tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71101225079878987872024-03-08T17:04:11.229+05:30Mezze MomentsMezze MomentsMezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-73097071596031779322023-02-04T06:07:00.004+05:302023-02-06T03:13:02.612+05:30Goodbye Blogger - Follow me into Wordpress. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmSrm2l6ntFbgr10R6pw-S4BkVJQ1Fp2E-LnQk_5Oagg1fx1G888U7OppUpkzLZfIjy3Ulqm_FcwEcw18LvhjElzW8ULX4jlGIVtPcB5FGjnDvQ_M5v4Z5ZTxEBpKqibQPH6H9y05EW7AuGbEBg6-pGw-5_5-dK2_Wv3P1t9_CLt30sYi-ODZj8eahQ/s3731/IMG_0398.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3731" data-original-width="2990" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmSrm2l6ntFbgr10R6pw-S4BkVJQ1Fp2E-LnQk_5Oagg1fx1G888U7OppUpkzLZfIjy3Ulqm_FcwEcw18LvhjElzW8ULX4jlGIVtPcB5FGjnDvQ_M5v4Z5ZTxEBpKqibQPH6H9y05EW7AuGbEBg6-pGw-5_5-dK2_Wv3P1t9_CLt30sYi-ODZj8eahQ/w512-h640/IMG_0398.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">My friend Catherine Nelson Pollard gifted me a blank blog when I went to India in July of 2009. It was an early birthday present. She thought it would be a good way for me to share my thoughts and times on the Indian Sub continent and how right she was. I love writing and the blog become an extension of me. When I moved to Australia I considered stopping. It didn't take long however to realise that Australia had so much to offer and I was the luckiest person on earth setting out to explore it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This August my boys gave me another gift - WordPress. They are trying to bring me kicking and screaming into a more user friendly forum. Blogger seems old and outdated now, a bit like me, but I am determined to get to grips with this forum and carry on. All of my content from Blogspot has been moved over to this site <a href="http://mezzemoments.wordpress.com">http://mezzemoments.wordpress.com</a></p><p class="has-text-align-justify" style="text-align: justify;">I have had the help of Sel Christofides, with the graphics, Abigail Usher with the website and Anthony, my wonderful youngest son who has guided me throughout this process with immense cheer and patience. I am not the fastest learner in the West. </p><p class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: justify;">It's easy if you want to subscribe - at the top of the new blog you will see a box and all you need to do is put in your email. This will ensure that new blog entries are delivered to your email. This new forum is more interactive as well so you can comment more easily.</p><p class="has-text-align-left" style="text-align: justify;">Goodbye Blogger. This is my last post on this platform. You have been very good to me - most of the time. This is where I started blogging. It has been invaluable to me and will always be treasured. </p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-17088890114367076582023-01-31T06:02:00.002+05:302023-01-31T09:37:28.113+05:30My first decade in this lucky country<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfAgHM91VjrDsej5OrzJ-2Y9pDLSeIXb7_TOk150T_xaX-9fqNXXlX340ogtXmys57xcJgIIDOf_869YaNLoNKo6lHn_ZKTp5AnWWF6rz1jLOQUCE487pKcgJRz7D6r0TBJREeRIXJxHPNuKnu_yRfyZdMAvV2Lg3b-LifhLyt-Ch3eeWJAWhoFs8VQ/s4032/IMG_8907.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfAgHM91VjrDsej5OrzJ-2Y9pDLSeIXb7_TOk150T_xaX-9fqNXXlX340ogtXmys57xcJgIIDOf_869YaNLoNKo6lHn_ZKTp5AnWWF6rz1jLOQUCE487pKcgJRz7D6r0TBJREeRIXJxHPNuKnu_yRfyZdMAvV2Lg3b-LifhLyt-Ch3eeWJAWhoFs8VQ/w640-h480/IMG_8907.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We landed in Australia on the 31st of January 2013. Today I am celebrating my first decade in this lucky country. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to end up here - on the edge of the world - but I could not be happier and more grateful that a chance headhunter's email and some Public Health expertise from hubby meant that we could choose to make Australia our home. It is my home in every which way. The jury is out for hubby who may have some pull back to the UK but that is still an open negotiation. He may have to leave his bees behind and that would not make him happy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I know he recognises how important it is to me as tonight he is cooking @<a href="https://www.noregrettispaghetti.co/">https://www.noregrettispaghetti.co/</a> linguine with prawns for a special celebratory dinner !</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And a PS - look at what I got from my lovely boys </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4m94bIR_R5y8V2bpXAkr1LQk9SKglEdZN_MvVL6lCrncEcY81cMcoV-ctTGLlR0QtGJ57rDcG1azOzoS75dOWTuyz0QIHoYVyD39WhMWhWEqo_8eKEhbtUepK3nh837l0ws_Ey-OcFdahDuJ3-njXorFyHRNX634NxWQfphq0Vv_ifV210RlQkt5-A/s4032/IMG_0384.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4m94bIR_R5y8V2bpXAkr1LQk9SKglEdZN_MvVL6lCrncEcY81cMcoV-ctTGLlR0QtGJ57rDcG1azOzoS75dOWTuyz0QIHoYVyD39WhMWhWEqo_8eKEhbtUepK3nh837l0ws_Ey-OcFdahDuJ3-njXorFyHRNX634NxWQfphq0Vv_ifV210RlQkt5-A/w480-h640/IMG_0384.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-33181146032197613512023-01-08T09:25:00.000+05:302023-01-08T09:25:14.642+05:30Maleny Botanical Gardens <p style="text-align: justify;">After a week at home I was itching to get out and we had promised George a trip to Maleny to see if we could spot elusive platypuses in the Obi Obi Creek. We started our day trip in the magnificent Maleny Botanical Gardens set up by Frank Shipp, a South African immigrant from Durban - he purchased the land with a view to create beautiful gardens. He landscaped ponds, lakes and waterfalls and the gardens were opened to the public in 2012. The following year he opened the Bird house which looks after many rescued birds - parrots which were once pets, injured birds, rare species. It's just a delight and especially now when the agapanthus flowers dominate the area, giant balls of blue blossoms swaying on their strong stalks. Borders of blue - with the occasional white flowers just to break up the colour palate. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCAU-ansWz8xDW3nUZ90uaHIaZJuKMfo0hdUO8nmGY_nBSfbihrONi36dKuj5WWFAvlqYZ3wSRmwGkCXkpNqg7WAt1T2oLtYx6x1ilhzTe8ZHBAPLtd8CRH_WErO8BbqypMcDEozGlgZMFI2wM6hHQ-X1nTh0092_esGnrezg8Y9l0Ngmlsb7P3UGxQ/s4032/IMG_0196.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCAU-ansWz8xDW3nUZ90uaHIaZJuKMfo0hdUO8nmGY_nBSfbihrONi36dKuj5WWFAvlqYZ3wSRmwGkCXkpNqg7WAt1T2oLtYx6x1ilhzTe8ZHBAPLtd8CRH_WErO8BbqypMcDEozGlgZMFI2wM6hHQ-X1nTh0092_esGnrezg8Y9l0Ngmlsb7P3UGxQ/w640-h480/IMG_0196.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bTd6v9AH1P2YYjt90-t-4m3jP0KwioAmauAG3Qv61rO_DMuNcdM592lIXqUTVBiJe4l6F0sbZpciO1ro5xWBJIgQ7UCfqOi6uO9cuxMl2qr0kKZtvG7ZGOE2ms1NmsdatwxGd-k1wNZUW4fCRHHmJGgvZso6Pi3bppdXsO61vtuEoyOu7fo5e30pDw/s4032/IMG_0197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bTd6v9AH1P2YYjt90-t-4m3jP0KwioAmauAG3Qv61rO_DMuNcdM592lIXqUTVBiJe4l6F0sbZpciO1ro5xWBJIgQ7UCfqOi6uO9cuxMl2qr0kKZtvG7ZGOE2ms1NmsdatwxGd-k1wNZUW4fCRHHmJGgvZso6Pi3bppdXsO61vtuEoyOu7fo5e30pDw/w640-h480/IMG_0197.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBv4QZoxrIQw9yu1QcALna-RtLDOK4gD1jkZWaP7HnNA1-d1bQLgqtzHWdkhUyjzS7ESHt0OCQq5rmSLlcU1ptq_qFsdvkAYfVxV51DykYMwkSLAyQxAHZs9e2ntS11cwcUdcg43MrHGvAtCFX7s4Xfp1tUKXSyzTMvn5yRCswC1FLzFug6jCnpjHuQg/s4032/IMG_0213.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBv4QZoxrIQw9yu1QcALna-RtLDOK4gD1jkZWaP7HnNA1-d1bQLgqtzHWdkhUyjzS7ESHt0OCQq5rmSLlcU1ptq_qFsdvkAYfVxV51DykYMwkSLAyQxAHZs9e2ntS11cwcUdcg43MrHGvAtCFX7s4Xfp1tUKXSyzTMvn5yRCswC1FLzFug6jCnpjHuQg/w480-h640/IMG_0213.jpeg" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfYNG1hfWWchmJR5lPofeerJpXxtauybBt6i_Ueiawhcjx8Og9dE6we1Y_QNhOh0KpiWbllR4qKi2xil-qUPLB-2-c4a0zJjQNW_tT0S0ukBvEJTXD5_xwUQwmhm2-AIdz-gg4D6oSngL68amDWiLabvsvnJCqH6sTCYMKcELI6tM4x96KFORhBJ-9w/s4032/IMG_0214.