tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76855660287112531032024-03-29T18:44:04.818+11:00ONLY RULE IS NO RULECaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-88926940962584589772008-08-27T06:27:00.005+10:002008-08-27T07:00:20.882+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHgYLvCwBTdzoTEbeiYH0US5pVz0bfF1dQ1czUgvEveZFHoOMAfXk2rcVsCz9GDj3L1Ye3LHe0_T2dAOulhyphenhyphengtn2bai4PafR26kvKXOcnbPXpbmFGMQYa1ffcF9ciCPfw71DSwhKtcS94/s1600-h/abc.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHgYLvCwBTdzoTEbeiYH0US5pVz0bfF1dQ1czUgvEveZFHoOMAfXk2rcVsCz9GDj3L1Ye3LHe0_T2dAOulhyphenhyphengtn2bai4PafR26kvKXOcnbPXpbmFGMQYa1ffcF9ciCPfw71DSwhKtcS94/s400/abc.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238926552587256306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-dgX4K-zOEejhO2OrYrxtMAoPZ-6pb7S9VXZOjHnar1M4KzGi_bUp0IWPWV8UNoADdMpL4bHCQQLKWckrUvf4wnT9uUpxm6GuynbsKPUq8TOqHCtlOf2USIKRilKAYU0r3i_QstlhC1w/s1600-h/RIMG0194.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-dgX4K-zOEejhO2OrYrxtMAoPZ-6pb7S9VXZOjHnar1M4KzGi_bUp0IWPWV8UNoADdMpL4bHCQQLKWckrUvf4wnT9uUpxm6GuynbsKPUq8TOqHCtlOf2USIKRilKAYU0r3i_QstlhC1w/s400/RIMG0194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238927211038870450" border="0" /></a><br />F IS FOR........FLIES<br /><br />Ah yes, the great Aussie salute....the graceful swish of the hand across the face, to deter those pesky bush flies!<br /><br />From our 2003 adventure, across northern Australia, three beautiful places loom large in the pantheon of bush fly-plagued camp-sites - Limestone Gorge (in Litchfield NP, Northern Territory), Bell Gorge ( along the Gibb River Rd, Western Aust) & Walcott Inlet ( also WA).<br /><br />In the photo above is Ian ( yes, one of the 3 great cooks from last week) baking at the Limestone Gorge camp....if the flies have settled on your back, DO NOT disturb them. If they're on your back, then they're not buzzing round your eyes, nose & mouth!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10wbA_hTtCPcO2_KgbAQNYKqwPjYBzLttmJFqXodBSfpoWHIRUCZIt1ED8-EJgpsQnqWPU9pqQAQqxxF4oU3Xg93EI1ujC2xhBt6UmlTJYm98KAFxsSGdKdy8jyeZKHsblEdYH5TMnwiG/s1600-h/DCP_0050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10wbA_hTtCPcO2_KgbAQNYKqwPjYBzLttmJFqXodBSfpoWHIRUCZIt1ED8-EJgpsQnqWPU9pqQAQqxxF4oU3Xg93EI1ujC2xhBt6UmlTJYm98KAFxsSGdKdy8jyeZKHsblEdYH5TMnwiG/s400/DCP_0050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238928226119921330" border="0" /></a><br />The must-have accessory is your fly-net, which automatically goes on at sunrise ,when the flies arrive, and doesn't come off till sunset, when they all miraculously disappear.<br /><br />For other equally-rivetting F posts, buzz on over to<a href="http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/"> Mrs Nesbitt's ABC Wednesday blog</a> & click on the links.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-24648278368387372272008-08-25T14:33:00.007+10:002008-08-25T15:50:20.088+10:00STAMPHAPPY 1-4-1 SWAP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh2agmVfxtdx_Uhm34U7MEkdXJZDvrMp90bN5vOKwrwJZrnx8bKCYeem1mJyVonJkbqWJkS3uMHR17kMSR8KrQXGigT7N47O6vRCRvSJvPkXtWdYTXJj-HlQavzIfd8jRfo1jhwhWG_H0/s1600-h/IMGP3890.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh2agmVfxtdx_Uhm34U7MEkdXJZDvrMp90bN5vOKwrwJZrnx8bKCYeem1mJyVonJkbqWJkS3uMHR17kMSR8KrQXGigT7N47O6vRCRvSJvPkXtWdYTXJj-HlQavzIfd8jRfo1jhwhWG_H0/s400/IMGP3890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238323133194627378" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a bit remiss of me not displaying the ATCs I've received in the StampHappy 1-4-1 swap that is currently running. Time to put things to rights. Hope you enjoy looking at the art made by others in the StampHappy group. These Artist Trading Cards are all 6.4cm X 8.9cm.<br /><br />Opening the show, above, is an ATC by Carolyn Weiss. Those below are by Dorothy Leach & Danielle D'Onofrio.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-EhDL3-IYJAG34Y-smYxOxsGK-hmPz_cN-VswacFawqPIS1yqCXsh_uGRnHjaxGfUxeEx8iJLRRzq2zYnVi1K5Kw6JXV8Qs6Z1opxXGhhsFXMEw-Ew50tcsld30CSbTp5F2WkPrRTwA_/s1600-h/IMGP3889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-EhDL3-IYJAG34Y-smYxOxsGK-hmPz_cN-VswacFawqPIS1yqCXsh_uGRnHjaxGfUxeEx8iJLRRzq2zYnVi1K5Kw6JXV8Qs6Z1opxXGhhsFXMEw-Ew50tcsld30CSbTp5F2WkPrRTwA_/s400/IMGP3889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238324628997119714" border="0" /></a><br />The next three are by Roz Veevers, Barb Dare & Lynn Gosney.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhOSOoXIfThVQdHxK9-V6Ut0S26_z8rpsYLDQMkUlxY51R3RBn7fNTJ-aC6IZVNM5MBboM9A6VDgYf8a_QvJki60Lugo-iCIO56_YcQeY6DsJyoahHneDxLZJ91_X-qt9WPKrDygLZngM/s1600-h/IMGP3888.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhOSOoXIfThVQdHxK9-V6Ut0S26_z8rpsYLDQMkUlxY51R3RBn7fNTJ-aC6IZVNM5MBboM9A6VDgYf8a_QvJki60Lugo-iCIO56_YcQeY6DsJyoahHneDxLZJ91_X-qt9WPKrDygLZngM/s400/IMGP3888.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238324635514280994" border="0" /></a><br />Below are ATCs by Melanie Smith, Julie Price & Kaeren Sutherland.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Q9S3s2XMrVxvY625NM04ATi73jnFpe2LN3v3g6b5rrjFbWdU5b7h6xUWUoimJ-AmLeqgVYuAI4NF_vY9tgV7wrF7q26ltpJdOD9FEuiaXoA2uIXxI4Qr_EzdDXeYrJaN1XpSiMw_F9p/s1600-h/IMGP3887.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Q9S3s2XMrVxvY625NM04ATi73jnFpe2LN3v3g6b5rrjFbWdU5b7h6xUWUoimJ-AmLeqgVYuAI4NF_vY9tgV7wrF7q26ltpJdOD9FEuiaXoA2uIXxI4Qr_EzdDXeYrJaN1XpSiMw_F9p/s400/IMGP3887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238324647639467602" border="0" /></a>The next three are by Janet Hamblin, Vikki Whittington & Linda Aldred, who's organised the on-going swap.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfeyfZe1xsdW_pSvTE1gTje9hcWx1Ima93Lw7mKvy_uY8FRuuEjIOo9bN2qSxNHXCUjHHoLudwspo-tZIUOqhagAcdOQTd9TlGT0AltBKWOE2wsKTEBLkKMf-ts38BaSb8WQa-KscKAer/s1600-h/IMGP3885.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfeyfZe1xsdW_pSvTE1gTje9hcWx1Ima93Lw7mKvy_uY8FRuuEjIOo9bN2qSxNHXCUjHHoLudwspo-tZIUOqhagAcdOQTd9TlGT0AltBKWOE2wsKTEBLkKMf-ts38BaSb8WQa-KscKAer/s400/IMGP3885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238326936402031682" border="0" /></a>The final three are by Dorothy Leach, Diane Whatford & Dorothy again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_hp_6UNcnv899OlX2m5xt6T-LVOKVka0Kov9mD8OwfQaXsy6GlPBH3iwNWMQuaNZgK5XB7ioz4rZD2Xu0uCISooIact8wCs6bg9dIv44uLQugKhZtEOIs2NhcrqIHsvvqXTN6AMnPfTZ/s1600-h/IMGP3886.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_hp_6UNcnv899OlX2m5xt6T-LVOKVka0Kov9mD8OwfQaXsy6GlPBH3iwNWMQuaNZgK5XB7ioz4rZD2Xu0uCISooIact8wCs6bg9dIv44uLQugKhZtEOIs2NhcrqIHsvvqXTN6AMnPfTZ/s400/IMGP3886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238326931002816066" border="0" /></a>Thank you everyone for playing with me, & looking forward to more swaps.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-229291321149485432008-08-23T11:34:00.007+10:002008-08-23T11:59:50.203+10:00NEW-ISH JEWELLERY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9YmS_jcHQwaCLHQN5usVpCIEt7vYtSLDrznoQ6oMHsL975ZTAGsTjwRrvIM1T1iirrvouCzso5T630ca2DR9VGJS251IdhOFxvQ5nceTnpO-OgidqKZ-3_J2QP0WJ2Djx8jWa4CfITlw/s1600-h/IMGP3876.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9YmS_jcHQwaCLHQN5usVpCIEt7vYtSLDrznoQ6oMHsL975ZTAGsTjwRrvIM1T1iirrvouCzso5T630ca2DR9VGJS251IdhOFxvQ5nceTnpO-OgidqKZ-3_J2QP0WJ2Djx8jWa4CfITlw/s400/IMGP3876.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237521843632235138" border="0" /></a><br />It's been ages since I've put up any of the jewellery I've been making, so thought it was about time.<br /><br />The charm bracelet above I actually made for myself. It uses little mille fiore beads & Swarovski crystals which have been attached by wire-wrapping. I <span style="font-style: italic;">love </span>it...it's really colourful & musical as the charms ting into each other.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmULNUoWeLWB9WpBwH03jy0zWz4lNDffTa1ao4RL5UfK8DB9KYGWsJumO6tvMlpMeEtSYSVHl09IxpQz-_g9JeYMOA-gw5FPM7Fnn1mpvql9UkOhylelmTGW6DX_PpzG8f9cYnM29b9dX/s1600-h/IMGP3877.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmULNUoWeLWB9WpBwH03jy0zWz4lNDffTa1ao4RL5UfK8DB9KYGWsJumO6tvMlpMeEtSYSVHl09IxpQz-_g9JeYMOA-gw5FPM7Fnn1mpvql9UkOhylelmTGW6DX_PpzG8f9cYnM29b9dX/s400/IMGP3877.