Nature
An Island Holiday
Monday 7th October was the start of 3 weeks of annual leave for me. And the start of 1 week of annual leave for Rebecca. As I had 2 more weeks of holidays after this week, this week of holidays…
A Sabbath at Mount Buffalo
A few weeks ago in the middle of May, before the Australian snow season started, Jesse, Eliana and myself spent a Sabbath hiking around the Mount Buffalo National park, in norther eastern Victoria (Australia). The original plan was that Jesse…
3 states, 3 people, and lots different experiences
The Plan A family holiday. It’s been a while since we could say we had one of those. This holiday had been in the planning stages for months, and on the last Friday in September all that planning was put…
A Whole Bunch of Firsts
For 5 days before Easter 2018, I had the opportunity to embark on that most james-like of holidays – a cycling holiday. But that holiday proved to have a lot of firsts: Sunday 25th March, and the forecast was for…
Camera Club
For a number of years we have been looking for something we can do as a couple / family. Rebecca and I have our own hobbies and interests but a common hobby we both had was not so obvious. Over…
Me, Pa and the Car
When my dad (who the kids call Pa) visits, I normally take that opportunity to do some sight-seeing. Often the sight-seeing includes trying to discover interesting railway related stuff (we are both quite interested in trains) where we are travelling.…
A Sabbath of Surprises
For Sabbath this week we decided that rather than go to church we would spend it exploring around the upper Murray region in New South Wales. The part of the upper Murray region which we chose to explore is about…
Birdlife in the Backyard
From the house we live in we can see a lake which has a good variety of birdlife.Here are a few photos of some of the more interesting birds we have seen so far. Above: A pair of ibis (ibi,…