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfYNG1hfWWchmJR5lPofeerJpXxtauybBt6i_Ueiawhcjx8Og9dE6we1Y_QNhOh0KpiWbllR4qKi2xil-qUPLB-2-c4a0zJjQNW_tT0S0ukBvEJTXD5_xwUQwmhm2-AIdz-gg4D6oSngL68amDWiLabvsvnJCqH6sTCYMKcELI6tM4x96KFORhBJ-9w/w480-h640/IMG_0214.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>We explored the gardens, the ponds, the waterfalls and the ancient rock formations. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7TXiEqz99WdEZdh8Ta73idg-FZEpe-wBmtVGrgu7ab9GP3Dnj2lGivx2bm5f7jp78Uz7yPN_6m6dswy6S61RFmbKiKlXpVq-EKljEj9Zy5OanTkeOUUNGrqlNLhw2hImIt5Dv-2Ltet6JMU6yRZzHaKil-ombWy6x-xvD8DXHRVpE-sVO8LWPzvHXQ/s4032/IMG_0199.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7TXiEqz99WdEZdh8Ta73idg-FZEpe-wBmtVGrgu7ab9GP3Dnj2lGivx2bm5f7jp78Uz7yPN_6m6dswy6S61RFmbKiKlXpVq-EKljEj9Zy5OanTkeOUUNGrqlNLhw2hImIt5Dv-2Ltet6JMU6yRZzHaKil-ombWy6x-xvD8DXHRVpE-sVO8LWPzvHXQ/w480-h640/IMG_0199.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The Glasshouse mountains silhouetted in many of the photos. Volcanic plugs in the flat landscape. A Euphorbia collection near this pond made us think of the many we came across in Kenya. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_UGdvQQyXo7fIbPJX6At3fi43297GCLN93fZY_G6017sLxbVzfRG3V-odKXtRWEozHOWZwICkbXs-VvYk4nwDneqrtHfQbhzkzLKdx-XCr25if0Sn5ioTgN2j_BoIuVy4_X08kMfJ4Rhf0MIq8JlvYuzInP7wDBBplOhv5dALv9PULMiFoQBqp3oyA/s4032/IMG_0202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_UGdvQQyXo7fIbPJX6At3fi43297GCLN93fZY_G6017sLxbVzfRG3V-odKXtRWEozHOWZwICkbXs-VvYk4nwDneqrtHfQbhzkzLKdx-XCr25if0Sn5ioTgN2j_BoIuVy4_X08kMfJ4Rhf0MIq8JlvYuzInP7wDBBplOhv5dALv9PULMiFoQBqp3oyA/w640-h480/IMG_0202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9YoUEPjKhpSD8QO0iRI_ZVCtyaMf4G5GwGqF12p29Obln6MWy0DbJLP6PheEo4VLn8JY5kTdxyv_nVb-eH4t_wc8PbawQe4AIf1dgFA9K04OjX9coBngp5RSJ4Zf6sPasdo44qvxcwsu-vBEefTRpAVIsmDAIBWuU2p-YNX81Q5EKGahEfeZfM_K0g/s4032/IMG_0204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9YoUEPjKhpSD8QO0iRI_ZVCtyaMf4G5GwGqF12p29Obln6MWy0DbJLP6PheEo4VLn8JY5kTdxyv_nVb-eH4t_wc8PbawQe4AIf1dgFA9K04OjX9coBngp5RSJ4Zf6sPasdo44qvxcwsu-vBEefTRpAVIsmDAIBWuU2p-YNX81Q5EKGahEfeZfM_K0g/w480-h640/IMG_0204.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Exquisite flowers and ancient rock formations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaf5qT5QMhwmDBju5lAkeMixXjmh018c2ptV26sBVRDcgHS5rS9sErHrXOEtS-bQjeX7DbT0YjIhioQSWUdNrXppB8DfRk-UOShEbvGE5NFjrg9Ivm1Cy5z9-nfULaWs7hqW7FxZMt5FPpNkmjYqsZ-j_JvgX4_8ZhEKYiU8MHHu-0M9XPtFPG2m0qQ/s4032/IMG_0206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaf5qT5QMhwmDBju5lAkeMixXjmh018c2ptV26sBVRDcgHS5rS9sErHrXOEtS-bQjeX7DbT0YjIhioQSWUdNrXppB8DfRk-UOShEbvGE5NFjrg9Ivm1Cy5z9-nfULaWs7hqW7FxZMt5FPpNkmjYqsZ-j_JvgX4_8ZhEKYiU8MHHu-0M9XPtFPG2m0qQ/w480-h640/IMG_0206.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ6UCLPWf05vxWsuM_uVGZxP9Xtaw3_N5Rr7pKEs1U3yjiR73nf-Zmy0G8c_9QDGqxoaL-yIiwP2jqVGGgW7FDOlHaDvy4C57ipre-qPtYDwx5TVX9lK560ZK4RcO2wPZ2q0nsJlZ82BDuHUjIC_zymH37HJnCQ0wO0xlR6AAvqvxJ0mx-zJGcnatIw/s4032/IMG_0207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ6UCLPWf05vxWsuM_uVGZxP9Xtaw3_N5Rr7pKEs1U3yjiR73nf-Zmy0G8c_9QDGqxoaL-yIiwP2jqVGGgW7FDOlHaDvy4C57ipre-qPtYDwx5TVX9lK560ZK4RcO2wPZ2q0nsJlZ82BDuHUjIC_zymH37HJnCQ0wO0xlR6AAvqvxJ0mx-zJGcnatIw/w480-h640/IMG_0207.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been meaning to visit for years. Well worth it and on our way out we went to the Obi Obi Creek and George spotted Platypus ! </div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-59710097087478576972023-01-04T12:06:00.001+05:302023-01-04T13:01:50.905+05:30The inevitability of Covid<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW7-QNDSMYQaVhCOywCv7F8P7SmHEqRmReQFuNY-AbSYGUorWP3yr78nGUJyCLX8NaPHkjmBV64GahOZt9ZxMP4F_XN0PWIENNxkVf03K4g-OGY0UmfLc-dj_aoP2yVN3DxwCAxiiJfdWWegZWcKMRDKjLQlW3fWPQ-3RXnMJ00NCu0Z0_m_t-u6Gsg/s906/323417670_1331936710875796_1607067771565705796_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="906" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW7-QNDSMYQaVhCOywCv7F8P7SmHEqRmReQFuNY-AbSYGUorWP3yr78nGUJyCLX8NaPHkjmBV64GahOZt9ZxMP4F_XN0PWIENNxkVf03K4g-OGY0UmfLc-dj_aoP2yVN3DxwCAxiiJfdWWegZWcKMRDKjLQlW3fWPQ-3RXnMJ00NCu0Z0_m_t-u6Gsg/s320/323417670_1331936710875796_1607067771565705796_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It's been an interesting start to the new year. After a lovely NYE with George at one of our favourite seafood restaurants I got home feeling a tickle in my throat. The 1st was lovely as we walked in nature but by the evening I was feverish, coughing and feeling nauseous. Then came the strong headaches. Two days in and a rat test confirmed it was Covid. My days in isolation go from feeling sick as a dog (where does that expression come from ?) to feeling ok after much paracetamol and soluble aspirin. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After a bad night when I thought my head might explode I decided it was best to seek advice - do I qualify for antivirals? I booked a tele- consultation with my GP practice. The GP took a thorough history and proclaimed me too young and healthy for antivirals. Well, rarely does a consultation with a negative outcome lead to such a heartening message. I felt quite buoyed by it so determined to make this virus vanish resolutely out of my body, slowly but surely. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hubby down too - G last man standing - he cooks dinner, makes me cups of tea - he savours the quiet days and the loveliness around him. He needs for nothing more. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am confident that I will get better but let no one ignore this appalling virus and the illness and death it has brought to the world. </p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-89874712310702891612022-12-31T03:41:00.000+05:302022-12-31T03:41:35.481+05:30Last day of 2022. Welcoming the New Year. <p style="text-align: justify;">2022 felt like a release, a revival and a time to reconnect. And throughout the year it has been just so, an ability to travel and meet with family and friends, a year when we could tentatively explore new parts of Aus and find joy in going to the theatre and concerts and organising many events once more. This amongst the ongoing war in the Ukraine, the terrible travails of the Truss government in the UK, inflation and climate change events, but the hopeful beginnings of the Albanese government here. The year has come to an end with all the boys being here with us to celebrate Christmas. What joy. Sharing good food and fine bottles of wine and many bubbles in between, days on Australia's pristine beaches and bush lands, time at home on an unusually rainy summer, playing Uno and backgammon and reading good books. </p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Two head for Sydney today to party the night away. Lucky to have one with us for a few more days. A friend sent me a thank you card for the Xmas party on the 23rd - this is her card. It could not be a more appropriate message so I am sharing it with you all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VBrqwLDlV1fixaafipFPm0oCunfgO0LSGrjYq9F0gEUFAauYkfdeKroJG-YxsYj_qBVlUsb1DtJNSBcML8B_dzXENQSJJ0xsUH9I9_5B4wblOWNR6dgf2YECm-5FXjJY9l5fR3eN4iqLpnCE5aDPGqhtPEw9z1v-60hAhlMQ-j2NXJmCbFE3dU0_HA/s3931/IMG_0129.