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237524556945218098" border="0" /></a><br />Bracelets seem to have been on my list recently. Above are some made from Swarovski crystals & either Japanese or Czech seed beads. The sea-green bracelet below is made from resin beads & the other one from semi-precious stones....hmm,maybe carnelian?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZkC5-5o1pdVGHSoE3EO8ajug-39Q6jhpQJ_0TEEA3YMcxG-uAoWPQr4cNsEqbuzv905Es5E0Q-HnQzI8qkkntpzSYRvO5xPZs22-8vmMzjF0xsC9j3STNQMp56LYXxYv_xqsOEY0y68r/s1600-h/IMGP3871.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZkC5-5o1pdVGHSoE3EO8ajug-39Q6jhpQJ_0TEEA3YMcxG-uAoWPQr4cNsEqbuzv905Es5E0Q-HnQzI8qkkntpzSYRvO5xPZs22-8vmMzjF0xsC9j3STNQMp56LYXxYv_xqsOEY0y68r/s400/IMGP3871.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237521837327140306" border="0" /></a><br />Lastly, two necklaces .The first one uses pearl shell, agate, Czech glass & brass. The second one is made from clear quartz chips & nuggets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfrEcD0vrAgzT9NXR3lhQpkPSR5Ho7nWJMvG5GUmKPPqDURSQpdjpAyYTQpegtpTnhMtX4DMHlZrsy3YMB2U1DKd83_I2xwdqyOi-xj72kw5bUvWMadyVJqxyXLtZFnScavWc7yVwMeOe/s1600-h/IMGP3878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfrEcD0vrAgzT9NXR3lhQpkPSR5Ho7nWJMvG5GUmKPPqDURSQpdjpAyYTQpegtpTnhMtX4DMHlZrsy3YMB2U1DKd83_I2xwdqyOi-xj72kw5bUvWMadyVJqxyXLtZFnScavWc7yVwMeOe/s400/IMGP3878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237524552438532226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jBWQrtZX27U8ypDyLQDAns5nLS-wBArJN5oVPFACvH9vs-jtmYAOPOluJhuXyhByhrVvP9mgV3IbQs4t8gkDBqvR9J_1LxoYEvU880yeNLa8QpCBjPP0jorFqAl5EVUy6k2yJqOFERcL/s1600-h/IMGP3870.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jBWQrtZX27U8ypDyLQDAns5nLS-wBArJN5oVPFACvH9vs-jtmYAOPOluJhuXyhByhrVvP9mgV3IbQs4t8gkDBqvR9J_1LxoYEvU880yeNLa8QpCBjPP0jorFqAl5EVUy6k2yJqOFERcL/s400/IMGP3870.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237521839658195682" border="0" /></a>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-28773564380061469752008-08-20T06:00:00.006+10:002008-08-20T07:04:47.686+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7DT3dDYmyim7yPIx9TZSqZOD-vC8dwsIRITTbwPz3GP48upTrVIEoIrjBEhuyrXOzpdFCD3FRJtMEYtEYLdImB3BwRcgjCfdheO4urRQ-SOGrexCt4aE6vtfmgA-uUCx9IvmwCKMq94E/s1600-h/abc.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7DT3dDYmyim7yPIx9TZSqZOD-vC8dwsIRITTbwPz3GP48upTrVIEoIrjBEhuyrXOzpdFCD3FRJtMEYtEYLdImB3BwRcgjCfdheO4urRQ-SOGrexCt4aE6vtfmgA-uUCx9IvmwCKMq94E/s400/abc.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236321743221219874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw_ssf6aNfb-HHNrOMKbrZhftathwqMf6stM3OCqvtTxGaEvaUNZU_ANQzkCe6EqPELbgQ0J7gqR9rbCTyV5rJeSWhb_OoXEVNg37zsweEloBdPtwU7RDJyk2W-MpWf2VqVZFa0arTFC5/s1600-h/cake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihw_ssf6aNfb-HHNrOMKbrZhftathwqMf6stM3OCqvtTxGaEvaUNZU_ANQzkCe6EqPELbgQ0J7gqR9rbCTyV5rJeSWhb_OoXEVNg37zsweEloBdPtwU7RDJyk2W-MpWf2VqVZFa0arTFC5/s400/cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236321748561799586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >E IS FOR ..........</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >EATING</span> and drinking<br /><br />A huge part of our 2003 adventure across northern & north western Australia was eating & drinking. Heather, Rob & Ian are all incredible cooks & my then 15 y/o nephew Tim a very willing apprentice. My role....kitchen aid, & Peter's...bar attendant.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_KrvHobykttY781NUakQBlkjjNbl2JXloSSgfeYbZKFwcV5_7_8pjPNBG-DWRhtnFAjv9uSptrPNoN9g7PxnGWemcs2IsOTJxAFcpWJQO9aD3lsg3JKq8LT9lQyyX9BqmXu7p9p-7zSN/s1600-h/l_gorge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_KrvHobykttY781NUakQBlkjjNbl2JXloSSgfeYbZKFwcV5_7_8pjPNBG-DWRhtnFAjv9uSptrPNoN9g7PxnGWemcs2IsOTJxAFcpWJQO9aD3lsg3JKq8LT9lQyyX9BqmXu7p9p-7zSN/s400/l_gorge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236321738882753602" border="0" /></a><br />We ate the most amazing meals, and truly, there is<span style="font-style: italic;"> nothing</span> those 3 can't cook in a cast-iron camp oven.....Turkish bread, friandes, 40-cloves chicken, Moroccan lamb, apple crumble, Old Cork pork, Black Forest cake, bread loaves & rolls!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifus3PPtKlhYYA4ZY730iaT6mZG7f4YkIFKQ8jeWweBGuNe3sIK7VfTRFqQ_pUyzInIJju_E0UUeNZ-qUW2fp8u6CgkZCz4gUkgBsDyFRVdE5ZQSZz7cKsJMHASncIHk-3jppoQYlYBMt3/s1600-h/muru.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifus3PPtKlhYYA4ZY730iaT6mZG7f4YkIFKQ8jeWweBGuNe3sIK7VfTRFqQ_pUyzInIJju_E0UUeNZ-qUW2fp8u6CgkZCz4gUkgBsDyFRVdE5ZQSZz7cKsJMHASncIHk-3jppoQYlYBMt3/s400/muru.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236322382058124402" border="0" /></a><br />At Darwin's Mindil markets, there is an eye-popping choice in satays & burgers when you check the selection available.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebTZnxRk9qrlYaY_FT7A_Xo217Y8cO5Z_WWfEMVdI9YaQoFLc0OuKfKGTzbf_PvxYfc51PUnUSopMNdZlHBPvLQf57PHZ7GGMg77fd_4QJd7dwFbe_LVXW1y29I_hZiAPz12KXnx3ey1F/s1600-h/DCP_0020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebTZnxRk9qrlYaY_FT7A_Xo217Y8cO5Z_WWfEMVdI9YaQoFLc0OuKfKGTzbf_PvxYfc51PUnUSopMNdZlHBPvLQf57PHZ7GGMg77fd_4QJd7dwFbe_LVXW1y29I_hZiAPz12KXnx3ey1F/s400/DCP_0020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236322383834967250" border="0" /></a>We ate meals in the most incredible <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>mundane locations....empty beaches in a tiny patch of shade & car parks with picnic benches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5LFl_BqKxqiJ4-PtloM-Hf6z84v_n5renHAgwXNEtCgIZCds0YrVMZDOvfvvCU6jgaLmGekZPtGBFRgWeoz3Yp1IIJ-c_wY0k12u5-1vqndIe-y-bj5nlZ-Ux2HjrQUJ9CSTw_OqRMtx/s1600-h/ubirr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5LFl_BqKxqiJ4-PtloM-Hf6z84v_n5renHAgwXNEtCgIZCds0YrVMZDOvfvvCU6jgaLmGekZPtGBFRgWeoz3Yp1IIJ-c_wY0k12u5-1vqndIe-y-bj5nlZ-Ux2HjrQUJ9CSTw_OqRMtx/s400/ubirr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236321758918388962" border="0" /></a>If you munch your way over to <a href="http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/">Mrs Nesbitt's</a>, you'll find links to more ABC Wednesday posts.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-89465912874849414252008-08-18T08:49:00.001+10:002008-08-18T08:51:18.720+10:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfsSCm9r1QmobLNHDRVyuGMP1RX2WEsoKl2P8v_Xo-l8eeAhKi_oaX5t8_2PowoTybLBLgCRE9GGygNmShSI_XglaS5Y1NTyoaZZz-HnzPTHh20MmHFFZB-0zjxpYxI-aO71k2lsysqw6/s1600-h/caitlyn1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfsSCm9r1QmobLNHDRVyuGMP1RX2WEsoKl2P8v_Xo-l8eeAhKi_oaX5t8_2PowoTybLBLgCRE9GGygNmShSI_XglaS5Y1NTyoaZZz-HnzPTHh20MmHFFZB-0zjxpYxI-aO71k2lsysqw6/s400/caitlyn1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235622637133232482" border="0" /></a><br /> Our special girl turns FOUR today!! Happy happy birthday Darling Caitlyn.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-89194561386446331052008-08-17T12:19:00.010+10:002008-08-18T16:13:24.398+10:002008 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Art Award<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Q8E0GcQyGsEqGEvNFberONRwttToUgIZbozxODHKes94wfkU7E93M6FxG-AamrOmHIASTxZ1f9atmNM5uUkzJt259u7VTv9M99THw6h7eyXVTEi026RDH3NnPkLPP1_ToR5UhinELrSE/s1600-h/makinti.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Q8E0GcQyGsEqGEvNFberONRwttToUgIZbozxODHKes94wfkU7E93M6FxG-AamrOmHIASTxZ1f9atmNM5uUkzJt259u7VTv9M99THw6h7eyXVTEi026RDH3NnPkLPP1_ToR5UhinELrSE/s400/makinti.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235307086700399666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">The winner of this year's award is Makinti Napananka, a Pintupi woman from the tiny </span><span style="font-size:100%;">western </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">desert community of Kintore in the Northern Territory. Kintore is one of the communities in the <a href="http://www.papunyatula.com.au/history/">Papunya Tula Art Movement.</a><br /><br />Although Mikinti is probably in her late 70s, she has only been painting for about 12 years.