Beautiful gum blossoms on the way to the post office

This is a lovely time of the year when the native gum trees are in blossom.  This beautiful specimen is on my walk down to the Post Office.

Trouble at mill. . . . .

This is in our driveway. We are not sure what has caused it but we thought it might have something to do with some plumbing repairs we had done last year. We thought it could be that or it was underground drainage.  Strange that it is the first time this has happened in the twelve…

A visit to the Hunter Valley. . . .Tuesday travels

We have recently returned from a trip to the vineyards in the Hunter Valley New South Wales.  We last visited about twenty years ago so we noticed considerable change. There are now some 169 vineyards in the valley so during our three days there we visited a few but nowhere near the total number. The…

Christmas comes but once a year.

Here’s hoping you have cheer throughout the year. Merry Christmas to all those who stop by my blog.

Christmas gift shopping finished

I don’t know how I have managed it but I have.  I am finished my shopping well before Christmas and I am glad I don’t have to contend with the rush at the shops.  I didn’t have to buy as many gifts as in the picture above.  The adults in our family now work a…

Australia Day 26th January

Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in Nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history’s page, let every stage Advance Australia fair! In joyful strains then let us sing, “Advance Australia fair!”  Beneath…