover
After too many years, we have finally come around to changing the rear patio of the house--and eventually the garden. It got a good test in the next few days when it absolutely poured down!
Music
New Horizons -first concert
Similar to U3A, New Horizons is a global organisation of voluntary bands for retired people who want to take up a musical instrument or are returning to music or try a different instrument. Our group started about a year ago and we held our first concert in our band hall
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Anzac Day memorials plus paddle with Holly
As well as the ANZAC service at Bundeena last week, I attended the one at Cronulla, attended by about 18,000 people at 5.15am. A few of our Rover scouts also did great work as they assisted at a Rotary BBQ at the end of the service. As friend
Home, Garden and Sydney
Boral cement truck
Living near an industrial estate, there's always the risk--and today a Boral truck loaded with 20 tonnes of wet cement, rolled at a corner, squashing two parked cars flat, while their owners sipped coffee in Percy's Café! No injuries. It took two rescue trucks about
Home, Garden and Sydney
ANZAC service -Bundeena 2015
A routine ANZAC Day (April 25th) is an important date in Australia, so the 100th year anniversary of WWI receives particular attention and in Bundeena they held their service a week early. All the armed services were represented, including a fly-past. The Bundeena Band (of which I'm
Family
Visit by cousin Margaret
After the train journey, by Margaret, from Toronto (NSW!) to the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, to see Les Mis, we caught up with her and enjoyed a lunch in Chinatown. But first we noted a street performer- an 82 year old Korean man dressed as a woman, with a hula
Bushwalking
Juggler Canyon and 5 (wet!) abseils!
I met up with Cousin John at Blackheath and we drove to the start of the walk down to Juggler canyon. There were 9 of us--varying age from 18 to my age, 5 women, Sarah, Ava, Debra, Sue and Sheila and 4 men, myself, John, Geoff (Leader) and Sam-
Kayaking
Kayaking with Damien and Holly
A short trip to Mainbar with Neighbour Holly and Damien from France, who is cycling from Mongolia to Tasmania!