<br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnssoc2RMDtMCr0F_yWpaKKKTjmVm1gNQE1hdpbwVBwdih-z2RVJOOqy9IN0uhI7YpR85IVA4xKbm35lYYVH-qYPMFSnw8fqL2Bnw9zcWJFO3J_YNFIzb-7aWoLlp7T7B7WKm7LHK-MSac/s1600-h/Untitled_Makinti_lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnssoc2RMDtMCr0F_yWpaKKKTjmVm1gNQE1hdpbwVBwdih-z2RVJOOqy9IN0uhI7YpR85IVA4xKbm35lYYVH-qYPMFSnw8fqL2Bnw9zcWJFO3J_YNFIzb-7aWoLlp7T7B7WKm7LHK-MSac/s400/Untitled_Makinti_lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235307084924797986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Her untitled picture depicts a rockhole near Kintore.</span><br /></span>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-61629326553315411182008-08-16T16:03:00.004+10:002008-08-16T16:24:22.092+10:00MOVIE TIME<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVfv2mhXtCEP3hHhd0O-woB1uVk0_tjWCZm6TcCp1Qvfnmb5KsamjbSr01jXNpcDJPXHEgCHu7BCPQkcpTwAl2u7uIERgimNUin1jNaSNPzrLVsG3rIxlVn3VQVEx526gcRxAt_qpPXGj/s1600-h/band-s-visit-bikur-ha-tizmoret-poster-0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVfv2mhXtCEP3hHhd0O-woB1uVk0_tjWCZm6TcCp1Qvfnmb5KsamjbSr01jXNpcDJPXHEgCHu7BCPQkcpTwAl2u7uIERgimNUin1jNaSNPzrLVsG3rIxlVn3VQVEx526gcRxAt_qpPXGj/s400/band-s-visit-bikur-ha-tizmoret-poster-0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234992368180531090" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks to <a href="http://plumbingthedeeps.typepad.com/betweenbourkeandelizabeth/">Julie</a>'s gentle encouragement, once more I embark on my plan to visit the cinema more regularly. If visiting monthly was too difficult, why on earth have I decided on a <span style="font-style: italic;">fortnightly</span> visit?? Am I setting myself up once more for failure??<br /><br />"The Band's Visit" is a gentle little film that tells of the unplanned visit of a Police band from Egypt to an Israeli town out in the middle of nowhere. It's one of those quiet films where not a lot happens, but it completely absorbs you into the telling of the story. The messages of tolerance, friendship & commonality are very subtly imparted & at times, I also found myself laughing out loud at the droll humour.<br /><br />A terrific film.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-2417325361408512212008-08-15T08:52:00.005+10:002008-08-15T09:16:42.581+10:00SKY WATCH FRIDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZsFur1uWo9x0WY9xt6elABtjU5kcYtSy5Xx_qqvTFBryXb_SlRTaElTqlDQqonXdtE2W8eHGACIbFYafG36fsSesPpZyIBlS5iaocPVH0e6DIWQJLhT5WUvJhIrjfeOEVPKxogIx1tZH/s1600-h/swf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZsFur1uWo9x0WY9xt6elABtjU5kcYtSy5Xx_qqvTFBryXb_SlRTaElTqlDQqonXdtE2W8eHGACIbFYafG36fsSesPpZyIBlS5iaocPVH0e6DIWQJLhT5WUvJhIrjfeOEVPKxogIx1tZH/s400/swf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234512493240906338" border="0" /></a><br />SNAPPER ROCKS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuOIH9LIi0DXf7RoulXFSJcNCCL-O6SIMhlnuMMOPQ1rH_opTX3QYi3-ZAZOeHKvL6I_7Hti20eJhVXVnBNm9YhHIN8_8Q4KkWgVkqc420yziENtre_KIduqZb9k-1jq8i2dCS7Yb6ea2/s1600-h/IMGP0240.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuOIH9LIi0DXf7RoulXFSJcNCCL-O6SIMhlnuMMOPQ1rH_opTX3QYi3-ZAZOeHKvL6I_7Hti20eJhVXVnBNm9YhHIN8_8Q4KkWgVkqc420yziENtre_KIduqZb9k-1jq8i2dCS7Yb6ea2/s400/IMGP0240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234512499285410674" border="0" /></a><br />It was a wild and stormy day at Snapper Rocks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCwK46RVO4uc4utXnctx_d8mdcWs1VKBtnHUUzXbFv9O2_CVy8GyqgSyJY555DGGeL9rk1HmEWME54TKjeaEzHgeOFMvy2YCbQScZGdms5YGhVdNfBpsWuD2WIyYZjrmCs0trkBEx1hx3/s1600-h/IMGP0226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCwK46RVO4uc4utXnctx_d8mdcWs1VKBtnHUUzXbFv9O2_CVy8GyqgSyJY555DGGeL9rk1HmEWME54TKjeaEzHgeOFMvy2YCbQScZGdms5YGhVdNfBpsWuD2WIyYZjrmCs0trkBEx1hx3/s400/IMGP0226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234512512488803106" border="0" /></a><br />What are these blokes looking at?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNEkJTJ9rpPCSUMHb8Lx3lZAx9iqImUIIHkQ33nkq8aOcy3HHZvsv4IeAWwwIq2xDg2H73fBZPKI1jxl7R1_TyNZXJxtK9JjvHFUtcKnfgG8JsDtZMaaU6rZLvQcx8zadp5I-TikD939i/s1600-h/IMGP0224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNEkJTJ9rpPCSUMHb8Lx3lZAx9iqImUIIHkQ33nkq8aOcy3HHZvsv4IeAWwwIq2xDg2H73fBZPKI1jxl7R1_TyNZXJxtK9JjvHFUtcKnfgG8JsDtZMaaU6rZLvQcx8zadp5I-TikD939i/s400/IMGP0224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234512521393497362" border="0" /></a><br />You make your own judgement about the wisdom of their behaviour. In the picture below, you can see that 2 of them are holding glass stubbies of beer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqn7RRQHknrdzqhEf14fl2wTZWWcTonCj447u62hzdjALWONQgDg2hjtOyoXw1l4a9TJc6ywfiy-fC-WspW3gs13zo4imEccGdazX5wkqmL7E02xZxjidhq8KVD9uRPoBuJFH5RN6rHdI/s1600-h/IMGP0229.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqn7RRQHknrdzqhEf14fl2wTZWWcTonCj447u62hzdjALWONQgDg2hjtOyoXw1l4a9TJc6ywfiy-fC-WspW3gs13zo4imEccGdazX5wkqmL7E02xZxjidhq8KVD9uRPoBuJFH5RN6rHdI/s400/IMGP0229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234514707239290802" border="0" /></a><br />For other thought-provoking SWF posts, visit the home of <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/">SkyWatch Friday.</a>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-50511178749923513602008-08-12T20:19:00.011+10:002008-08-13T06:34:41.418+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBtnGeZuxb8c_sRQA_Fnc4bZ3xiUmXO5mCq-EILNpgvN1_GM7K9RFOe6ZE8k8tSG-4UHRNk-6o8c0Xp2_MDJOerjKKlC6Vr2YTqB3ktkGorIADSsoIQ7ugggq6qoLrSjme_-4cYPyPSF1/s1600-h/abc.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBtnGeZuxb8c_sRQA_Fnc4bZ3xiUmXO5mCq-EILNpgvN1_GM7K9RFOe6ZE8k8tSG-4UHRNk-6o8c0Xp2_MDJOerjKKlC6Vr2YTqB3ktkGorIADSsoIQ7ugggq6qoLrSjme_-4cYPyPSF1/s400/abc.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233577289429896162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p8-b36rqRhz6sGjf4pcLSHYP_IBPnb5q42tD3GQMmieexBVpvPGHHF6CCmqa0ZqBlMmwkKBMxrkXSo2zVt70vIMnP4_XBH-Zh3__c_rbWaDYk9lSTewp1Sa9FbMjMSvE5f80kKVlK0UK/s1600-h/sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p8-b36rqRhz6sGjf4pcLSHYP_IBPnb5q42tD3GQMmieexBVpvPGHHF6CCmqa0ZqBlMmwkKBMxrkXSo2zVt70vIMnP4_XBH-Zh3__c_rbWaDYk9lSTewp1Sa9FbMjMSvE5f80kKVlK0UK/s400/sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233577285662181970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >D IS FOR..........DIAMANTINA RIVER<br /></span><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamantina_River">Diamantina River </a>flows through central Queensland, in a SW direction, through the Channel Country, becomes the Warburton River, journeys on into South Australia, and, if there is enough flow, eventually into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre">Lake Eyre</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrp26U7Sh1lrKPPudF-QIcG1aAQqhnGjs5LEalmTGim_zfpbDh10hYBfx6SHeoex8c4L7yHjpOuWYXW2Uj7HZDf66Bc1PTDbAVaqntzGDACa9PDl9tBvTeuQsvz4qIQbvrTaae1aZlrcT/s1600-h/map.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrp26U7Sh1lrKPPudF-QIcG1aAQqhnGjs5LEalmTGim_zfpbDh10hYBfx6SHeoex8c4L7yHjpOuWYXW2Uj7HZDf66Bc1PTDbAVaqntzGDACa9PDl9tBvTeuQsvz4qIQbvrTaae1aZlrcT/s400/map.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233578469215751010" border="0" /></a><br />We first glimpsed the Diamantina in 2002 and returned in 2003, to camp on her banks at Old Cork Station, on our way to The Kimberley. I'll quote from my diary...<br /><br />"Sitting in peace & solitude, high on the banks, overlooking the coffee-brown waters of the Diamantina...budgerigars feed nearby, gorging on grass seeds...this place is so beautiful,peaceful, redolent of history in the abandoned homestead."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnurLoCWf8fBMSP0SF89cUNw8ulFddcK83EkYHXHxUpR0-LfZWCC0MSepWQH4Z-W6qRINEJNjfCZmrA1yLzqN3UEc3Y6olOQKyX7nVh3t-i1oSBW_6fnEKUGq0pUotV2c60hdxYC8Ab45a/s1600-h/river.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnurLoCWf8fBMSP0SF89cUNw8ulFddcK83EkYHXHxUpR0-LfZWCC0MSepWQH4Z-W6qRINEJNjfCZmrA1yLzqN3UEc3Y6olOQKyX7nVh3t-i1oSBW_6fnEKUGq0pUotV2c60hdxYC8Ab45a/s400/river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233577293718153154" border="0" /></a>Breaking that peace, above, are Tim & Peter, zipping around the river in the tinny.<br /><br />Most of the country along the Diamantina is flat & rough, and is used for grazing cattle. The photo below was taken in 2002, along the Diamantina Road, when the country was in the firm grip of drought.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKY7wc_rNuqu82J-F857vnOkwtBYlJIEeDC9S_q7sxcXmT_PbJfylbE3pUtSe4TyD4C8cE9OFpE7bb6ROHka2orC59bYPvOl0XeMH-gm1rXMBi_zIUQ_1v_zcbNk8fSlKgzfNek7zcDTv/s1600-h/rd.