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 ( [...]

Echidna finds a lifestyle property with a view

A shy little fellow I was lucky enough to spot near Strath Creek.
She or he was all set up for the night in the best nest an echidna could hope to find.
There aren’t too many properties on the market as self- sufficient as this one.
It features:

three sturdy trunk construction
ample bark bedroom
great natural colour scheme
glorious [...]

My lake does not flow over

Sunday afternoon fresh from Father’s day lunch we travelled back to Melbourne past Lake Eildon. Whenever I pass this way I always look down hopefully to see if it looks like a sea again. No, is the short answer. The water worn curves of the catchment are empty except for a sinewy dribble of a [...]

Happy country

More pictures of happy country. These were taken near Yea in the Murrindindi region of Victoria, Australia.
The countryside and quiet after getting away from the main road was breathtaking. Rolling green hills, lovely furrows, nooks and crannies. I know, I can’t help it. The primitive lust for earth and pasture is driving me crazy but [...]

Have Bra will Travel.

This blast from the past made me laugh.
Ok, what is the message here. Pop on bone- coloured intimate apparel and concentrate really, really hard on exotic places. Yes, you’ll get there if only you are not afraid to try!
I like to think that all 150 winners went together and waited at the check in counter [...]

Even the mighty fade in the sun.

One little detail for today.
I saw this sign when I was out driving in the country between Bendigo and Swan Hill. Makes you think about immortality. Maybe not but I liked the way it was quietly, poetically disappearing into its plastic box.