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3931" data-original-width="2798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VBrqwLDlV1fixaafipFPm0oCunfgO0LSGrjYq9F0gEUFAauYkfdeKroJG-YxsYj_qBVlUsb1DtJNSBcML8B_dzXENQSJJ0xsUH9I9_5B4wblOWNR6dgf2YECm-5FXjJY9l5fR3eN4iqLpnCE5aDPGqhtPEw9z1v-60hAhlMQ-j2NXJmCbFE3dU0_HA/w456-h640/IMG_0129.jpeg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODFKI9KGYxboTrm3YpFTGi2GtiEikrr0cNh38SS69K58obuuhdBX1iHf2yNUVAx_spY4s2XoDYVdiQPNQquSQZBqG4M4lR1xoycbJjcTgj5Dt7LL9nQV3EqTgKCRAOaPaE1iX1P3Vu4_CwNX0csWHL8-DZL3WFV646ABcYC96enhD_bqK3-0up54f_A/s4032/IMG_0039.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODFKI9KGYxboTrm3YpFTGi2GtiEikrr0cNh38SS69K58obuuhdBX1iHf2yNUVAx_spY4s2XoDYVdiQPNQquSQZBqG4M4lR1xoycbJjcTgj5Dt7LL9nQV3EqTgKCRAOaPaE1iX1P3Vu4_CwNX0csWHL8-DZL3WFV646ABcYC96enhD_bqK3-0up54f_A/w480-h640/IMG_0039.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Happy New Year Everyone - BEE HAPPY and healthy and may the year bring you all you wish for. <p></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-79282406408149064722022-12-20T07:09:00.000+05:302022-12-20T07:09:32.189+05:30Connectivity <p>Today I went to my local Greek shop to get some jumbo kalamata olives for the Xmas Party. It is staffed by some great women who are very helpful. I wanted something special so I approached a Chinese lady who was stocking the shelf. She could not speak English but that did not deter her, she whipped out her phone and encouraged me to speak into it, which I did and she instantly heard the Chinese translation and directed me correctly to the shelf where I found what I was looking for. I thanked her and smiled. Wow - </p><p>I went to the till and the woman asked where I was from and I said I was Greek Cypriot - she said she was too, mother from Rhodes and father from Cyprus, a little village in the Famagusta area called Milia which is Turkish Occupied. I told her about my family in Famagusta and we bonded in some corner of West End in Oz. </p><p>In Oz you often find big hunky cars decorated with tinsel -Its all about the seafood and the beers now. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NkmE7bAGSlY6Yu7VJv7tEWw70qXBYCCnVuWC2P134xACiPNnf0skygJU1vSR_uYwufeSxte68VXH-ARG4VNFkwumyNg63NPc6y2s0gyACuANtFqCqXKuGPbLSNbO4nxYPdHFgueiyiylGCPnhvWtUV9A_fnXnA2dUmNH_4CtpHAbDyf1XDfXYkBQWA/s3916/IMG_9989.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2099" data-original-width="3916" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NkmE7bAGSlY6Yu7VJv7tEWw70qXBYCCnVuWC2P134xACiPNnf0skygJU1vSR_uYwufeSxte68VXH-ARG4VNFkwumyNg63NPc6y2s0gyACuANtFqCqXKuGPbLSNbO4nxYPdHFgueiyiylGCPnhvWtUV9A_fnXnA2dUmNH_4CtpHAbDyf1XDfXYkBQWA/w640-h344/IMG_9989.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahfGT1PvUNel7C60RpAQCOFut98vojor6lJFFBA3QE7eVKm4_xdLD3z0x_Q9TV9Dah9rO6MyYBXg0N07jk0RIcekrg5jU_MOaAdX7GWebaGThQxGh5yQHD7DIbdAJwPkJe7lwFUHa7He_UMOqxYXXY2iLc0NqrYUNSeZuGhcyp5olOPjXdNCd9N5GEw/s4032/IMG_9579.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahfGT1PvUNel7C60RpAQCOFut98vojor6lJFFBA3QE7eVKm4_xdLD3z0x_Q9TV9Dah9rO6MyYBXg0N07jk0RIcekrg5jU_MOaAdX7GWebaGThQxGh5yQHD7DIbdAJwPkJe7lwFUHa7He_UMOqxYXXY2iLc0NqrYUNSeZuGhcyp5olOPjXdNCd9N5GEw/w480-h640/IMG_9579.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>Two tales for today or is that three ?! </p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-63448734854030043232022-12-09T07:59:00.001+05:302022-12-09T07:59:13.195+05:30Bookgroup - End of year 2022<p> Have we read some good books?</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ItJafagbBmjabPYqKe1pLT4-pKRNE95HOuylbT1ZX9B_FTHWBfNPEOnLAdIAPNJvcyWSUryMma9SZeK0FwHCAzuTSAabofBMp2IKxQ1td1eEygzZ4k_YKuHFzMTrEKQJFhEY_D-qziA_x3Tyq3jyJ2N99qvH2zoc0svT8tmBGxmMEivM6oE3rjMtpQ/s4032/IMG_9994.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ItJafagbBmjabPYqKe1pLT4-pKRNE95HOuylbT1ZX9B_FTHWBfNPEOnLAdIAPNJvcyWSUryMma9SZeK0FwHCAzuTSAabofBMp2IKxQ1td1eEygzZ4k_YKuHFzMTrEKQJFhEY_D-qziA_x3Tyq3jyJ2N99qvH2zoc0svT8tmBGxmMEivM6oE3rjMtpQ/w480-h640/IMG_9994.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUg4HDoBgoX7aeoeL9Xv3RiuFcSKv3Pxs46a-hFv-ivA3rhsvj5YeM5pA2h_HoQ4b--VlPg2Ij805zOGG73aknblljCFdkSvCaOm5vGjU3E350L1oVmuEHFZ-ucIi3I6TpnyDkvROdbK4GOr-UvjQ_BbbgBRY0EpQv21-ZwA5KJyNgPgYorxML78xmYA/s4032/IMG_9996.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUg4HDoBgoX7aeoeL9Xv3RiuFcSKv3Pxs46a-hFv-ivA3rhsvj5YeM5pA2h_HoQ4b--VlPg2Ij805zOGG73aknblljCFdkSvCaOm5vGjU3E350L1oVmuEHFZ-ucIi3I6TpnyDkvROdbK4GOr-UvjQ_BbbgBRY0EpQv21-ZwA5KJyNgPgYorxML78xmYA/w640-h480/IMG_9996.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We all agreed we had and were looking forward to reading some more in 2023 - but for the moment, it was silly hats time and some good food to be shared around the table. Aldi provided the best bons bons or Xmas Crackers for this girlie group I have ever come across and the best jokes were : </div><p></p><p> I am tall when I am young and I am short when I am old - what am I ? A candle.</p><p> What do you call a cow that eats your grass ? A lawn moo- wer! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgCsFks6yO0xWv8-RNXXX_6F55UblBffL1tmudDPmKg2LVTeq0H4xnmHsrV_fgy_aHnw5VKhC63J2wi3dl9pTqL7BEv8nRv1bYmyy_uOhDk4AbGB_urEMsiZGNEALNeGfx7_SerB77KhfcSTmuu7LcfOFVOkohrVGgapsyG6F_7DXG1IqBFgXBSE_Tg/s4032/IMG_9998.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgCsFks6yO0xWv8-RNXXX_6F55UblBffL1tmudDPmKg2LVTeq0H4xnmHsrV_fgy_aHnw5VKhC63J2wi3dl9pTqL7BEv8nRv1bYmyy_uOhDk4AbGB_urEMsiZGNEALNeGfx7_SerB77KhfcSTmuu7LcfOFVOkohrVGgapsyG6F_7DXG1IqBFgXBSE_Tg/w320-h240/IMG_9998.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhyu80R0gQhRVenyLwWe4hN0gGSYLjBlOcGoHwFafdq8OOhVX-Y3ilx3tXMANrBZVToyIDgeHeL-XWmC8lpLsZBI29PIGZVevLdEpzx0EfK_axq1sqmHgjaeosdNdfgQfnRej058DKCyUvA86je8TmGAnVWC9dvylfh6YtWtuKmsDTMP24RzdTKm_0w/s4032/IMG_0001.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhyu80R0gQhRVenyLwWe4hN0gGSYLjBlOcGoHwFafdq8OOhVX-Y3ilx3tXMANrBZVToyIDgeHeL-XWmC8lpLsZBI29PIGZVevLdEpzx0EfK_axq1sqmHgjaeosdNdfgQfnRej058DKCyUvA86je8TmGAnVWC9dvylfh6YtWtuKmsDTMP24RzdTKm_0w/w240-h320/IMG_0001.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Standouts from the year Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe, Bodies of Light Jennifer Down, Crossroads Jonathan Franzen, Elena Ferrantes The Lying life of Adults and Freezing Order by Bill Browden. Some rubbish ones along the way but we wont talk about them. Thank you to all the Wondrous Women who come along on this reading journey. More adventures await in 2023.</p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-85680147145532281922022-12-01T11:29:00.002+05:302022-12-01T11:29:43.331+05:30First day of summer - 1st Dec 2022 <p style="text-align: justify;">Its grey and wet, windy and well not very noiiice out there and there is more rain in the forecast for days to come. So it will either be a month of mulled wine and soup or Aperol spritzes and salads. Either way the Poinciana season is upon us and it screams Christmas and let's start decorating and making this city more beautiful than it already is - we shall ignore the wet - its good for the garden. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XIbP8OUNWTVtCvXmeXgdLrqauRnMg-FLDsKPbsmVGWGlGHDHW_xuSO2QACJ6ugFDxIYbivbS3V2dhps4Zcs1KeEhy8M1bziKE6Tjd1ktIKdK4fsLU-9mtaYOEmkOT5L0LWyND1LNR215Yy1LbbS4xTIBbjYnJmXUZmdz-CR0EmImwI1LsXAuJzbd3w/s3786/IMG_9933.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3014" data-original-width="3786" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XIbP8OUNWTVtCvXmeXgdLrqauRnMg-FLDsKPbsmVGWGlGHDHW_xuSO2QACJ6ugFDxIYbivbS3V2dhps4Zcs1KeEhy8M1bziKE6Tjd1ktIKdK4fsLU-9mtaYOEmkOT5L0LWyND1LNR215Yy1LbbS4xTIBbjYnJmXUZmdz-CR0EmImwI1LsXAuJzbd3w/w640-h510/IMG_9933.jpeg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">I I took this photo yesterday while there was still a smidgen of blue in the sky... none today </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgh6A0ypFjKbB9PEkxQUdMFo0QEfO4DreC1IhQds_AfDXm6CWaLxNH7Lgea5ioT2d1DPf5NU_nkUL7U5s7D3x6vDuWluUWiCGJcLPBMFuE5HX9sI6k1qs6re8CSSolaDILLhbMfYhXGm5X0zN7F0VQtjWFrUjNovdoZa5UN6f1wbqCXlGWlbqKQoULg/s4032/IMG_9935.