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKY7wc_rNuqu82J-F857vnOkwtBYlJIEeDC9S_q7sxcXmT_PbJfylbE3pUtSe4TyD4C8cE9OFpE7bb6ROHka2orC59bYPvOl0XeMH-gm1rXMBi_zIUQ_1v_zcbNk8fSlKgzfNek7zcDTv/s400/rd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233577290466781970" border="0" /></a> <br />Old Cork Station was featured in my post "Loo With A View", just below the Divas' post, and will appear again later in ABC Wednesday.<br /><br /><a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/">Mrs Nesbitt</a> does a wonderful job hosting ABC Wednesday and in<a href="http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/"> this link</a>,you'll find links to loads of great D posts.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-79482580607273551802008-08-12T14:23:00.004+10:002008-08-12T14:39:11.550+10:00Duo Divas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQCiE58xjRenlF7NpiPZ9RWEmqCDABqdgcj1bIerGPC8VncVDImn6kZsB0m0LhVdjj7JdHRuP3rGnWjHA1mAcL6VYGTQForrD4w0kQVKdwVxbWnC2JXXY6yOTV18Pv3wcw-N32aBsL9-0/s1600-h/DUO+Diva.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQCiE58xjRenlF7NpiPZ9RWEmqCDABqdgcj1bIerGPC8VncVDImn6kZsB0m0LhVdjj7JdHRuP3rGnWjHA1mAcL6VYGTQForrD4w0kQVKdwVxbWnC2JXXY6yOTV18Pv3wcw-N32aBsL9-0/s400/DUO+Diva.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233482708120482162" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of weeks ago I wrote about our Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra, mentioning soprano<a href="http://www.lizabeamish.com/"> Liza Beamish.</a> That's Liza on our right in the picture above.<br /><br />Liza has joined up with <a href="http://www.kathleenprocter-moore.com/">Kathleen Procter-Moore </a>and they are performing together under the name Duo Divas. About 100 fortunate people gathered together in the <a href="http://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery/artgalleryhome.aspx">Tweed River Art Gallery</a>, at Murwillumbah, this morning, to listen to a fabulous program of duets, with a couple of solos thrown in for variety. Such a bewitching combination....soprano, mezzo and the backdrop of the magnificent Tweed Valley!<br /><br />If you visit <a href="http://www.kathleenprocter-moore.com/duodiva.htm">here</a>, you'll be able to listen to the Duo Divas signing the Flower Duet from "Lakme" while reading a little more about them.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-53438420763869134822008-08-11T08:47:00.006+10:002008-08-12T16:21:14.133+10:00LOO WITH A VIEW!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97qZcr37ZRc2BB46gGfolNcV_ADuT94SRHSpUYF6e1YHZ6GtUw3HX9ujtWeiQlnVA5dbjf_Nty3HyBn98eQLu5ZF_rXZ-lYU7MEtIqsTFN_LHE9TQzA3oNcqDzMxkLyhnwPtwcl7u0mf7/s1600-h/IMGP3863.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97qZcr37ZRc2BB46gGfolNcV_ADuT94SRHSpUYF6e1YHZ6GtUw3HX9ujtWeiQlnVA5dbjf_Nty3HyBn98eQLu5ZF_rXZ-lYU7MEtIqsTFN_LHE9TQzA3oNcqDzMxkLyhnwPtwcl7u0mf7/s400/IMGP3863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233025507244199330" border="0" /></a><br />In her <a href="http://rabauldailyphoto-jules.blogspot.com/">Daily Rabaul Photo</a> blog today, Jules post a photo of some gorgeous outdoor dunnies near Goroka.<br /><br />This is a 'sister' post...of our fantastic loo with a view, built by Peter & Tim high above Cork Waterhole, at Old Cork Station, in western Queensland. Below, is the view from 'the throne'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-C-yDSK9Pv92r2Qc5IaVzvvsDMObyzyGxXakAP3uGU2bmB-EMX1oI5Y2p1EMe6f70ogcC2-Y0pjS3BSHR9tZITbG53ZOol845qPEBlyFEi4APTJfDgWAAluf_xQG9jPXK3l8uItyU3n_/s1600-h/IMGP3865.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-C-yDSK9Pv92r2Qc5IaVzvvsDMObyzyGxXakAP3uGU2bmB-EMX1oI5Y2p1EMe6f70ogcC2-Y0pjS3BSHR9tZITbG53ZOol845qPEBlyFEi4APTJfDgWAAluf_xQG9jPXK3l8uItyU3n_/s400/IMGP3865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233025513730738642" border="0" /></a>Old Cork Station is one of my favourite places in the universe.<br /><br />PS In answer to a query, all waste is collected in a tin drum and then thoughtfully buried well away from water-courses.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-58423846674698422082008-08-08T06:36:00.003+10:002008-08-08T07:00:02.122+10:00SKY WATCH FRIDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkvVJLI7kkX_JflIFDDLhXS_AWlAvXzstzgIij1rvmaVD4TiNeZnmxASfQlTvjlml0Q2_la7Afi0H-NKd3vWLMOEHeqywimiZ2yo0wH_JJZHYu7hn8j3Cv_vriCD7XRi3AQbK6GmsiX6Z/s1600-h/swf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkvVJLI7kkX_JflIFDDLhXS_AWlAvXzstzgIij1rvmaVD4TiNeZnmxASfQlTvjlml0Q2_la7Afi0H-NKd3vWLMOEHeqywimiZ2yo0wH_JJZHYu7hn8j3Cv_vriCD7XRi3AQbK6GmsiX6Z/s400/swf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878841400800434" border="0" /></a>CASUARINA SCULPTURE WALK<br /><br />An outdoor sculpture competition is held every two years at Casuarina, just along the beach from the coastal village where I live. Artists are invited to submit work which is then installed along the board walk & in the parks. This piece really grabbed my attention in 2006, & ,actually, really unsettled me. Sorry, no idea who the artist is.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PDmMP9C3NVHYqiwthHYh6iKpP4Tk077K1aTEwFvLsXLpSTrM5-uhDPtNRjm4ERWOVnsz99h6XainMQ-vAYYWjToK1MicFIgI0YfsypWpSOYsrQDfgBp-pBg4lyFHe0vK7ZmgNsPnNiCe/s1600-h/IMGP0103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PDmMP9C3NVHYqiwthHYh6iKpP4Tk077K1aTEwFvLsXLpSTrM5-uhDPtNRjm4ERWOVnsz99h6XainMQ-vAYYWjToK1MicFIgI0YfsypWpSOYsrQDfgBp-pBg4lyFHe0vK7ZmgNsPnNiCe/s400/IMGP0103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878849051655122" border="0" /></a>If you go to <a href="http://www.casuarinabeach.com.au/">Casuarina Domain</a> & click on "sculpture walk" in the drop-down "Activities " menu, you can see some more past winners.<br /><br />To see more SWF pictures, & read a very thoughtful post about 'taking time', visit the home page for <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/">SkyWatch Friday.</a>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-42955016282877261742008-08-04T12:43:00.009+10:002008-08-04T13:40:02.836+10:00A WEEK IN TOWNSVILLE<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCSh0wbdxeO70WDjnI3r9rQBIspGeHzYE5raPc7szSsABtpCXenozJR6Rg4LnorUAc-yx3M0uP73AUNZdYhXCvywH3nZt0XUnOFVN1bLE1BfeDVATlMJKNiPLNUWq9_lSmYEfTefLOOmy/s1600-h/IMGP3747.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230492365053572786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCSh0wbdxeO70WDjnI3r9rQBIspGeHzYE5raPc7szSsABtpCXenozJR6Rg4LnorUAc-yx3M0uP73AUNZdYhXCvywH3nZt0XUnOFVN1bLE1BfeDVATlMJKNiPLNUWq9_lSmYEfTefLOOmy/s400/IMGP3747.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><br /><div>If you're visiting to see SkyWatch Friday, it's not here this week....and ABC Wednesday will be late!<br /><br /></div><div>I'm spending this week in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsville_City">Townsville</a>, the regional capital of North Queensland. My sister has just be appointed to a position here, & so she and her husband have moved from Bundaberg.<br />These photos are just a quick trip around the city. Above is the view from their balcony.</div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230490313177457730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhger4Bw6ffRSDPrHI73rAXf-M02-nyGeWWypC5Y7k61ZLbKfMVqnbe0btrw6pptzosBgLQfZlfLqlX8DZnEc_QYt34WT3Or5bF-P6fyszt0iayEfUkOeTrwi7DBvJqELc6EOZGaJTf4llV/s400/IMGP3687.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><div>Townsville was originally settled to provide services for the the farming industry of NQ in the mid 1800s, and quickly developed into a busy port. There are some beautiful historic buildings dating from the 1880-90s, though bizarrely many of them are now nightclubs & bars! Above is the magestic old Victorian railway station, while below is the HM Customs.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230490308136972610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3Djy_JEXh1ZfYTHNeMWion4YJZfgKf14KyxUuriFIg8BnWzZmYIhd6v31S_HhM7xUNVv6ggZB5yOnR79HNop_Eso6ycVtQ3cfAGH8ix6369r6RVuxxc3ZK7j90hMXUBY-kB-qdxWXxEB/s400/IMGP3710.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><div></div></div><br /><div>Around the port area of South Townsville, where the wharfies live, there still exists some of the gorgeous original workingmens's pubs. Below is the Commonwealth Hotel.