We recently spent a week in Canberra and we were able to drive there via our usual route which had been cleared for public access after being closed for some time during the bushfire crisis.The drive is via the Princes Highway to Cann River and then the Monaro Highway to Cooma and Canberra. It was…
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A wide brown land. . . . .
A sculpture at the National Arboretum in Canberra, the nation’s capital. You can see Black Mountain Tower in the background. Many Australians would at least be familiar with the second verse of Dorothea MacKellar’s poem, My Country. In the video the poet recites the complete poem. During this time of devastating bushfires and now flooding…
We are home!
As you are no doubt aware, Australia is in the thick of a terrible bushfire season. The fires have been widespread and the damage done has been disastrous. Fortunately for me our little village, Metung, has been spared but the fires are by no means finished. We live in East Gippsland and that is where…
Latest local happenings.
This is the base camp which has been erected at the AFL ground at Swan Reach, the next village to Metung. You may be wondering why I am posting a photo of a base camp. This camp is for the fire fighters who are currently fighting the many fires in our local region. We have…
Tuesday Travels . . . .The Great Alpine Road Part 2
Continuing on our trip over the Great Alpine Road one of the memorable things about the trip is the amazing Australian bush and its ability to regenerate after bushfires. It is several years now since the terrible fires that went through the Alpine region and you can clearly see how the bush has come back…
Nowa Nowa to Tostaree
I had a wonderful bike ride last week which involved various aspects of nature! I drove to Nowa Nowa from Metung so that I could ride part of the East Gippsland Rail Trail from Nowa Nowa to Tostaree. I am gradually working my way along the rail trail and my next ride will be Nowa…
Gippsland Granny 