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgh6A0ypFjKbB9PEkxQUdMFo0QEfO4DreC1IhQds_AfDXm6CWaLxNH7Lgea5ioT2d1DPf5NU_nkUL7U5s7D3x6vDuWluUWiCGJcLPBMFuE5HX9sI6k1qs6re8CSSolaDILLhbMfYhXGm5X0zN7F0VQtjWFrUjNovdoZa5UN6f1wbqCXlGWlbqKQoULg/w640-h480/IMG_9935.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSUIA7GR0jzZLQoHpUuyh_P2-NZkB6TpdCZsjycvtLEaYW-kjsh14c_BQfJ7yEdwBnr2IHwMbJRXVwk6xsDf0UK8A2YebaX6Zf6scetJrTqL57082I5XemQ0_o2A_fc1AvZhutKtP49CIDnMl-DIm4WIUuhCbKKD3NIvEOsbroKZu4WK7YVavRoKxZw/s4032/IMG_9937.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSUIA7GR0jzZLQoHpUuyh_P2-NZkB6TpdCZsjycvtLEaYW-kjsh14c_BQfJ7yEdwBnr2IHwMbJRXVwk6xsDf0UK8A2YebaX6Zf6scetJrTqL57082I5XemQ0_o2A_fc1AvZhutKtP49CIDnMl-DIm4WIUuhCbKKD3NIvEOsbroKZu4WK7YVavRoKxZw/w480-h640/IMG_9937.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>I love how trees in gardens are decorated, no need to cut any down or transport them somewhere else. Where they are growing they are glowing and that is how it should be. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxOfiG13ixIG3v-bk3mx1ZxDlqRUWETwZAWNb1eXjn9ZlQ6fm9pvRxTgW9_qrAtgnMjhih8wt8jA99teF55vYkKQByX2PulQbS4M4RQNe4J5qFvevWNvStaJK-RxcUmufczdI8AdudneOPm6Tkw9jUbGYgxbg6eySZXrgHcoJDxUIxTHkr4qWLBguPQ/s4032/IMG_9946.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxOfiG13ixIG3v-bk3mx1ZxDlqRUWETwZAWNb1eXjn9ZlQ6fm9pvRxTgW9_qrAtgnMjhih8wt8jA99teF55vYkKQByX2PulQbS4M4RQNe4J5qFvevWNvStaJK-RxcUmufczdI8AdudneOPm6Tkw9jUbGYgxbg6eySZXrgHcoJDxUIxTHkr4qWLBguPQ/w480-h640/IMG_9946.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Looking back, one of my favourites from the archive, my one and only Tara looking mildly festive - and looking forward, baby Zenonas smiled for the first time for his mummy and daddy yesterday and life could not be sweeter. Boys dribbling in, the World Cup keeping us up, the Messiah, and a Very Naughty Xmas - so much to look forward to. Happy December everyone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M4T_-myzhT6-nziepqRealjK6TREweHaftlqGyjxKdsTtGbu_sHbO4UVKWsQZPKaiHB4b_K1QX1gChqS_sKmdcjNV0TjMDC7LaEAKkintBSwR_lJ4_fduOUUvOEq8xQ2iFmqAE6WUQHyHqZWW5loZIuZiOc1po-dkN0N4UOpi6pHuhhqyYWGFVWVvg/s3345/IMG_9947.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="3345" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M4T_-myzhT6-nziepqRealjK6TREweHaftlqGyjxKdsTtGbu_sHbO4UVKWsQZPKaiHB4b_K1QX1gChqS_sKmdcjNV0TjMDC7LaEAKkintBSwR_lJ4_fduOUUvOEq8xQ2iFmqAE6WUQHyHqZWW5loZIuZiOc1po-dkN0N4UOpi6pHuhhqyYWGFVWVvg/w640-h472/IMG_9947.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-68202153501334763392022-11-26T16:33:00.001+05:302022-11-26T16:37:16.296+05:30Variety is the spice of life <p>My day could not be more varied if I tried. A pre Xmas shared haul from the Beehives yielded 12 kilos. I was the photographer. The Beekeeper did all the really hard work on quite a warm day in his bee suit. Of course it is the bees who are the real heroes - they have plenty of honey left for them to enjoy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTQRxwMJ-AyK0cYnTMsurfBJKqLZYKsJ5GGW_n124GsJ2ha3A0k6QextwiczXbdhTFIDS8czBh7jQtyy9SS-TOSlRi2vK8p0JXcz4J3p3UTDiBeJPuxzVvXeDu8BZX8UD2nBQ2iFbTd3P4o_DXt-C5tosfWjeRV7FjheLFDuilGm5moWHo33Hcc8IZw/s2961/IMG_9908.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="2961" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTQRxwMJ-AyK0cYnTMsurfBJKqLZYKsJ5GGW_n124GsJ2ha3A0k6QextwiczXbdhTFIDS8czBh7jQtyy9SS-TOSlRi2vK8p0JXcz4J3p3UTDiBeJPuxzVvXeDu8BZX8UD2nBQ2iFbTd3P4o_DXt-C5tosfWjeRV7FjheLFDuilGm5moWHo33Hcc8IZw/w640-h582/IMG_9908.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Then onto the new exhibition at QAGOMA - the Gallery of Modern Art with the title of AIR. <div>Broken into a number of related subjects, Atmosphere, Shared, Burn, Invisible and Change. Artists from around the world brought their works on the subject of air, how we share it, how we fear it, how it changes for different social groups. "When artists address global issues confronting us today they energise us to change the world by changing the way we look at it".</div><div><br /></div><div>The works were monumental and tiny, mesmerising and magical and I was able to lose myself in that for a good few hours. The beautiful trees on the way to the Gallery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYygKnmLNePSnlcwRVnEsPSO00FhCENfCevECgHj5TRBW6rwZNyQ7RNw78Rnx_5uJdyAjU82BECB3Yi_lpSFRboeHxv9yg8nyDA_DvjshXYgG9IYOSeqF8s4H0gGdKz21rENdrWuWsoLRp50hGo50njoPF1dApjRZ0bJrLehGVMfdJKrES11JkvLhTw/s4032/IMG_9874.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYygKnmLNePSnlcwRVnEsPSO00FhCENfCevECgHj5TRBW6rwZNyQ7RNw78Rnx_5uJdyAjU82BECB3Yi_lpSFRboeHxv9yg8nyDA_DvjshXYgG9IYOSeqF8s4H0gGdKz21rENdrWuWsoLRp50hGo50njoPF1dApjRZ0bJrLehGVMfdJKrES11JkvLhTw/w640-h480/IMG_9874.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Mona Hatoum's Hot Spot III 2009 her sphere of the earth has the perimeters of all continents burning dangerously red - its not just about the war zones, none of us are too far from hot spots anymore. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_VMWOetIjS6klmGnRFAKOJsleU86QdthuVrETZgVTGnIPS6Zvrj0OXZuFsgaxykBHrTrPEIo7GraHeSdv0bXsg8lkdKlroQJMVTauavgErNYau0OTcNVZX4lIXuOzrul1zHrBKAeLBlYzMlOKzF0lF-nl3jm-EwqJnMGuqMaTChEs9h5VgafuQ1E2g/s4032/IMG_9882.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_VMWOetIjS6klmGnRFAKOJsleU86QdthuVrETZgVTGnIPS6Zvrj0OXZuFsgaxykBHrTrPEIo7GraHeSdv0bXsg8lkdKlroQJMVTauavgErNYau0OTcNVZX4lIXuOzrul1zHrBKAeLBlYzMlOKzF0lF-nl3jm-EwqJnMGuqMaTChEs9h5VgafuQ1E2g/w480-h640/IMG_9882.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Carlos Amorales Black Cloud focuses on our own relationships and our connection with nature. Something that feels terribly out of balance. This work was conceived after the death of his grandmother but also refers to the perilous migration of monarch butterflies between north America and Mexico. Populations are collapsing, black is the colour of mourning and also decay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujDyK2ZuoYBpvejI9lU2UlmjvFggvbwoHPhmUsWOV8OcllN2vSpIbWQ_p66-UzYfoKEnyk57-C-TQ3WJ3VrK2_HYk10OW6paKnXNvUc6IFXCZlZ5vBYLkTTAxFhRMJF97rAj8OC8RbI2eOK65VrI9bMCRF2NiYtPsSRx47wMVxIkyvs-izhGJ4CQjHg/s4032/IMG_9889.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujDyK2ZuoYBpvejI9lU2UlmjvFggvbwoHPhmUsWOV8OcllN2vSpIbWQ_p66-UzYfoKEnyk57-C-TQ3WJ3VrK2_HYk10OW6paKnXNvUc6IFXCZlZ5vBYLkTTAxFhRMJF97rAj8OC8RbI2eOK65VrI9bMCRF2NiYtPsSRx47wMVxIkyvs-izhGJ4CQjHg/w640-h480/IMG_9889.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Tomas Saracenos spectacular spheres. 15 Mirrored spheres create a space for rest and reflection. Where air becomes breath. They are part transparent and part reflective. Here I am reflected in the biggest. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUVqeXzZ2ARfvYwUHf3qm2rckneQDRoHsfVz_x3vy0lswETeqELtUO_hjgny88Wva5BQImGHuhpw0yI-WdjxbV2AraCuITzvVkZEKRF3wSjoDotLUwisCXIz0N_PwH70GXrs2qHugL4YoFLPTc9LvLFuXjXkrZiBH9YaVaNelFqc7AjfnOBVen_Es1g/s4032/IMG_9894.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUVqeXzZ2ARfvYwUHf3qm2rckneQDRoHsfVz_x3vy0lswETeqELtUO_hjgny88Wva5BQImGHuhpw0yI-WdjxbV2AraCuITzvVkZEKRF3wSjoDotLUwisCXIz0N_PwH70GXrs2qHugL4YoFLPTc9LvLFuXjXkrZiBH9YaVaNelFqc7AjfnOBVen_Es1g/w480-h640/IMG_9894.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>My favourite of all - seen previously in the gallery was Jonathan Jones monumental work Giran - the winds from 2018 of change and apprehension made with the help of so many volunteers and replete with the Voice of Dr Uncle Stan Grant, the smell of eucalyptus and the murmurations of Birds. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh_Z_UfWNaZ-fOi2YpbR_VHfbuBuFKSq1oLpEmodWaz5PnmDXp8phaaw373S8r23fZJ8WgLgveEK_02yrUn8xMit9EoiSIvVqS-gNg1b2LaGGlSugCi1zPPLfUJ57K7h-Sntv7Eq9AhdR82TOc4xiN6YmkECcJU1nuQQoWj-uSyGZI7Q6F85mCzgM1g/s4032/IMG_9899.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikh_Z_UfWNaZ-fOi2YpbR_VHfbuBuFKSq1oLpEmodWaz5PnmDXp8phaaw373S8r23fZJ8WgLgveEK_02yrUn8xMit9EoiSIvVqS-gNg1b2LaGGlSugCi1zPPLfUJ57K7h-Sntv7Eq9AhdR82TOc4xiN6YmkECcJU1nuQQoWj-uSyGZI7Q6F85mCzgM1g/w640-h480/IMG_9899.jpeg" width="640" /></a>Here is a detail of the pieces. Made with feathers collected from all over Australia. Bagaay - emu eggshell spoon, bindu ganay, a freshwater mussel scraper, waybarra, a weaving start, bingal a bone awl, a dhola ny a wooden spear and galigal a stone knife. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgbBrm8JbkflSUEhQ29TfqmIbjI8or6WXivTJo_NIg4e4fHAjzsZV_m35KV98myzn_jFAwCW7bltzpxa4qOIoHFuFYpQ6o5WYjjvnSjdPvHhnUrBKkHOgMAh7zW7xw5fafJjipZSKLIjW89Fglp5h3yy-gA8yxd-HJZ9NepXMi34yFa3znPyYvBP9aw/s4032/IMG_9900.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgbBrm8JbkflSUEhQ29TfqmIbjI8or6WXivTJo_NIg4e4fHAjzsZV_m35KV98myzn_jFAwCW7bltzpxa4qOIoHFuFYpQ6o5WYjjvnSjdPvHhnUrBKkHOgMAh7zW7xw5fafJjipZSKLIjW89Fglp5h3yy-gA8yxd-HJZ9NepXMi34yFa3znPyYvBP9aw/w480-h640/IMG_9900.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>And as if this was not enough, an afternoon lecture on Machiavelli's The Prince. Polyglot Arthur Cominos recited it in Italian and then gave us the Greek translation as written by Nikos Kazantzakis. He ended his talk with a a Chinese fable of the Fox and Cockerel spoken in Mandarin - well that was different - and it all turned on the understanding of the term hypochrite which in Greek means to undertake a role. </p><p>So with a delicate crescent moon lying down in the sky, I shall leave you with this quote from Kazantzakis - not part of todays lecture, but one which lends itself to the art work. </p><p>"Since we cannot change reality let us change the eyes which see reality". </p></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-76170815822819879872022-11-22T08:07:00.000+05:302022-11-22T08:07:03.294+05:30From one Turkey to another <p style="text-align: justify;">Our first Xmas lunch done and dusted already, the sky was an azure blue with swirls of clouds travelling languorously across it, there was a breeze, but it was a warm and sunny day, a harbinger of summer which is just round the corner. Our gardening group enjoying a lunch in a sumptuous garden. Not a hint really of Xmas in the air other than the festive ham and the turkey salad, talking of which, this is the one I came across today on my walk, more colourful then the ones which are about to be consumed in most US households for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Males are busy courting females and building bigger and better mounds to attract them. The heat emitted by the decaying foliage helps incubate the eggs. Dad even drills holes in the mounds and inserts his bill to check the temperature in the mound. Now that is what I call a well regulated home. Happy Thanksgiving to all - a lot to be grateful for in our lives. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jFD5UKFRPFFb8iKdseE9YrAHruSn6SgbtOnZGgCPkKgDjJjOQF3Dhj86LmpwiD0_CH2uRBC4OLMF0i0aq3Hyio5r2ebvgeRqPGMYW4muFfUNC8h6WfqKO7GHko7FF_w-VKy9NNtsBcUz44fSe-HB9Hy0i2eG8nvOWpxJ3srnoQ71TzleIgpbSPhw2g/s4032/IMG_9859.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jFD5UKFRPFFb8iKdseE9YrAHruSn6SgbtOnZGgCPkKgDjJjOQF3Dhj86LmpwiD0_CH2uRBC4OLMF0i0aq3Hyio5r2ebvgeRqPGMYW4muFfUNC8h6WfqKO7GHko7FF_w-VKy9NNtsBcUz44fSe-HB9Hy0i2eG8nvOWpxJ3srnoQ71TzleIgpbSPhw2g/w480-h640/IMG_9859.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the year draws to a close I look back on it and realise how radically life has changed in these two years of the pandemic. There may be a wave round the corner but the sting has hopefully gone out of covid and we can hug and kiss family and friends. It feels unbelievably comforting to be here now, though the pain and suffering of many cannot be forgotten. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Time to bake a Xmas Cake and think of a few presents for the family. Xmas takes on a different feel in the sub tropics as it is stripped of the conventional, but looking at all the beauty around me I am happy to embrace new and exciting ways of looking at this time of year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_eLaKaYycq7PYi-3617q6ErYcb8y_sxqNYj2zmwtoIwUrQKgWojJoFZep_H1-vDOXfCIjOHZXIRyrViqWfA0otx1HslQcJo_iSG_4QmkDVFDIQtD0jwtBfdt-ulkCmCEuqdMhwPXaqkNtNwJi3f7BurQ6ib-DK4fL7C4yp3bXOq19N_GpSzhVIyGow/s4032/IMG_9847.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_eLaKaYycq7PYi-3617q6ErYcb8y_sxqNYj2zmwtoIwUrQKgWojJoFZep_H1-vDOXfCIjOHZXIRyrViqWfA0otx1HslQcJo_iSG_4QmkDVFDIQtD0jwtBfdt-ulkCmCEuqdMhwPXaqkNtNwJi3f7BurQ6ib-DK4fL7C4yp3bXOq19N_GpSzhVIyGow/w480-h640/IMG_9847.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pot of dancing orchid Ladies </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj168e7OyO-67YoGsprg-VW1RPkV6bMeQVkzY5w4ZVR2c0nz55KvTxeN-vNchfCNJaVUOgFNX2X5PuzdMtxWXHYQhHV2iXADkxEUVna7nOFYKn72YbMbiINvkJ2xfcorg1Pi_sej5Zr_AANZQI8NlBGZ3MyjI3k8x1nXza4Id7_EROoiTVDP-ParBNMnQ/s4032/IMG_9848.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj168e7OyO-67YoGsprg-VW1RPkV6bMeQVkzY5w4ZVR2c0nz55KvTxeN-vNchfCNJaVUOgFNX2X5PuzdMtxWXHYQhHV2iXADkxEUVna7nOFYKn72YbMbiINvkJ2xfcorg1Pi_sej5Zr_AANZQI8NlBGZ3MyjI3k8x1nXza4Id7_EROoiTVDP-ParBNMnQ/w480-h640/IMG_9848.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gold tipped decorations wouldn't you say? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiIYnSBoYfBE-JwsDTAU05RWro59E-5Wp4zxzgGomJz1efpivVcISTg5fxmBUJrNnCFt_RoWUpVFD_m0HslxKCMLzcv_v5onFXXLPRZ-MawWu6u8eWV0K9MBRhLTkn9VWRksU0-tBh-QtSnCwGVGq6qqTC7xSJ0EYLWI8AxI-KSaD-Mgf1Eq0-tDXdw/s4032/IMG_9849.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiIYnSBoYfBE-JwsDTAU05RWro59E-5Wp4zxzgGomJz1efpivVcISTg5fxmBUJrNnCFt_RoWUpVFD_m0HslxKCMLzcv_v5onFXXLPRZ-MawWu6u8eWV0K9MBRhLTkn9VWRksU0-tBh-QtSnCwGVGq6qqTC7xSJ0EYLWI8AxI-KSaD-Mgf1Eq0-tDXdw/w480-h640/IMG_9849.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Queens Wreath draping delicately </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCc1Rr1nXt8P1Qqr_xzRspCOSYDCAwN8xiXLHLE-PJzj1f-Txb5DpDvroCCJo-FkpSaXdZ88vg7oqg7dfPbZtorzxTR-nw9Bia6GpsPIMKk0dBOTCtpYXWwS-Y-eUEtErqgdlr89BUzJjTvFPPhXg-khHxiCofAvJTPxZ4w1tC6q62aMisM6m28pS5w/s4032/IMG_9850.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCc1Rr1nXt8P1Qqr_xzRspCOSYDCAwN8xiXLHLE-PJzj1f-Txb5DpDvroCCJo-FkpSaXdZ88vg7oqg7dfPbZtorzxTR-nw9Bia6GpsPIMKk0dBOTCtpYXWwS-Y-eUEtErqgdlr89BUzJjTvFPPhXg-khHxiCofAvJTPxZ4w1tC6q62aMisM6m28pS5w/w480-h640/IMG_9850.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monkeys tails planning their escape </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNbxB9U7pBJd4EmowOMkz8JuFqpCA-0_BAa0n4Gv1dewpsJoafi5OorQ4NFJ8LUdJBdLRiju2o_MF-xZFrOU-LEviL6WtATUQQh2vbW0JeFjoaiQgChtOuNQypeNhKoLWUdBPtQbssVxRXDkfkktoU09NBXduRqav-cIz3aj5JcEfAs3pY29jIcPgtA/s4032/IMG_9856.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNbxB9U7pBJd4EmowOMkz8JuFqpCA-0_BAa0n4Gv1dewpsJoafi5OorQ4NFJ8LUdJBdLRiju2o_MF-xZFrOU-LEviL6WtATUQQh2vbW0JeFjoaiQgChtOuNQypeNhKoLWUdBPtQbssVxRXDkfkktoU09NBXduRqav-cIz3aj5JcEfAs3pY29jIcPgtA/w480-h640/IMG_9856.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Matchsticks ready to light up the night </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gmH71PscAN__VTC4xyji0vb6dAW94Ubh733IinlIG2v_ZJHs7WJHYMGVs_T5_GXVWmP1PnyQKqxc8kFjhtwn1bw9FfwbLWunfO79m7L-i4qfSiX5p532Jnacbd0Hiq74OXcKICDipDHWK4mZ5j4kD6fRnsht2yVXX9V91YQnKdZfEu_RNWMXXcMENg/s4032/IMG_9860.