Chief and I are taking off to Singapore for a few days and squeezing in some last minute late 50th birthday celebrations. We thought we ought to stay at the Marina Bay Sands hotel and made a reservation for three of our nights, but after reading the reviews on it, decided against it. You have […]
Last week we were inundated with tiny butterflies; thousands of them! The Caper White from the other side of the Great Dividing Range in western Queensland and New South Wales have migrated to south east Queensland in search of food. There is an abundance of them this year mainly due to favourable breeding conditions and […]
I have been wrestling with a point of Australian social etiquette (yes, there really is!) for almost the entire eleven years we’ve been living here and I’ve never been brave enough to ask anyone about it. Now that I’ve reached that age of not caring what one says, I thought I’d air what’s been bugging […]
A few weeks ago (I can’t even remember when it was), nearly all Australians wound their kitchen clock and their body clock forward one hour to mark the start of Spring and day light saving. Not so the Northern Territory, Western Australia and where I live Queensland. It annoys me and takes some getting used […]
I know – where’ve you been? You made a promise to post something every day for a month, you said, and you lasted just one week. Promise broken and credability destroyed. Won’t do that again, sorry folks. I’ve been busy applying for jobs. It takes a long time; there’s the tweaking of the CV (resume), […]
H2O, providing hours of fun skimming on the surface. H2O
I’m trapped and there’s no escape. I am up high; the fifth floor I think and the windows don’t open. I can see the door but THEY would notice if I went for it. If I keep looking at him; he’ll think I’m paying attention. There are others – next to me and behind me. I […]
This weekend our son flew up from Adelaide and on the way home from the airport, we stopped in our local suburb, Paddington to grab a spot of lunch. Paddington is a suburb just a stones throw from the centre of Brisbane and has some of the steepest streets and roads in the area. I was […]
Edge I love the patterns, shapes and edges of the Sydney Opera House close up.
Yay! I’ve just reached a WordPress milestone – ONE HUNDRED POSTS! It’s taken awhile but I’m feeling pretty boosted by receiving a milestone badge so thank you WordPress and thank you all for still following the Wombat -we appreciate it. Talking of wombats, I just wanted to share Patrick with you – some of you […]
Waking the Wombat