A Retired Workhorse

Before I take my place on the verandah and enjoy the last of this warm Spring day I thought I would drop you a line and share a bit of machinery. Well, isn’t that the done thing?
I spotted this old tractor a while ago in a little Victorian country town in the Western District (well [...]

Lizard in the grass

As Andrew noticed in my last post, I forgot to include the lizard I spotted during a walk around my parent’s garden. Well, here is the lizard, in all his glory. You can see he is a tiny bloke by the grass and leaves around him.
I have since found out that this lizard is a [...]

An Autumn walk

Soft Yellow
Let’s go for a brisk Autumn walk. I need to warm up and it is chilly sitting here in front of the computer. Let’s go and look at colours light up in the morning sun. Perhaps a trip away across The Great Divide (sounds ominous but The Great Divide for my overseas [...]

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 [...]

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 ( [...]

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. [...]

Country Miles between my photos and I

I have been reading Jayne’s marvellous blog Our Great Southern Land since I got back from my wanderings and as always it is just amazing what a  wealth of knowledge she shares about all things Australian. It is a great read, even if you only partake of  her humourous tales of family life but if you love your Australian history and [...]

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 [...]

A Secret Garden

A quiet, little secret garden.
Having washed my eyes on the scenery of Breamlea I was happy to find this rampant little garden tucked away on the road back to Melbourne. It may have been a working garden once with edible qualities. I am not sure.
The garden is located next to a set of interesting [...]

Christmas survival aid

Grassy, glassy water
Christmas in Melbourne can feel all rush, glare and glitter, sometimes bad tempered glitter at that. People are encouraged to go out and stress over presents, food and baubles for the table. Spend, spend, spend. Hustle, push and hurry. Urk.
Sometimes I just have to go to a quiet place. We went for [...]