A moment captured before a new fern unfolds itself in the warm sun
Category: Aussie Life
My experiences of life in Australia
One of the most photographed buildings in Sydney is the iconic Opera House.
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Day 6 – Connect
Nowadays connecting with friends and loved ones scattered across the world is relatively easy with the invention of the ‘inter-web’. Imagine how difficult it would have been before the invention of the telephone; relying on a letter which may have taken weeks or even months to arrive at its destination. We are very fortunate aren’t […]
A few of my shots captured out and about South Australia this Summer. I’ve been experimenting with my new Samsung Galaxy Note 4 camera. I’m really impressed with the 16 megapixel camera – so much so I haven’t touched my Sony Camera. I hope to get out and about with that for week two of […]
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Street
This photograph was taken from the top of the south eastern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge which connects the Sydney business district to North Shore; It carries eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, a footpath and a cyclepath. The Park Hyatt Hotel is in the foreground and the Sydney skyline in the background. A truly […]
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Changing Seasons
Happy first day of Spring to all my family, friends and fellow bloggers who reside in the northern hemisphere. With your Spring comes our Autumn; the ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfullness’. The ripening on the vines and the lengthening of the afternoon shadows. The 2014 vintage is well underway in our local wine region, […]
With easy access to so much information at our finger tips on the ‘interweb’, there is no excuse for not researching your new home and culture as you embark on your new life in a new country. Even with an abundance of websites and forums to aid your transition into a new culture, there will […]
What a wonderful start to the year for me and I haven’t even kicked off the blogging new year yet. I’ve been nominated for a blogging award! It’s the Liebster Award, which is a fantastic way to discover and recommend new blogs. Thank you very much to Secrets of a Trailing Spouse for nominating me […]
I have been saving wine corks for quite a few years now with the plan to turn them into a cork board. Unfortunately, it is taking quite some time as most of the Australian wine I enjoy is sealed under Stelvin screw caps. My daughter asked me the other day if I was ever going to […]
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The Gym and ‘It’
I’ve taken a long time to hit the <Publish> button on this post because I’m worried that you will think I have made this up but I haven’t. I’m not going to beat around the bush and leave you guessing my age – I’m 48 (and a half.) I have a few crow’s feet starting […]
Waking the Wombat 