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gmH71PscAN__VTC4xyji0vb6dAW94Ubh733IinlIG2v_ZJHs7WJHYMGVs_T5_GXVWmP1PnyQKqxc8kFjhtwn1bw9FfwbLWunfO79m7L-i4qfSiX5p532Jnacbd0Hiq74OXcKICDipDHWK4mZ5j4kD6fRnsht2yVXX9V91YQnKdZfEu_RNWMXXcMENg/w480-h640/IMG_9860.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>The colour of Xmas in our trees - the Poincianas ready to burst into colour - coming soon. Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-32980648676429890882022-11-14T13:15:00.001+05:302022-11-14T13:15:50.305+05:30When Insta comes alive, and the very ancient. <p>Last night I met a man with whom I have been friends on Insta for a couple of years. I am a great fan and he is a great Cretan. He was born in Australia but found his heritage and purpose late in his twenties and he has not looked back. He is the owner of Philhellene a wonderful lively bustling restaurant in Moonee Ponds which serves authentic Cretan food. <a href="https://www.philhellene.com.au">https://www.philhellene.com.au</a> John Rerakis and his wife Susie have been at the forefront of the best Greek food for some 30 years -Behind every Greek man are several amazing women, his wife and two mothers who produce a lot of the excellent food served there.He however is the soul and party of his guests. We drank Cretan wine and ate artichokes with broad beans and goat with peas. Delicious ! </p><p>john.rerakis_ insta He has an allotment and grows many of his own vegetables. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm_K12ExTckHZsHSHx9yNb3xz7osFtyReju9RYo2mDMnkY-876VWn3WT7fQQDeNA_eryamQY2DRPOom41gkzwqv5Q1YTyLI6qXj6mFd2urAdMc_C9XH9w2TfEJysuy9L0R-lpw2MK_OwLQIWDwOdQE-islSZzdA6JwQifpmNvmNQrhUdt1GXHlWGw6Q/s4032/IMG_9768.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm_K12ExTckHZsHSHx9yNb3xz7osFtyReju9RYo2mDMnkY-876VWn3WT7fQQDeNA_eryamQY2DRPOom41gkzwqv5Q1YTyLI6qXj6mFd2urAdMc_C9XH9w2TfEJysuy9L0R-lpw2MK_OwLQIWDwOdQE-islSZzdA6JwQifpmNvmNQrhUdt1GXHlWGw6Q/w240-h320/IMG_9768.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby517RGbpL0mW2xmN4tElSaBUvcDTHE4jFOechBv-b27uLOxn1aKDrb4QcvLec3ECXNINLijjyY49WoHzUP6nN-Zz0p6W_TVZ4mueFyFF6kBs3BzB-FTCzt_-JAqXhNPJfnq3Q0tD4jSek--ivH2bsF7wYLP6XelUV6tH5dW5pMfVNelITIQ2shcC6w/s2880/IMG_9769.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2775" data-original-width="2880" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby517RGbpL0mW2xmN4tElSaBUvcDTHE4jFOechBv-b27uLOxn1aKDrb4QcvLec3ECXNINLijjyY49WoHzUP6nN-Zz0p6W_TVZ4mueFyFF6kBs3BzB-FTCzt_-JAqXhNPJfnq3Q0tD4jSek--ivH2bsF7wYLP6XelUV6tH5dW5pMfVNelITIQ2shcC6w/w320-h309/IMG_9769.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Had to walk some of that off this morning so headed to the Hellenic Museum which I have been meaning to visit for a long time.They had an array of interesting exhibitions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig746VxSUBq-seTffUVzlxEh6bNTisfIt5-igriuzdkJzWtnLo_791wvUXAIZezHzUxDxfkVEaove2YJ_Ik3FY5Phk5X7p1fNwYUYm-SikSRXi3IQJil9glJo68OKToTRtjqyOH3h9c7MrcxB35uY4FpArW6ntxXv8mkLsXa6bjLf1cwP9-PjjwOCOew/s4032/IMG_9775.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig746VxSUBq-seTffUVzlxEh6bNTisfIt5-igriuzdkJzWtnLo_791wvUXAIZezHzUxDxfkVEaove2YJ_Ik3FY5Phk5X7p1fNwYUYm-SikSRXi3IQJil9glJo68OKToTRtjqyOH3h9c7MrcxB35uY4FpArW6ntxXv8mkLsXa6bjLf1cwP9-PjjwOCOew/w150-h200/IMG_9775.jpeg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCv16fTpSIYg6LLAGBTO5UnCaL18RcR_fxeC3fQkgmZBS5dkIzqOURoXeVVtp7uDV_tesyEvWaffrTpaNBbu23rNxpLE6TPVcYVW-P3NM1L54foBLK1yII5DinhtGSXaCD3LC5f60bZYAm-fi9J0ccRPBIE2EpexPJxmDZQp1rp721BamRYDxFczsSg/s4032/IMG_9773.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCv16fTpSIYg6LLAGBTO5UnCaL18RcR_fxeC3fQkgmZBS5dkIzqOURoXeVVtp7uDV_tesyEvWaffrTpaNBbu23rNxpLE6TPVcYVW-P3NM1L54foBLK1yII5DinhtGSXaCD3LC5f60bZYAm-fi9J0ccRPBIE2EpexPJxmDZQp1rp721BamRYDxFczsSg/w150-h200/IMG_9773.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div></div>The well behaved women had all taken off behaving badly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The exhibitions took me through Greek civilisation from its earliest days to the present. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJktC9mRj6yZFXBW4ZTtcoySAEwwYiFZ28rtWdddtCZWCireytnY2p9_7oTbHnxsKHbm3fMY9FlOAHO-lfYQmKRU4RCcJkYw2a9M6jN7lA05vI7xW6ywFi5exdrzqG5q9PmfsvUoEGAKi-2m-l-dteRumFYjFQiMg9hDTPHjyauOukWVGGHY9hoj4I2Q/s3505/IMG_9777.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="2118" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJktC9mRj6yZFXBW4ZTtcoySAEwwYiFZ28rtWdddtCZWCireytnY2p9_7oTbHnxsKHbm3fMY9FlOAHO-lfYQmKRU4RCcJkYw2a9M6jN7lA05vI7xW6ywFi5exdrzqG5q9PmfsvUoEGAKi-2m-l-dteRumFYjFQiMg9hDTPHjyauOukWVGGHY9hoj4I2Q/w386-h640/IMG_9777.jpeg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Cypriot figurine of the 7th C BCE of a male wearing a high tiara. Perhaps they enjoyed dressing up even in those days!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87LHeyJywmyl7j0aiIZTXdoeofYuBVl_lkc0mL1PMbmgALWtzUrKLOQRvK1XlEEcz7-1HNr-9fmQOU6f68U1z5U92obStenVhWJk-MCYE7zR0So3h6B3fjCtCm4BHjemleux1w1AnRVtqHt3irfxjNuxmxalhXpl9hiNkW8QS58Ks4X3pfRmyRi-xKw/s3540/IMG_9780.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3540" data-original-width="3001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87LHeyJywmyl7j0aiIZTXdoeofYuBVl_lkc0mL1PMbmgALWtzUrKLOQRvK1XlEEcz7-1HNr-9fmQOU6f68U1z5U92obStenVhWJk-MCYE7zR0So3h6B3fjCtCm4BHjemleux1w1AnRVtqHt3irfxjNuxmxalhXpl9hiNkW8QS58Ks4X3pfRmyRi-xKw/w542-h640/IMG_9780.jpeg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Nolan amphora from Nola in Southern Italy 450 BCE with an erotic scene between man bearing a fruit and a woman holding a myrtle branch and the duck in the middle alludes to Aphrodite as one of her familiar attributes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd2ar7X_LT8BEgUl0I9C0vp1ByFRvoUUmCz5EMlKMVvfn9PqWB40MAVjEluz-Xux6d63TABuXKJdAA76yjKyGo4FEus4ld6Oyi4TSOrxk7xDi_SG1MYoGGxacfMUeHp8xrNKWG_VSpLVCwgDgENfHe5bZF2195k-p45hfpdmF91_H0ejdiSLpgLOu2Q/s3094/IMG_9784.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3094" data-original-width="2593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDd2ar7X_LT8BEgUl0I9C0vp1ByFRvoUUmCz5EMlKMVvfn9PqWB40MAVjEluz-Xux6d63TABuXKJdAA76yjKyGo4FEus4ld6Oyi4TSOrxk7xDi_SG1MYoGGxacfMUeHp8xrNKWG_VSpLVCwgDgENfHe5bZF2195k-p45hfpdmF91_H0ejdiSLpgLOu2Q/w536-h640/IMG_9784.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Mycenaean figurine of the Phi type resembling the letter φ of the Greek Alphabet. 14th to 13th C BCE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38e7mFzLmqK2V2D6h9Z_nyVOEYdNlCbiFwCnhSr5eitxY2KlZa1Qka_vOwuPlq3A7nF1efEkwpc3IqDGrSozQCSaU9RreK2igDdm_29ATZc_0ZUgKAT-I13yi0Vokb3uSUDbja824-VoPpejVbZyRN-tOWtBijesE8sfOfHvcHkaXsljCbRwpK2StZA/s3000/IMG_9786.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="3000" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38e7mFzLmqK2V2D6h9Z_nyVOEYdNlCbiFwCnhSr5eitxY2KlZa1Qka_vOwuPlq3A7nF1efEkwpc3IqDGrSozQCSaU9RreK2igDdm_29ATZc_0ZUgKAT-I13yi0Vokb3uSUDbja824-VoPpejVbZyRN-tOWtBijesE8sfOfHvcHkaXsljCbRwpK2StZA/w640-h588/IMG_9786.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A myrtle wreath from the 4th to 3rd c BCE. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a whole exhibition dedicated to Cypriot pottery of which there were some lovely examples. I liked this one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs9EphySL3vYmMShmOADM_J-UMra1QVubQXXsM4jlIxhy3tYMSIEIas3yWk3RATKiGczWSU2J8PTu-wW3EwqIq_8wg_uv45g52l72Y0wu4lbL0orW9weSXwH7XXmvlxADGqRuZ6eeaZAbe3_n8iJUtKhtVvc4AFLjTyI2gRdgsu-3h-Dc5Qf5929s1w/s4032/IMG_9794.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs9EphySL3vYmMShmOADM_J-UMra1QVubQXXsM4jlIxhy3tYMSIEIas3yWk3RATKiGczWSU2J8PTu-wW3EwqIq_8wg_uv45g52l72Y0wu4lbL0orW9weSXwH7XXmvlxADGqRuZ6eeaZAbe3_n8iJUtKhtVvc4AFLjTyI2gRdgsu-3h-Dc5Qf5929s1w/w480-h640/IMG_9794.