If you are an Australian you would need to have lived your life in a cave not to know who Ned Kelly is. From a very early age children are taught about bushrangers in Australia and the most famous of those is Ned Kelly. I have just finished reading The True History of the Kelly…
Tag: Australia
What does the sky look like at your place?
The novel I have just finished is called Not the Same Sky which is an apt title for the book as the sky in Australia was not the same as the one the female orphans had left in Ireland when they were shipped to Australia in1849. This is another of my books for the Historical…
Tuesday travels. . . Whitby, Dracula and Captain Cook
While staying in Yorkshire we took the opportunity to visit Whitby, a coastal town that has a link to Australia.Captain James Cook served his apprenticeship in Whitby and when he set off on his voyage of discovery to Australia he set sail on the Endeavour, a Whitby built collier. There is a Captain Cook Memorial…
Tuesday travels. . . . .Melbourne
As we have been in Melbourne for a couple of days I thought it could be my subject for Tuesday Travels this week and continue with my Scottish travels next week. My husband came with me this trip and we had an enjoyable couple of days. The weather was very good, which is unusual for…
The Art of Australia
For those of you in Australia this post is for you as I don’t think overseas readers will be able to access the program. Last Tuesday on ABC television there was a program called The Art of Australia. I had programmed the calendar on my phone to alert me when it was on but my…
Tuesday travels. . . still in Australia. . .The Grand Pacific Drive
On our return from Sydney we went home on the Princes Highway via The Grand Pacific Drive. The drive includes the Sea Cliff Bridge. The scenery was spectacular and if you are ever in this neck of the woods you should certainly take yourself off the highway and do this trip along the coast….
Gippsland Granny 