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230495512189754274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO67TI7xwBm37vl7pw_pLDu0QeDzGmzRzLDOkQTSP-xACRNLlQe_26PLRtcnEFwfNyCfjhIvcLyvMQSO1O38OFIpwqonnFdxlEEpgJo-4pC_2-SYp-i8wLngv7N0pHlO7d0i2ZLbSNb_8/s400/IMGP3733.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><br /><p>The most distinctive feature of Townsville is Castle Hill, quite literally in the middle of the city. In the early mornings & late afternoons, it seems that almost everyone is walking up or down the hill! Here's the view from the top, out towards Magnetic Island.<br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230491383431967810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuz4f6j_8g-RvH9kF9u3NF5oN-6gi0aZ4ko5kJ86Lp04890VIjXBwuYa0UIUqkMbvw5E6h-xZWs6IT-0t4Q3udHx_lJLaMVAyoMqeSztpT-SPkLfVMdFHwnBBVirH8XVMRtJKb5_ky1Tu/s400/IMGP3743.JPG" border="0" /></p>We walked it on Sunday morning before breakfast.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230491374536154738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwjcIIZpB-jmqqrdGpbXHPJkEqbM1oTeCjwNrV1qs-nGrx5L0bIiIHiAgzdoG_LCgDgK-buKnRgho7xbODoUu7MRCLfTW5PM17TzZ8Ka4FZVZVlomJm4HENJuMyg1B56XhD-KO2U15f6v/s400/IMGP3745.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Just a 20minute ferry ride away is gorgeous <a href="http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Island">Magetic Island</a>, named by Capt. Cook in 1770. We spent the day over there yesterday, doing a bit of bushwalking and relaxing! Here's the view from the ferry, back to Townsville.<br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230490319617033554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9o6QA8TpOFGXhG5t5a9YAikeShTdQXE-MjHW_bExLMslEuFqZ2AfhpovgFMC11RL57udSikssITEJmYkcYy73pBWTD6dVe27kwuoX5gsHazOJEngCXg_bmj7lC4AFli9lLswXyFk62caT/s400/IMGP3749.JPG" border="0" /></p>Below is Alma Bay.<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230498765836478370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GRPZYjqzvli-P8ByXIIszbQel2lJgdm7QE_InOyZwjlSYGXTiPuFtuHpus_d_yBrPVrKTZYy8Ecb4ymzIMCVkrUNIHDEA4pA8G1DNrjGgwYzFErBzQ-NHxVbVVVA_Rm3-yUz6KGFWyPH/s400/IMGP3789.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230490301104051362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUcuBQGoPKJUDILumHgfUrwvqDwUEBqZQeGqr_xKI8yeRjUumVgXDXv0ggpVKKtGQbUJqa-8R-6JrLgkOoKLOi2YHA19H2JJbnhtOiddsn-iomxjW3AvFIfLTnS5wQoJSKPfIp1f7Z3Ch/s400/IMGP3783.JPG" border="0" /> Some of the beautiful lichen-covered boulders scattered through the hilly interior of Magnetic Is. is pictured above. </p><p>Townsville also played a significant role in World War 2. A post about that history is 'coming soon'!</p><p>As always, if you click on the highlighted words in my text, you'll be taken to more information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-10915385615312555112008-07-30T07:25:00.004+10:002008-07-30T07:59:34.534+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_FEMT_UcumVlAqiX0aRuSjXNvYRg1dB_69CP9hcNsV2P646yOH9kzSXCCfe3tGItVInq2dE4eVitrIQn7ao8NCX8LvYOFIbUJioQLwpRbklbTqNXRmOUxnpQa9h5M-uxt9MiyYIrX1we/s1600-h/abc.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_FEMT_UcumVlAqiX0aRuSjXNvYRg1dB_69CP9hcNsV2P646yOH9kzSXCCfe3tGItVInq2dE4eVitrIQn7ao8NCX8LvYOFIbUJioQLwpRbklbTqNXRmOUxnpQa9h5M-uxt9MiyYIrX1we/s400/abc.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228551058550292722" border="0" /></a><br />B IS FOR ..........BOAB TREES<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VhpSXDj6La-ie_X7VkHle15Szl1tl3cIbkVJLpOGYWKUjFHyzsL1l50-us-9BEgvkXMFOlEk9BsTZGldpbkblkfE1rT00Meo4dWebt_NACEZrmWo9WMO_-1UEQhpHYcI6nLgo6bHRkau/s1600-h/boab2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VhpSXDj6La-ie_X7VkHle15Szl1tl3cIbkVJLpOGYWKUjFHyzsL1l50-us-9BEgvkXMFOlEk9BsTZGldpbkblkfE1rT00Meo4dWebt_NACEZrmWo9WMO_-1UEQhpHYcI6nLgo6bHRkau/s400/boab2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228552191091728386" border="0" /></a>Boabs, or adansonia gregorii, belongs to same family of trees as does the boabab. It is the only variety of boabab found in Australia and is thought to have derived from the boababs found in Madagascar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69zDOBXmRS7dZ5Ntf-o-U7dMPUIsxZwwerNEpd63aBPXVeuIQH8jh3WBDCkoQW2Rw47w_cRbKGFkZBmYTpGbdM_-HhekmJDvPPYl1gYUAZL1Ydnx6vwshDpeY_bZf6wBGu-Q0wJhs1GWw/s1600-h/boab.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69zDOBXmRS7dZ5Ntf-o-U7dMPUIsxZwwerNEpd63aBPXVeuIQH8jh3WBDCkoQW2Rw47w_cRbKGFkZBmYTpGbdM_-HhekmJDvPPYl1gYUAZL1Ydnx6vwshDpeY_bZf6wBGu-Q0wJhs1GWw/s400/boab.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228551062236971826" border="0" /></a>In Australia, they are native to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_%28Western_Australia%29">Kimberley</a> area in the NW, and in some parts of the Northern Territory. The majestic boab above sits on the north coast of Western Australia at Murragurra, and has withstood countless summer cyclones.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_X8ShC1A9JAd-LAEQKil-P_y6W8bTi3nXVXwBTNphASZEwaLmImcKmolHSeofpdrwbld6BfRIra1KPQ77RtI7IvE63POcXoxdfxLD_s3ybFU4WPXMe_iMS8YpRDFhM3Z34PpE53I7gAA/s1600-h/2boabs.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_X8ShC1A9JAd-LAEQKil-P_y6W8bTi3nXVXwBTNphASZEwaLmImcKmolHSeofpdrwbld6BfRIra1KPQ77RtI7IvE63POcXoxdfxLD_s3ybFU4WPXMe_iMS8YpRDFhM3Z34PpE53I7gAA/s400/2boabs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228551065002428082" border="0" /></a>They also grow in little groups too, of 2 or 3 trees, & many clumps look like friends having a communal hug! Boabs are deciduous & bear white flowers in summer, then huge woody seed pods. Juicy, young boab roots can be chopped up & used in a stir-fry too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphQZlvFuRGPUn-i9aubFzBy0BWLcCteXGbY8n9BcJUJqoBxee0SnVX3T_VHm3BpkpmbKOWzr8PuXRGjF23k8k2y6J93MRMji1rvbBJrL0vEbxUHLlH5t9uL1zIa8FRhvA6PkfAFg4beeh/s1600-h/boab1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphQZlvFuRGPUn-i9aubFzBy0BWLcCteXGbY8n9BcJUJqoBxee0SnVX3T_VHm3BpkpmbKOWzr8PuXRGjF23k8k2y6J93MRMji1rvbBJrL0vEbxUHLlH5t9uL1zIa8FRhvA6PkfAFg4beeh/s400/boab1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228551071994194418" border="0" /></a>The above boab we camped near in the<a href="http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/parks/find/gregory.html"> Gregory National Park</a> in the Northern Territory. In the pre-dawn it filled with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Corella"> Little Corellas</a>, all squawking & carrying-on an awful treat.<br /><br />On my 'B' list were 13 different things from our 2003 adventure, but , following the 'KISS' principle, just one will do!<br /><br />However, to see what others came up with, wander over to <a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/">Mrs Nesbitt's ABC WEdnesday</a> site & click away!CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-53036557020183833852008-07-28T07:40:00.008+10:002008-07-28T10:04:48.941+10:00A HIJACKING & THE NRSO!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsfsBCTCAdZQ-gloFxS28hUg4X9PXY77vZfJhmIIDoAX9OWqUkVYUD884czhrMJTIe-s4D4GJIqMVW-5SyvIb4-pYaR9yffb52SPwMon4-vE-mNpyMhBya_1LxJBq72-s2WJ64Y-_j5Tj/s1600-h/everything+023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsfsBCTCAdZQ-gloFxS28hUg4X9PXY77vZfJhmIIDoAX9OWqUkVYUD884czhrMJTIe-s4D4GJIqMVW-5SyvIb4-pYaR9yffb52SPwMon4-vE-mNpyMhBya_1LxJBq72-s2WJ64Y-_j5Tj/s400/everything+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227825474707818706" border="0" /></a><br />My life has been hijacked! <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">But</span>...wait, that puts a rather 'violent' slant on things. Appropriated perhaps, though that sounds like something the pollies in the national capital do!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">MUSIC </span>is running away with my life, making off with little portions & giving them over to music. In this last week, when I wasn't tap-dancing, I was listening to the <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/classic/sipca/">Sydney Piano Competition</a> or practising piano , at choir practice or singing along with CDs of Handel or William James.