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Moving to the Byzantine times I have special reason to reproduce a St Anthony and a St George. I looked for a St Nicholas but alas he was busy in Bondi. The wooden chest brought back memories of afternoons at home watching my mother create her own chests which were just as beautiful and the delicate embroidery reminiscent of some of the treasures left from my yiayia in Kozani. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9bp35gTWQl1Gaq7qYxKzB70x2gT4ZMarlH57eQoIs_chRHVD-95884SoK3G3qj1awjzAiuaFmWxqrdTDUgSCEj_sG6Mx3Lr1t8rDvviX8vxH9XayvlfhSha109GKO9ZsdKmyiXn8X8azYTnjgkG-Ug5B5vV5bQxp2jhawScqeE1KBoZTrUsZ5UQOmQ/s4032/IMG_9788.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9bp35gTWQl1Gaq7qYxKzB70x2gT4ZMarlH57eQoIs_chRHVD-95884SoK3G3qj1awjzAiuaFmWxqrdTDUgSCEj_sG6Mx3Lr1t8rDvviX8vxH9XayvlfhSha109GKO9ZsdKmyiXn8X8azYTnjgkG-Ug5B5vV5bQxp2jhawScqeE1KBoZTrUsZ5UQOmQ/w480-h640/IMG_9788.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGIM7784cjeL-IN--H0Z5pcoTGFOXm5t_HhGWg0XlYSCZA-FDV7wiMIpujch--r0nYQHyX4mmuaaha8vXbf_ujkBjm5GGnh7SCHI_OEIeesxDKAdMeg22TpS1T3jkpg7sMNMFMIlN6GZBO8pzl66qH2MCi-6itjISRDa65nUJuSZQut_6eUPGT9CRSA/s4032/IMG_9789.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGIM7784cjeL-IN--H0Z5pcoTGFOXm5t_HhGWg0XlYSCZA-FDV7wiMIpujch--r0nYQHyX4mmuaaha8vXbf_ujkBjm5GGnh7SCHI_OEIeesxDKAdMeg22TpS1T3jkpg7sMNMFMIlN6GZBO8pzl66qH2MCi-6itjISRDa65nUJuSZQut_6eUPGT9CRSA/w480-h640/IMG_9789.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6Lg8Ey_djdfzNHYM7P_VXF-Y2049TketXp6XMhuxs2FzMOf_WU0bbmteR1gRLY0HS8nzBhgImmHtogjBQ4zLMot_dNT4GJ7P4B5B9p-TbxJ8T5zh0RgS_c0zkFI9Q_4mlGbShZF6-xze0GKQvM9AyLQtb0_3ckwAz1quzfmOCwRMc38WTKJidV8iw/s4032/IMG_9790.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6Lg8Ey_djdfzNHYM7P_VXF-Y2049TketXp6XMhuxs2FzMOf_WU0bbmteR1gRLY0HS8nzBhgImmHtogjBQ4zLMot_dNT4GJ7P4B5B9p-TbxJ8T5zh0RgS_c0zkFI9Q_4mlGbShZF6-xze0GKQvM9AyLQtb0_3ckwAz1quzfmOCwRMc38WTKJidV8iw/w640-h480/IMG_9790.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9yaJIRZ1fyLHdGG-6lLxATFY4-GD9mjOU8KuaxwknnEkN4BVYsEgRkoe-6StzGmE7BfzqN1Apgyco-bL_9yYZPMjzfOr3OVpTKv8yEKqb5r25TqOxcGWxKdMVwDqfpBbkKL1iJlzXKyjshbNVeGCzlj1zYh7wkieS4DZhNkWPKu_pirefbFF25q9Gw/s3883/IMG_9791.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3883" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9yaJIRZ1fyLHdGG-6lLxATFY4-GD9mjOU8KuaxwknnEkN4BVYsEgRkoe-6StzGmE7BfzqN1Apgyco-bL_9yYZPMjzfOr3OVpTKv8yEKqb5r25TqOxcGWxKdMVwDqfpBbkKL1iJlzXKyjshbNVeGCzlj1zYh7wkieS4DZhNkWPKu_pirefbFF25q9Gw/w480-h640/IMG_9791.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a delightful morning of pride in my heritage and reminiscences of my family. </div></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-40846911743050052832022-11-13T12:58:00.006+05:302022-11-13T12:58:50.673+05:30In Melbourne <p>The city came into view above the overpass and greeted us grey with clouds hanging low, heavy in the sky. Its been a while since we have been here so we headed out to explore. A Pizza at Max's set us up for a few hours for finding our way in the city and enjoying the crowds, the diversity of people and the music. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzktdk2IGEI8dXtCH2AA1zuXLwz82qgckkCWgPy5D1So6Ku9dXe24IqhOjvR-QZ3w4lEttD0bEHOCWdPkYrWHXBQrdI7Zb3nQTPnN34zjdQO_F_KUH_mN_llnMRYfdAIZPhoOXm1YuWDrgfDgBYAX82EwS0RxsVWpRDskkEcciP_4Y7F082NqAYeEpdw/s4032/IMG_9744.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="4032" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzktdk2IGEI8dXtCH2AA1zuXLwz82qgckkCWgPy5D1So6Ku9dXe24IqhOjvR-QZ3w4lEttD0bEHOCWdPkYrWHXBQrdI7Zb3nQTPnN34zjdQO_F_KUH_mN_llnMRYfdAIZPhoOXm1YuWDrgfDgBYAX82EwS0RxsVWpRDskkEcciP_4Y7F082NqAYeEpdw/w640-h386/IMG_9744.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We stopped outside the old Post office Building now an H&M and I went up to one of the women protesting. She asked me if I wanted to stand with her for a while and my eyes filled with tears. Of course I will and I told her we all should, this was not an acceptable way for people to live. I called hubby to hold one of the signs while I took a photo of them and we stood and talked about the power of protest and how important it was that we should all show solidarity with the women in Iran. They had been standing for ten hours. We can all spare time to stand with them, sign a petition for sanctions against Iran and support their cause in every way we can. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6mlzQg2x_QSdCn9956Im1I4mWj3JBKtCqHVfPULyXdEk4E5Gw9dHS5ohTLTe5bDogYoBR_uA3GEX67TyYcSVV9BjxsTB6C0h0AF7zAFsPTCGv1TPHy9uemFaTB1PBiZI5rAC1rljmC8AlZwUac7pRqoeGvHrlxi-S-PhnVlE28-ruXa-my11Gd7m_A/s4032/IMG_9746.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6mlzQg2x_QSdCn9956Im1I4mWj3JBKtCqHVfPULyXdEk4E5Gw9dHS5ohTLTe5bDogYoBR_uA3GEX67TyYcSVV9BjxsTB6C0h0AF7zAFsPTCGv1TPHy9uemFaTB1PBiZI5rAC1rljmC8AlZwUac7pRqoeGvHrlxi-S-PhnVlE28-ruXa-my11Gd7m_A/w640-h480/IMG_9746.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onto the Royal arcade and Gog and Magog - my Greek connections all over again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6RtAB1Qiks8i1vSOrkbYAGoKGSz-vUmYm6a15fKvTiqKyB1oDR7wPMdYgamQoDmbZ3Vpv7opInSw5h3Es7HZDP_GBgrsMXV79lMHrSIZ_Yguje7gEDfeoy4TjlB_WJwIC-Eh9hP57o8MCdg0u-WKj6HJaT5zx6ISm1RKshsBBOB60KtILtCoC_FYIw/s4032/IMG_9750.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6RtAB1Qiks8i1vSOrkbYAGoKGSz-vUmYm6a15fKvTiqKyB1oDR7wPMdYgamQoDmbZ3Vpv7opInSw5h3Es7HZDP_GBgrsMXV79lMHrSIZ_Yguje7gEDfeoy4TjlB_WJwIC-Eh9hP57o8MCdg0u-WKj6HJaT5zx6ISm1RKshsBBOB60KtILtCoC_FYIw/w480-h640/IMG_9750.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Here is Gog - he looks fierce but may mean well. Not sure ...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkkSGQWZ2xc9BbUofteskpEOiTg97BW-DBbiau2hr0RNQwYNHVJaHpZGcGMr4kpyTO7Q4Xx9haQP25tGPb_7Pqa0Y2j4cYmZLdcs5lDuVu1Eh5ktNmFRvzjtkE883Ouo1ThRHYg0p3grXYOgEBodkEqYzm-WLRDYV93pEALbZlhSdEM2mvEtbLvPoNw/s4032/IMG_9751.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkkSGQWZ2xc9BbUofteskpEOiTg97BW-DBbiau2hr0RNQwYNHVJaHpZGcGMr4kpyTO7Q4Xx9haQP25tGPb_7Pqa0Y2j4cYmZLdcs5lDuVu1Eh5ktNmFRvzjtkE883Ouo1ThRHYg0p3grXYOgEBodkEqYzm-WLRDYV93pEALbZlhSdEM2mvEtbLvPoNw/w480-h640/IMG_9751.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking around, taking in the striking modern architecture juxtaposed with the older heritage buildings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKIPojKyCEZjtKUnQENn_w98H6Z47IgJ_fh7r1hshdlHDkvLv5OQ7XOGgHPy8pK6chX1XDRQ4PSrzWaEMr4WA95r9cWscxc4aLNITh089nwoY4vmY_SouBatpiGUKvXHXbQ01GWh5Xvv5-xUw6G9MWBTfwbEpvhP9s9yQOmsa5tHD6w--asKxGSIqcw/s3024/IMG_9758.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="3024" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKIPojKyCEZjtKUnQENn_w98H6Z47IgJ_fh7r1hshdlHDkvLv5OQ7XOGgHPy8pK6chX1XDRQ4PSrzWaEMr4WA95r9cWscxc4aLNITh089nwoY4vmY_SouBatpiGUKvXHXbQ01GWh5Xvv5-xUw6G9MWBTfwbEpvhP9s9yQOmsa5tHD6w--asKxGSIqcw/w640-h578/IMG_9758.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWCDiRPI8yHQlFW3eCUe0E8ud2xvaWT_zH4eLBva4lRPH6mGz-DdZ1wiTlEJQ7E_2DWXahR9zmNgm6AV71XnCZ9C8O5vcZuCvSN7tUr70n-DyPNinWyOYlXbzG1b26aeXYE2LcGYruvJ0VBWLon62Ril12fxiQq7aRAc-xv5q6eqMaN3IJAi_57v2bA/s4032/IMG_9759.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWCDiRPI8yHQlFW3eCUe0E8ud2xvaWT_zH4eLBva4lRPH6mGz-DdZ1wiTlEJQ7E_2DWXahR9zmNgm6AV71XnCZ9C8O5vcZuCvSN7tUr70n-DyPNinWyOYlXbzG1b26aeXYE2LcGYruvJ0VBWLon62Ril12fxiQq7aRAc-xv5q6eqMaN3IJAi_57v2bA/w480-h640/IMG_9759.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxvpOyqwEPke2Nfivftgz6-ASMN92_V57LQ6_BstW5FIndksU3C1M4oedboAM_gzWHrWpsh5D0YGzAysXhQi6El2XXVP-Miq1pKy4IKLtiUO8JrmiEJDLp8lMZfBmcQqUvoL5zevHUVdJjVM7Q8J3B1YXUWZ4io7HiAop16RRrqMzlt28DoiE4hdSVg/s3024/IMG_9761.