Bushwalking
Today, following an overnight camp at Camp Coutts, I joined our French Group for the Forest Path walk, lead by Ludivine. The walk was again a real pleasure on a hot day. as there is so much shade and the forest does look spectacular. There was even some faint odour
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With Friends Roger and Lorraine, we took our grandchildren and two of their friends on this coastal walk, although the temptation to get into the surf cut the children's walk short at Tamarama beach! Right at the start we came across a beautiful cuttlefish trapped in a large
Bushwalking
Today we walked for an hour along the 'Forest Path' in the local Royal National Park, with Caryl, Will and Michael, in splendid weather. This pic is of me down some steps near a stream, taken by Michael, who later brought Mary and me up to date on
Bushwalking
After the fires that took place here, cousin John and I drove Hat Hill Road to see what the extent of the damage there was. Most pics are from 'Anvil Rock'. The most damaged area visible was where the back-burning had occurred.
Bushwalking
Today we went, in the rain, to the Blue Mountains and after plying with coffee and gentle persuasion, Emma and Bella agreed to visit the depths of Empress Canyon. A much more meaningful Blue Mountains experience than sight-seeing the famed 'Three Sisters' They were very brave! The
Bushwalking
In bright sunny weather we set off from Kurnell -Solander Point (birthplace of modern Australia) and walked the coastal path to Cronulla, som 10 Kms, with Agnés and thier visitor from Vercors, Océane, who is here for a couple of months in the French school holidays. A lot of the
Bushwalking
Today 10 of us met at Bundeena wharf (some by ferry, some by car) to walk via the Bundeena foreshore, to the aboriginal rock carvings and along the coast for a few Kms. The carvings are very ancient and eroding --but visible enough. You have to look closeley at the
Bushwalking
While Mary slept off a heavy cold, I continued with a walk we had planned to join with friends from our French group, Ludivine, Agnès, Helen and Greg. The weather was perfect and the route took us through widely varying vegetation, coastal plains, forests, palm jungle and temperate rain forest.
Australian Holidays
Today we drove 10kms on dirt road then walked out to a promontory called Lockley Pylon--which is not a pylon. There were dramatic views of the grose Valley and a panoramic 360 Deg view, in great weather--15 Deg C. Unfortunately some nasty flies bit me and I now
Australian Holidays
John painted their new extension and Penny visited Katoomba. Mary and I did the Evans Head walk and on arrival at Govatts Leap lookout we heard a group of three people speaking French. We spoke to them and the the fourth person, a man standing nearby, said in a very
Bushwalking
The next pics will be from Blue Mountains --where it will be somewhat cooler than here!
Australian Holidays
As if doing it once wasn't enough--for some mad reason, Mary, Roger and I decided to do it all again--clockwise this time! We set off at 8.50am and returned about 4.30pm. The weather was about perfect and there were far fewer people on the