<br /><br />Yesterday, it was our 'local' <a href="http://www.nrso.com/">Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra's </a>turn to spirit away my afternoon.As an unashamed crowd-pleaser, they did a "People's Choice Top Ten Countdown", based on votes lodged on the internet or snail mail for orchestral repertoire performed in the last 15 years. The results were fairly predictable favourites...but here's what the NRSO played.<br /><br />10. Symphony no. 6 by Beethoven ....1st movement only.<br />9. Medley from "Phantom of the Opera"<br />8. William Tell overture by Rossini, <span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span>Romance from the 'Gadfly' by Shostakovich<br />7. Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky<br />6. Finlandia by Sibelius <span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span>Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov ....Sinbad's tale only<br />5. Blue Danube Waltz by J Strauss<br />4. Symphony no. 9 by Dvorak....4th movement only<br />3. Barcarole by Offenbach<br />2. Morning from Peer Gynt by Grieg <span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span>Radetsky March by J Strauss <span style="font-weight: bold;">and </span>Adagio from<br /> "Spartacus" by Katchachurian<br />1. 1812 overture by Tchaikovsky....disappointingly <span style="font-style: italic;">without</span> canons and church bells....<br /><br />Yes, very much orchestral pops, but then this is one of the retirement capitals of Australia. More importantly for the NRSO, it put 'bums on seats'. The orchestra receives no funding or sponsorship, and survives on ticket, program & CD sales, donations & Friends contributions.<br /><br />Below, is maestro Barry Singh. His conductor's choice was the Medley from Jurassic Park by John Williams.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcw3zkPkqivmkvGgrED1McfKdwtSLWwNQ9ezlea2pQqBz3TF0khzIPtM_Zl_1uXoywYiU9Eh3mcMuqs1teb5cz6HaTKjjpJWdsnnVXyO-1a86o2NblT6QqiPPLR0KOeGgrharABEzEA16g/s1600-h/Spanish_Spectacular_07.aspx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcw3zkPkqivmkvGgrED1McfKdwtSLWwNQ9ezlea2pQqBz3TF0khzIPtM_Zl_1uXoywYiU9Eh3mcMuqs1teb5cz6HaTKjjpJWdsnnVXyO-1a86o2NblT6QqiPPLR0KOeGgrharABEzEA16g/s400/Spanish_Spectacular_07.aspx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227826360701438946" border="0" /></a><br />If you'd like to listen to the NRSO Cammerata with local Murwillumbah soprano Liza Beamish perform 'Let The Bright Seraphim', you can click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepfy0GQQVA">here</a>.<br /><br />My life has been hijacked, but who's complaining?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"></span>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-72612943520502118802008-07-25T09:24:00.003+10:002008-07-25T10:09:33.974+10:00SKY WATCH FRIDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0FgTyDMJF1ydrJIFocDrHRXm2LAXdblfb-msGhvB9-gvZ4UXKyIKF2v16y5JcSPBbpOwZZX-EXEv7ai9nptcm11UHNW_ieYMninWjkFDb5HPyInXz5YofVTmmMqZu7rDX1j4K7R5Lbn0/s1600-h/swf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0FgTyDMJF1ydrJIFocDrHRXm2LAXdblfb-msGhvB9-gvZ4UXKyIKF2v16y5JcSPBbpOwZZX-EXEv7ai9nptcm11UHNW_ieYMninWjkFDb5HPyInXz5YofVTmmMqZu7rDX1j4K7R5Lbn0/s400/swf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226726022323888146" border="0" /></a><br />We had bushfires on the eastern edges of our village in October,2004 that threatened homes before thankfully being brought under control by the wonderful volunteers of the Rural Fire Service and a couple of helicopters carrying those big 'buckets' of water. The sun & the light cast through the smoke were very eery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNrgexKA_eq_cIudXLQFSalFCH2q5qNF98893J6gTm6PvzAzaS5NOndraFllCt9q5DtAk4qwojx2DjX_uogJSYlLy3-jPZZVcxckFAOOV2HHjnavXyzqXAd-3_Nrtd2I4l1a2PI-Ch-xM/s1600-h/DSCN2018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNrgexKA_eq_cIudXLQFSalFCH2q5qNF98893J6gTm6PvzAzaS5NOndraFllCt9q5DtAk4qwojx2DjX_uogJSYlLy3-jPZZVcxckFAOOV2HHjnavXyzqXAd-3_Nrtd2I4l1a2PI-Ch-xM/s400/DSCN2018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226726018924633378" border="0" /></a><br />If you waft over to the <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/">SkyWatch home page</a>, you'll find a gorgeous photo & poem, & links to a host of other SkyWatch Friday posts.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-68025036267775084752008-07-22T20:25:00.006+10:002008-07-24T08:21:39.261+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ABC WEDNESDAY</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgfemX-l8UPj7G99XF61jCn8BcCGC75x4ehk187r3TzLmmt4Dowg4aRXQ2PbwTL46Fy_AXD6CB7jvpFy3yUi6V0UiyGm5oRt4QVzUo2Xb_QzWDQVAZfiTzLIGj3LYOlrmkykk93OEmjBN/s1600-h/banner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgfemX-l8UPj7G99XF61jCn8BcCGC75x4ehk187r3TzLmmt4Dowg4aRXQ2PbwTL46Fy_AXD6CB7jvpFy3yUi6V0UiyGm5oRt4QVzUo2Xb_QzWDQVAZfiTzLIGj3LYOlrmkykk93OEmjBN/s400/banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225786076907440562" border="0" /></a><br />ABC Wednesday kicks off on its third trip through the alphabet. To try & link all my posts, I'm going to attempt to choose each week's post from the wonders I saw in northern Australia in 2003.<br /><br />First off.........<br />A IS FOR ...........<br />AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE, DARWIN<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqdmi3HnzhC_-6ilMyybdw8j8-yXYLj8lfIY-YC-NQmkjYbI6rb0CPC4ilRHpsPNdU1T1KlVI7-7Xk7zQkVZ0MuXYS6K26qSb7haSJtuhyw3iU004bkBWOjdREOlpG4oqdjFhcF7yEZ9z/s1600-h/DCP_0001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqdmi3HnzhC_-6ilMyybdw8j8-yXYLj8lfIY-YC-NQmkjYbI6rb0CPC4ilRHpsPNdU1T1KlVI7-7Xk7zQkVZ0MuXYS6K26qSb7haSJtuhyw3iU004bkBWOjdREOlpG4oqdjFhcF7yEZ9z/s400/DCP_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225783171877457442" border="0" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.darwinsairwar.com.au/home.html">Australian Aviation Heritage Centre</a> was opened in Darwin in 1990. The photo above shows the B-52 (on permanent loan from the USAF & one of only two on display outside the US) dwarfing a Tiger Moth. Below is a Sabrejet Fighter, first used in combat in the Korean war, and later as the main training jet for the RAAF.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2BrD6c9BKSS-8Dllgtu0P7LaM12Kdn7-5ZZxUVBpVW9A7zHW-h3bgEX93k5vCuqY11l5jlkVjsFbTNejmZfXL80lOS_3VsfLnnYrOA-pZGlV1bHO25DIwEKgY7EdodPBU-BLT2DyFzJl/s1600-h/DCP_0004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2BrD6c9BKSS-8Dllgtu0P7LaM12Kdn7-5ZZxUVBpVW9A7zHW-h3bgEX93k5vCuqY11l5jlkVjsFbTNejmZfXL80lOS_3VsfLnnYrOA-pZGlV1bHO25DIwEKgY7EdodPBU-BLT2DyFzJl/s400/DCP_0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225783177481949954" border="0" /></a><br />Below is a B-25 Mitchell bomber, used by Allied air forces in every theatre of conflict in WW2, including the Pacific war.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV9TkdVLwzPov7WXRAPVgPdpRlAgdZDmda0SSZOXQ-mYaL9Qb9uCMoSIsKkmMllH5FU3JD22xkvSvuxQ2QuFY9v489DVZWMvBfJfSndEE57DlvmxAF4qvA_ePX5zZBN0iu0lr7aoW3mci/s1600-h/DCP_0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGV9TkdVLwzPov7WXRAPVgPdpRlAgdZDmda0SSZOXQ-mYaL9Qb9uCMoSIsKkmMllH5FU3JD22xkvSvuxQ2QuFY9v489DVZWMvBfJfSndEE57DlvmxAF4qvA_ePX5zZBN0iu0lr7aoW3mci/s400/DCP_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225783172857859042" border="0" /></a>The Heritage Centre shares a huge parcel of land with both the RAAF base & Darwin Airport.It was a lovely juxtapositon to be looking at the Sabrejet while watching the Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighters practising landings & take-offs on the other side of the airfield.<br /><br />Zoom over to <a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/">Mrs Nesbitt's</a>, and check out the other A postings for this week, and maybe even think about joining this group.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-59418089584847843662008-07-17T10:01:00.002+10:002008-07-17T11:01:10.175+10:00SIPCA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDcEC5HLzyo41nUg02IzxkpBIAos6sEa2vU69qO49nxmrq-CId1trLM6lYg8ZGFoAHhAfo2w20rDVPXQfyqSFDvWYIRIA_rpUmD_Cu9lQ6-2_qd97_gkfu8WRK7BKvYIWSKO6RxWr2zSH/s1600-h/sipca_main_0108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDcEC5HLzyo41nUg02IzxkpBIAos6sEa2vU69qO49nxmrq-CId1trLM6lYg8ZGFoAHhAfo2w20rDVPXQfyqSFDvWYIRIA_rpUmD_Cu9lQ6-2_qd97_gkfu8WRK7BKvYIWSKO6RxWr2zSH/s400/sipca_main_0108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223767483710240994" border="0" /></a><br />If you love virtuosic piano-playing, then the <a href="http://www.sipca.com.au/">Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia</a> is something you may want to listen to, or , if you are in Sydney, attend.