Quick bits from a 30’s magazine

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Edit: This is actually my 100th post. Yipee I made it this far!!
Want to go back in time? Here is the front cover of a 1933 edition of The Australian Women’s Mirror. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of it on top of my washing machine for some reason. The miscellaneous modern paper [...]

A few kangaroos loose in the top paddock

Interesting sighting today. I saw a tough looking bald bloke striding along the street wearing a faded pink singlet and dark blue knee length shorts. Then I noticed his feet. He was wearing thongs (flip flops) – the unusual thing was that one thong was dark blue to match the shorts and one thong [...]

It’s like a giant rusty toy yard

I found these old characters in a yard in Alexandra in country Victoria. They make me think of the fantastic metal toy trucks my brother had as a child. His toys were loved. They made holes and trundled down stone steps. Mum would call and they’d sit out in the evening rain glistening [...]

Which side are you on boys?

Eight hours work. Eight hours recreation. Eight hours sleep.
I passed this monument the other day walking down Swanston St past the union buildings and cafes. Somehow, I have never noticed it before but it attracted my attention this time, maybe serendipitiously, while ‘Work Choices’ is being binned.
The monument is dedicated to James Galloway, the [...]

Yackandandah

Well, finally it is time to go to Yackandandah or Yack as the locals call it. I said I would go there earlier but the truth is that as soon as I did an incredible period of blog block descended. I have no idea why although I dreamt about Beechworth the other day ( [...]

Wildlife in the heart of Melbourne and the sins of the city

What beautiful eyes you have you big grey bird. Doesn’t nature have the most accomplished aesthetic sense? This exquisite bird was parading about before 9.00 am on the banks of the Yarra in front of the South Bank restaurant precinct.
What was it looking at? Well, it was observing the horrible flotsam and jetsam that was [...]

Tie a knot in it

Pipeline protest signage Yea Feb 08
I have travelled through Yea in Northern Victoria regularly over the last year and I have seen the anti-pipeline signs yelling from the roadsides. This is how I first became aware that there was trouble for the Goulburn River coming in the form of a greedy pipe. [...]

I am sorry

This has been a big week for Australia. At last our Prime Minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd, has apologised to the Aboriginal people for the terrible and shameful treatment they have endured in the past.
The apology is directed at The Stolen Generation of Aboriginal children who were taken from their parents for various reasons (usually [...]

Spelling it out

The packaging says it all really.
I spotted this box in a shop window in country Victoria.  Oh Aussie, Australia made in China. How deep will they have to dredge our lovely Port Phillip Bay to bring in more stuff and nonsense?
I don’t know where the famous Aussie brand sitting beside it is made. Hopefully still in Australia [...]

The working past

Yesterday I posted about the little garden next to this building. What is this place? That is the question I send out to all who spend a little time looking around with me.
This section of the property opens onto the grassy verge and it seems to have delivered or taken in deliveries. I [...]