Tuesday Travels. . Ararat, Victoria

On our recent travels in Victoria, before restrictions were enforced again, one of the towns we visited was Ararat.  We were on our way to the wineries in that part of the world. We had stopped in Ararat for the night and had time to have a wander around the town before dinner.  There are…

Bicycles, a car park and Mad Max

Why, you may ask, do I have a photo of a bike with no wheels?  It all relates to Mad Max, the movie. This is one of the car parks at the University of Melbourne. If you were perhaps wondering about the notice on the bicycle frame this is what it says. There were a…

Tuesday Travels . . . The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

You can tell by the entrance to the Hunterian Museum that this was a building of some age. The architecture was beautiful. The museum is not huge but there is still a great deal to view as there is a large collection.  Part of the museum was closed off as they were preparing a new…

I’ve been on the stravaig.

First stop Temora. A while since I last posted and that is because we have been off on a road trip in Victoria and New South Wales. The first leg of our trip took us out to the western parts of N.S.W. after a trip across Mount Hotham. The views across the mountains are stunning…

Mackintosh. . . . .Tuesday Travels

As you know I am a fan of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and I had hoped to visit the Glasgow School of Art while we were in Glasgow.  Unfortunately the School of Art was not in a state for viewing as there had been a dreadful fire a few weeks before we arrived.  The building was…

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. . . .Tuesday Travels

The first museum that we visited on our trip was the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.  There was a Charles Rennie Macintosh exhibition there so I was keen to go. Unfortunately the exhibition had finished but there was still an impressive array of Mackintosh work in the Museum. The work of his wife, Margaret Macdonald…