<br /><br />Thirty-six young adults, ranging in age from 17 to 30 & from many countries, today begin the rigours of the competition. For twenty-seven of them, it began badly even before they had arrived in Australia, as many international flights were severely delayed.<br /><br />Competitors can choose to play either a Steinway, Kawai or Yamaha piano, and it can all be heard live on <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/classic/sipca/default.html">ABC CLassic FM.</a>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-60953878350641502082008-07-15T15:41:00.006+10:002008-07-16T06:58:23.736+10:00ABC WEDNESDAYZ IS FOR..................<br />ZINC CREAM<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qCXTdx4P9NhbgO7-0fFq7sgjXE4p1U4_DYSZEziqNAeqGAh6SGxAl0UaAjBN6890eWqvn0mfkx-Lvky3tVh92R7jdrXfE2KB8UBKy83SN1YT4trJA4lTahDnOf_t-Ppr494zj3C9V8aD/s1600-h/IMGP3653.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qCXTdx4P9NhbgO7-0fFq7sgjXE4p1U4_DYSZEziqNAeqGAh6SGxAl0UaAjBN6890eWqvn0mfkx-Lvky3tVh92R7jdrXfE2KB8UBKy83SN1YT4trJA4lTahDnOf_t-Ppr494zj3C9V8aD/s400/IMGP3653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223112513521086930" border="0" /></a><br />Growing up near the coast in Sydney, back at the dawn of time, almost the only kind of sun protection available was zinc cream. It is able to absorb both UVA & UVB rays from sunlight, and is almost insoluble in water.<br /><br />"Traditionally", it was worn smeared across your nose & cheeks, and on your lips, & came in white only. A high profile wearer of zinc cream is Aussie cricketer, Andrew Symonds, below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFR9MOYoZQ6zp-o3rbvJ71E1Kce9h-ww7a6z_GLruz2rnuBzTF1Xomv3Vax1Zt-fyMVavc8pB5orLeAoQGLFhIg34Fw1GyCqNcD_I3vfDam6APKLRrUlnuTxX8Ljeel_A8eDwvmhhuzxq/s1600-h/Hydrate-KeySun0145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFR9MOYoZQ6zp-o3rbvJ71E1Kce9h-ww7a6z_GLruz2rnuBzTF1Xomv3Vax1Zt-fyMVavc8pB5orLeAoQGLFhIg34Fw1GyCqNcD_I3vfDam6APKLRrUlnuTxX8Ljeel_A8eDwvmhhuzxq/s400/Hydrate-KeySun0145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223116522445370834" border="0" /></a><br />As you can see from my zinc stick , it is available in these modern times in "skin tone " (though I'm not sure <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">whose</span> skin tone it matches), and also a rainbowed variety of fluro colours.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiKT4eI707UblDp8maJxfICq3VWBgC8CS1gWD2V6BlAsPP3ZeZ7aM6qEmwpiaQX81ykyi8nOhxhyphenhyphenpX1uy6D2laRDYzb-r4eTf64yFBz_xzIxO8sMAcJXfz-1Mx2vEL0pzr9o2cvLyeYja/s1600-h/zinc2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiKT4eI707UblDp8maJxfICq3VWBgC8CS1gWD2V6BlAsPP3ZeZ7aM6qEmwpiaQX81ykyi8nOhxhyphenhyphenpX1uy6D2laRDYzb-r4eTf64yFBz_xzIxO8sMAcJXfz-1Mx2vEL0pzr9o2cvLyeYja/s400/zinc2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223116526033564530" border="0" /></a>Wearing zinc on your nose is considered a very "Aussie" thing to do!<br /><br />I'm sorry I didn't visit many ABC Wednesday blogs, last week, as I basically posted my Y item, immediately before going away for a week. I will try to catch up this week.<br /><br />If you waltz over to<a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/"> Mrs Nesbitt's</a>, you'll find other posts for Z. It should be fascinating this week!CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-45852786872599431702008-07-09T07:26:00.007+10:002008-07-09T08:02:48.993+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZLIXmwk4RfK1QdHbyAceud5VwPUgvdctszHKKwLWW4GhgSx1NeNKktlibU2N5p2zi5xoExYV0fdzKNB0xWRauybGQObQx_WMPxDFrIf59OKv1A5Ekoh8eeTOZpNxlhqYHGd_8fqp1KRR/s1600-h/DCP_0424.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZLIXmwk4RfK1QdHbyAceud5VwPUgvdctszHKKwLWW4GhgSx1NeNKktlibU2N5p2zi5xoExYV0fdzKNB0xWRauybGQObQx_WMPxDFrIf59OKv1A5Ekoh8eeTOZpNxlhqYHGd_8fqp1KRR/s400/DCP_0424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220761195548393314" border="0" /></a><br />Y IS FOR .............<br /> YELLOW WATER BILLABONG<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakadu_national_park">Kakadu National Park</a>, in Australia's Northern Territory, is where you'll find Yellow Water Billabong, & is home to a huge number of bird species, as well as the saltwater crocodile.These are pink lotus lilies, below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O-NZvFi1nIwm4m5cZFGBsVr-NMZwfX-G3eA6pHljdDLnu2IlvV5oDKNeJxmALQq2rnF3trLMjeJIAcxQYLxJbyoILPWEgH1UxHHmgyeeaEmi5aT3XvEbXP7GosSnLXFhIQULLZSYg2uR/s1600-h/DCP_0402.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O-NZvFi1nIwm4m5cZFGBsVr-NMZwfX-G3eA6pHljdDLnu2IlvV5oDKNeJxmALQq2rnF3trLMjeJIAcxQYLxJbyoILPWEgH1UxHHmgyeeaEmi5aT3XvEbXP7GosSnLXFhIQULLZSYg2uR/s400/DCP_0402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220761200327097282" border="0" /></a><br />A billabong forms where a creek or river changes it's course, leaving part of the river as a kind of dead end. In the iconic & perhaps 'unofficial' Australian national anthem, "Waltzing Matilda", the sheep-stealing swagman throws himself into a billabong to escape capture by the trooper, or police.<br /><br />If you click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRUECSJEF_Y&NR=1">here</a>, you be able to listen to a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">very </span>different version of the song, played on the throttle of a V8 Supercar....TRUE!!<br /><br />Visit<a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/"> Mrs Nesbitt </a>and find out what else in the world begins with Y.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-75919205263569102582008-07-04T15:08:00.004+10:002008-07-04T15:23:06.771+10:00BRAIN EXPLOSION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8PcB99qZBAjOK0BImtbUBb9sfQafKhzMOBTbFgAFdgcYWVhLgh0xkMtHceD1N3DEL5DINqJ7eVkte-J6GhifvJhTQ7Qpsv3RBIxYZSjLSMbcisgF8F4dJHUFBscviB9MBTFf-f9aD6T-/s1600-h/IMGP3347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8PcB99qZBAjOK0BImtbUBb9sfQafKhzMOBTbFgAFdgcYWVhLgh0xkMtHceD1N3DEL5DINqJ7eVkte-J6GhifvJhTQ7Qpsv3RBIxYZSjLSMbcisgF8F4dJHUFBscviB9MBTFf-f9aD6T-/s400/IMGP3347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219022082068667058" border="0" /></a><br />This is what a brain explosion looks like!!!!!!!!<br /><br />The kind that happens when you've laboured to connect cords, cables etc of an electronic gadget of sorts , & when you turn the bloody thing on...there is zip, zilch, zero!<br /><br />My mum gave me her keyboard as she doesn't play any more. I 've never really played, but proper lessons have been enthusiastically arranged.<br /><br />When I originally set it up, I connected everything, & BINGO...sweet tones.<br /><br />My first piano lesson was yesterday, & of course, raced home from it, mad for more practice. But when I turned the bloody thing on, yep, that's it....zip, zero, zilch....not a peep! Have connected/reconnected it twenty-twelve times, power on/off & through the Troubleshooting points a similar number of times, but STILL NOTHING!!<br /><br />Tapping away on silent keys doesn't really do it for me!CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-80218202364336080192008-07-02T07:24:00.002+10:002008-07-02T07:50:42.747+10:00ABC WEDNESDAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTVS1lX5ZSHIx6eVC-rLzO29O8vDVmDwu0H28JD25sWTPee9EXwzoP-Onsprb0aRNdvjnPCdt765qC83LghMR0N8wLg4JsLgRRqHyF3EfGJA-UySXXhNN2sGGQLo5pmkKqaN7d53dSCP4/s1600-h/IMGP3494.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTVS1lX5ZSHIx6eVC-rLzO29O8vDVmDwu0H28JD25sWTPee9EXwzoP-Onsprb0aRNdvjnPCdt765qC83LghMR0N8wLg4JsLgRRqHyF3EfGJA-UySXXhNN2sGGQLo5pmkKqaN7d53dSCP4/s400/IMGP3494.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218165855156389010" border="0" /></a><br />X IS FOR ............<br /> ......XANTHORRHOEA<br /><br />An <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthorrhoea">xanthorrhoea</a> is an extremely slow-growing Australian grass tree. They are often the first plant to reappear after a bushfire has gone through an area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia0wtAf-UcIHb5_8hGHQ4R_SrLWMdWJibroByZxGizazYFMPMVqqglYAzCI5wwX0nwYD9WiJv39-cjWu1PR3spOaEVgiPKRZu0Ex05g6f2uTQbvhyphenhyphenYoecniAUL0Iadv_nJjd4KJH-D-zj/s1600-h/IMGP3503.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia0wtAf-UcIHb5_8hGHQ4R_SrLWMdWJibroByZxGizazYFMPMVqqglYAzCI5wwX0nwYD9WiJv39-cjWu1PR3spOaEVgiPKRZu0Ex05g6f2uTQbvhyphenhyphenYoecniAUL0Iadv_nJjd4KJH-D-zj/s400/IMGP3503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218161905083499570" border="0" /></a><br />I took these pictures last Sunday, about a month after a fire burnt through bush next to our local school, & already the new growth was apparent.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTITSXU5CyQwIxQwmvqLyoLL9UTqgFq55My1FgIe97H7-dkuhNtqVttyggmGyyb8LJ3PdAc59Lo_tNvTr54Gd72eEuhhEzdL80k5lu0vxdHIKrasLJnOlekbRTD3uJ9e7iGW6JS-VDpBZ/s1600-h/IMGP3496.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTITSXU5CyQwIxQwmvqLyoLL9UTqgFq55My1FgIe97H7-dkuhNtqVttyggmGyyb8LJ3PdAc59Lo_tNvTr54Gd72eEuhhEzdL80k5lu0vxdHIKrasLJnOlekbRTD3uJ9e7iGW6JS-VDpBZ/s400/IMGP3496.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218165862440240242" border="0" /></a><br />Bushfires ,in the wild, are part of the natural cycle of growth & regeneration in the Aussie bush.<br /><br />The flower of an xanthorrhoea is born on a long vertical spike. You can see 2 flower spikes from last season in the picture below, from an area not burnt out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjkfF-9tse9X3a_ConRF6Yh8HuUHsovjPOgadVjlBcl_qHwBXnp4fEbNoi8QcEieIEGPppNs6XJPNt6FZQsFfNyqfwwHZj1DOCQ5aOKrjsstGxkw8YI6goCQfGyvjoygrGSgoN9A6jj6X/s1600-h/IMGP3488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjkfF-9tse9X3a_ConRF6Yh8HuUHsovjPOgadVjlBcl_qHwBXnp4fEbNoi8QcEieIEGPppNs6XJPNt6FZQsFfNyqfwwHZj1DOCQ5aOKrjsstGxkw8YI6goCQfGyvjoygrGSgoN9A6jj6X/s400/IMGP3488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218161901428815810" border="0" /></a><br />If you want to see what others came up with for X, check out <a href="http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/">Mrs Nesbitt's </a>ABC Wednesday list.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-33489151301785201282008-07-01T09:04:00.002+10:002008-07-01T11:24:33.549+10:00LIFE'S A CIRCUS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnW9a7grf43EunmnYVRqu2e-v51s03uL0kp6fOWG31sEdmVtiu4ysbp8GJ3H1FmEHOhYiYcxAXMzPQJTjS-K_SLPmwepzfVT3oEtjtWTIsmGxjSqvgkEqbRqM0u2Ro8Wr591r7L_A7AbZ/s1600-h/DSCN0234.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnW9a7grf43EunmnYVRqu2e-v51s03uL0kp6fOWG31sEdmVtiu4ysbp8GJ3H1FmEHOhYiYcxAXMzPQJTjS-K_SLPmwepzfVT3oEtjtWTIsmGxjSqvgkEqbRqM0u2Ro8Wr591r7L_A7AbZ/s400/DSCN0234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217850161902395426" border="0" /></a><br />On 24th June, I wrote a little comment called "Life's A Balancing Act" ( just scroll back a few posts). Honour who has a wonderfully thoughtful blog <a href="http://artofpractice.blogspot.com/">here</a>, wrote a pithy comment that her friend whose 2nd language is English, prefers to say "life is a circus".<br /><br />.....and I'm<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> loving</span> that! Life really <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">is </span>a circus when you think about it!<br /><br />So, if that's the case, what's your act in the circus of life, if I'm the balancing act?<br /><br />The high diving act above is performed by either my brother-in-law or my nephew, at Manning Gorge in the Kimberley area of Western Australia.CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-88683300529376005992008-06-29T14:00:00.012+10:002008-06-29T14:39:43.316+10:00SUNDAY ON THE BEACH WITH ........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRozprE46vyG3Ofo1FoZc-svEeiyoheYRZm1YbQqbwGrvgPDoCKZ9nhhWQmt898eCRRCnlUy1BZmxT5Xz6BE9DFfsfbNd3OKlEN5hLBGlZHBD0FLzNGoePLC1dQRi2PUzR4XRarjcuJA65/s1600-h/IMGP3536.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRozprE46vyG3Ofo1FoZc-svEeiyoheYRZm1YbQqbwGrvgPDoCKZ9nhhWQmt898eCRRCnlUy1BZmxT5Xz6BE9DFfsfbNd3OKlEN5hLBGlZHBD0FLzNGoePLC1dQRi2PUzR4XRarjcuJA65/s400/IMGP3536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217153139637384258" border="0" /></a><br />......George, his dog, & others....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH_hMJlOPH6qO-Phd2d9RxgjtYx3QKHnejB6zEKiTHGdB7z9zCTMfGnPQpV3R-5x66cBPTUtTNFmc_5onrKk10ofzD2-51HkP7FVXm9j5LoiYu5PJVwwDkrlOolH0EDxv1XBW5qvYFg6J/s1600-h/IMGP3570.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH_hMJlOPH6qO-Phd2d9RxgjtYx3QKHnejB6zEKiTHGdB7z9zCTMfGnPQpV3R-5x66cBPTUtTNFmc_5onrKk10ofzD2-51HkP7FVXm9j5LoiYu5PJVwwDkrlOolH0EDxv1XBW5qvYFg6J/s400/IMGP3570.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217155647651769218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnVUm5hlhpCrhBAUBk_7fb9K5k_Rmm3Kn_PaBT_u3YSeS1vkWir_vV6wKN3gEjh_hus21idESAyVUHX9fv71DJeL_W8i9SjKJj8a0M-aEqGKKNZwtVv_cx_gwe7ulc8hxxcYeDwQzA6Pq/s1600-h/IMGP3576.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnVUm5hlhpCrhBAUBk_7fb9K5k_Rmm3Kn_PaBT_u3YSeS1vkWir_vV6wKN3gEjh_hus21idESAyVUHX9fv71DJeL_W8i9SjKJj8a0M-aEqGKKNZwtVv_cx_gwe7ulc8hxxcYeDwQzA6Pq/s400/IMGP3576.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217157530277512578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqE773BGLRFqH798vD8bArBXsUVOJEt-Rv3PCuxTE-dv-cJMr7aj1FMkddZxTEUX574YMNEKftNcX7M031LEEJ7S_NxrhRXIOqTUtiIX-QTaBO_mxYoVUW6VcigmUs_4gftPySyyTHWB_/s1600-h/IMGP3544.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqE773BGLRFqH798vD8bArBXsUVOJEt-Rv3PCuxTE-dv-cJMr7aj1FMkddZxTEUX574YMNEKftNcX7M031LEEJ7S_NxrhRXIOqTUtiIX-QTaBO_mxYoVUW6VcigmUs_4gftPySyyTHWB_/s400/IMGP3544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217155060137398738" border="0" /></a>.....plus a watch washed up on the beach, stopped at 12.05....what happened at 12.05 I wonder?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zr8x6WqMCqvKWQwigR2EH3OvVv1FucFKj2kgL3idBi9tFQ03spMXYuZ0t-XQmdhDr3LL5fhQdWMr0UiOd3ccxHlw3dVWj_guIpOZ3MV5bvU3KzNQAWCDX64DWl-eRyvFQJzuStqq02w6/s1600-h/IMGP3561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zr8x6WqMCqvKWQwigR2EH3OvVv1FucFKj2kgL3idBi9tFQ03spMXYuZ0t-XQmdhDr3LL5fhQdWMr0UiOd3ccxHlw3dVWj_guIpOZ3MV5bvU3KzNQAWCDX64DWl-eRyvFQJzuStqq02w6/s400/IMGP3561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217158073696163938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx578evsxvT_kTfdJ6YD90CrUYmomtuZ_jBPaYMJ7zLxlut4naq56JM-XoQbwJir8cVULKJY6yTrCAgYeBxhuDL6xTxOBampTCGwMjlV6I4N0QaWg85FLaZdqCSFFPFJ7a-FttIiR0QkME/s1600-h/IMGP3577.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx578evsxvT_kTfdJ6YD90CrUYmomtuZ_jBPaYMJ7zLxlut4naq56JM-XoQbwJir8cVULKJY6yTrCAgYeBxhuDL6xTxOBampTCGwMjlV6I4N0QaWg85FLaZdqCSFFPFJ7a-FttIiR0QkME/s400/IMGP3577.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217157532764066690" border="0" /></a>CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685566028711253103.post-7500621856431878942008-06-26T11:45:00.004+10:002008-06-26T11:58:54.322+10:00SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAIGcBJMVP2H61tPgPGfToN5FTGxEUs9lC7l_VSmcghMBt3iFybxmTdOxxv63c05Yj2vkEk5O-AmDX0DQLMpK2ZNvw3z1FPrWhmh4H27AmhHXgfQ5_UbQrhevxRrS31f694Zr2QNYZWPq/s1600-h/sunrise21-6-04+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAIGcBJMVP2H61tPgPGfToN5FTGxEUs9lC7l_VSmcghMBt3iFybxmTdOxxv63c05Yj2vkEk5O-AmDX0DQLMpK2ZNvw3z1FPrWhmh4H27AmhHXgfQ5_UbQrhevxRrS31f694Zr2QNYZWPq/s400/sunrise21-6-04+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216001814211179234" border="0" /></a><br />....just like today! Just arrived back home from my ( almost) daily walk with my friend Robin down to Hastings Pt via the cycle track & return via the beach. It's a BRILLIANT day, warm-ish & calm, & Robin & I picked 3, yes THREE, top pieces of beach glass, 2 clear/frosted & the other GREEN!! No daggy beer bottle beach glass like my photo above!<br /><br />Dolphins surfing in the waves, having the time of their lives, AND THEN....<br /><br />...out to sea, leaping out of the water, humpback whales, on their annual winter migration north,from Antarctica to the Coral Sea, where the females give birth. We walked up to the headland ,lay back on the grass in the sun & watched 3 different pods of whales for about 45 minutes.<br /><br />Yep, some days are diamonds!CaBaCuRlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08451681218562430878noreply@blogger.com7