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2695" data-original-width="3024" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxvpOyqwEPke2Nfivftgz6-ASMN92_V57LQ6_BstW5FIndksU3C1M4oedboAM_gzWHrWpsh5D0YGzAysXhQi6El2XXVP-Miq1pKy4IKLtiUO8JrmiEJDLp8lMZfBmcQqUvoL5zevHUVdJjVM7Q8J3B1YXUWZ4io7HiAop16RRrqMzlt28DoiE4hdSVg/w640-h570/IMG_9761.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Through the Cathedral Gardens we come across this couple Pastor Sir Doug and Lady Gladys Nicholls. The first memorial statue in Melbourne dedicated to two Aboriginal community leaders. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVg_ZekZkdFVCQftGM-FLSDij7OQcqSMWA7ydA_elUr0mX5EAVcSqnTis7xAN2TdEwRt5oopnunYb1OLzIywqB3vCrL_5xTON6LWvGhunTmc8nxdb-QUSwX8zAIBnuarBQE3mnTE7QX4rYZlG1MkH5W198sWANZ-N-7xzvOUPNXbS6JLV_WKN3lVj5g/s4032/IMG_9762.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVg_ZekZkdFVCQftGM-FLSDij7OQcqSMWA7ydA_elUr0mX5EAVcSqnTis7xAN2TdEwRt5oopnunYb1OLzIywqB3vCrL_5xTON6LWvGhunTmc8nxdb-QUSwX8zAIBnuarBQE3mnTE7QX4rYZlG1MkH5W198sWANZ-N-7xzvOUPNXbS6JLV_WKN3lVj5g/w480-h640/IMG_9762.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CNcSUt8P_q1Q1YZYg-g2sl08YZSS5l8nJGxQPypjcL-dna67dfioXVLOxwLmO-0FN027zvyTSCxOFsTRtsEccnyfHrSEIAuxMbJzpD3YxB-9sUhrxF5wmeZAFfnGLIYjJ09tIxNYAw2z8Yisny-MelxZMoQY2YiS-JH4NFmyuvwfAfOA56Eox1k33w/s4032/IMG_9764.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CNcSUt8P_q1Q1YZYg-g2sl08YZSS5l8nJGxQPypjcL-dna67dfioXVLOxwLmO-0FN027zvyTSCxOFsTRtsEccnyfHrSEIAuxMbJzpD3YxB-9sUhrxF5wmeZAFfnGLIYjJ09tIxNYAw2z8Yisny-MelxZMoQY2YiS-JH4NFmyuvwfAfOA56Eox1k33w/w240-h320/IMG_9764.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzm_j7lE7BCQlIzubeJFnnHhUY6iCXmO1ovPzbMzAJagpN3n86Z2jpVFP7de-B1Y_uU2BDmTJzY8UFYxUgRzVZsJvQwyNIbsnN1J1s0UabNOOZQjF44ZW5ED5vqPDeHqylWwoY-Hq7BxW4rQzrjWZs25_GUyYJClPUmHcLtZv0lcYsL8eLqxM2GEvgA/s4032/IMG_9765.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzm_j7lE7BCQlIzubeJFnnHhUY6iCXmO1ovPzbMzAJagpN3n86Z2jpVFP7de-B1Y_uU2BDmTJzY8UFYxUgRzVZsJvQwyNIbsnN1J1s0UabNOOZQjF44ZW5ED5vqPDeHqylWwoY-Hq7BxW4rQzrjWZs25_GUyYJClPUmHcLtZv0lcYsL8eLqxM2GEvgA/s320/IMG_9765.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br />This moving tribute - Peace to the Unconquered further down the road. <p></p><p>A sign of Peace in our times though right in front of our eyes, generations that no longer speak to one another. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuHRiriqh9SG9vX-d9E7R5YSkx19UCp5D08vZ5EHTgON4QdOUMEPkBlpk5V6ZZV76cYy03Lwp83fvCZls0tK96mX1Fds-yVkJymRc2_Bcg8kzy_Cvx23LtffS4fEjypguIlsIxTFSxOc4RUziVnmCFkuV8YiVFR0Px0eVAcegD0bXUMatw8nSsKfbSw/s4032/IMG_9755.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuHRiriqh9SG9vX-d9E7R5YSkx19UCp5D08vZ5EHTgON4QdOUMEPkBlpk5V6ZZV76cYy03Lwp83fvCZls0tK96mX1Fds-yVkJymRc2_Bcg8kzy_Cvx23LtffS4fEjypguIlsIxTFSxOc4RUziVnmCFkuV8YiVFR0Px0eVAcegD0bXUMatw8nSsKfbSw/w480-h640/IMG_9755.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p></blockquote></blockquote>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-45544571303545465242022-11-11T05:00:00.000+05:302022-11-11T05:00:03.349+05:30Discoveries with Dougall 48 - Dianella <p style="text-align: justify;">Yes I have missed my walks with Dougall. I stopped after a challenging one where I felt he had simply become too strong for me, but I do miss him, so yesterday with my Security blanket in tow (aka hubby) we set off once again. Bright blue sky, a bouncy slobbery dog sooo happy to see us. We were too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We came across these beauties which I am sharing with you today. Dianella, an Australian Native Flax lily is just phenomenally beautiful. A simple grass, planted on many borders it transforms itself at this time of year to these extraordinary flowers and fruit. Dougall obliged by stopping and letting me take photos of them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">They are truly amazing in their colour variations and collections. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNZlIaYLVV9IBGlbsy7_036NPQ8R3nuWFneReWOU7KRL5Cd94-yiYPR5fr5ZWwdU0_hez484Dx4DHORKzQUFH3BUhqnwGut_NVntYBuRMobfNqpcou_jeAaO5nCA5XRC2J4gC4ob6FYUHZnKH34y6mxrFWykDOMLGuPDEwwjemnnfl9S_bJZZhj8mkQ/s4032/IMG_9638.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNZlIaYLVV9IBGlbsy7_036NPQ8R3nuWFneReWOU7KRL5Cd94-yiYPR5fr5ZWwdU0_hez484Dx4DHORKzQUFH3BUhqnwGut_NVntYBuRMobfNqpcou_jeAaO5nCA5XRC2J4gC4ob6FYUHZnKH34y6mxrFWykDOMLGuPDEwwjemnnfl9S_bJZZhj8mkQ/w480-h640/IMG_9638.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkF8neHsRuQ36YxuY4kghlNl0ozbeLtQPHzECU5NavbtBLaxBFxL_MP8ObqCH7ekmltXoQsQ4km14l6QlTmXKp5OE9wPVpbflroPrZNaVgZKgehM235BvXpptUc5SwrzSG8CMeSE7qGHwCmUzriWPm97vNMwmkjmxaR1Y14WGhZe131zflkWIMg6ivQ/s4032/IMG_9650.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkF8neHsRuQ36YxuY4kghlNl0ozbeLtQPHzECU5NavbtBLaxBFxL_MP8ObqCH7ekmltXoQsQ4km14l6QlTmXKp5OE9wPVpbflroPrZNaVgZKgehM235BvXpptUc5SwrzSG8CMeSE7qGHwCmUzriWPm97vNMwmkjmxaR1Y14WGhZe131zflkWIMg6ivQ/w480-h640/IMG_9650.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hekTWFQxT975BbKrmPIXUp8HxkkVzgfqCXonDl6civ8GSEno_-mqI370BfweunMwA56ao3jbXBO0suA8g-_34cUlyPZZ2MlHbqp0jCJLFKngDgVdz6Pe5itogm3m5OJ9x8Yi47lKfz2nYK7kA4eYvtn_zAunaqVGEQ2dPpjgdVwRdOhpVE2aKPS27Q/s4032/IMG_9651.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hekTWFQxT975BbKrmPIXUp8HxkkVzgfqCXonDl6civ8GSEno_-mqI370BfweunMwA56ao3jbXBO0suA8g-_34cUlyPZZ2MlHbqp0jCJLFKngDgVdz6Pe5itogm3m5OJ9x8Yi47lKfz2nYK7kA4eYvtn_zAunaqVGEQ2dPpjgdVwRdOhpVE2aKPS27Q/w480-h640/IMG_9651.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-7XIPBUMzylKyhGv8Au0iCEuXv0LkbKGYAwRzBLuS7LrOp0Ogmo8J2ehf2V6r_xCRL4KPNnhNiqzfa_eeTIVosz8PWgYTuE2UgmyMCjQR0vUpR45vDmWoGCw61DYYLwj1BPiiAbt2sFjj93vS17quxFBqZdcYytlJharpg22BrsoTfh7oEIZy3FEKA/s4032/IMG_9652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-7XIPBUMzylKyhGv8Au0iCEuXv0LkbKGYAwRzBLuS7LrOp0Ogmo8J2ehf2V6r_xCRL4KPNnhNiqzfa_eeTIVosz8PWgYTuE2UgmyMCjQR0vUpR45vDmWoGCw61DYYLwj1BPiiAbt2sFjj93vS17quxFBqZdcYytlJharpg22BrsoTfh7oEIZy3FEKA/w640-h480/IMG_9652.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmEC_73GDzilVgGHj6qYumSC8Ixfb58VWs1vGWT1HXqn1hx-xPEgpGzN8j2qCEb3BIJGlV4i6OoCk4M2gkZUvgBrqSW35osdRyZbn0VAY-6bnMA1DcRJ10m_VdBRmqZOmAWQDN-YwdoLma7Xza86HeXXfocQEVdG1bYzS0FyW8-CI0M2ycwvyjwMvfg/s4032/IMG_9653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmEC_73GDzilVgGHj6qYumSC8Ixfb58VWs1vGWT1HXqn1hx-xPEgpGzN8j2qCEb3BIJGlV4i6OoCk4M2gkZUvgBrqSW35osdRyZbn0VAY-6bnMA1DcRJ10m_VdBRmqZOmAWQDN-YwdoLma7Xza86HeXXfocQEVdG1bYzS0FyW8-CI0M2ycwvyjwMvfg/w640-h480/IMG_9653.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As some of you know, I always delight in finding connections in my worlds such as they are and for this one I can tell you that Dianella was named so after Diana, the Greek Goddess of hunting - both equally beautiful without doubt. A blue reminiscent of the Greek world and Remembrance Day today all over the world. </p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-16792465873116312022022-11-07T12:44:00.001+05:302022-11-07T12:44:19.846+05:30Who needs Guy Fawkes <p>The fifth of November has just passed and perhaps some people lit their bonfires and others set off fireworks but who needs any of that when you come across " fires" like this one ? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtKVxLEfuKndpM1xOZ2DO-0AZnji3emV9JqRN7b8l8SRKFU4khTVwYqG4Nofw4NgQdAdehiMg_iVvgMxHvAqnSkXt7AolKQm5RMbqA6OLd203ceHn3dt9FSRo7dWpdBtmP2GvrMpP7CjaTMLuxLgoCcjoAG4r61UnFkkYTSVT3KZY-9D3l0pRZhjxxQ/s4032/IMG_9697.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtKVxLEfuKndpM1xOZ2DO-0AZnji3emV9JqRN7b8l8SRKFU4khTVwYqG4Nofw4NgQdAdehiMg_iVvgMxHvAqnSkXt7AolKQm5RMbqA6OLd203ceHn3dt9FSRo7dWpdBtmP2GvrMpP7CjaTMLuxLgoCcjoAG4r61UnFkkYTSVT3KZY-9D3l0pRZhjxxQ/w424-h640/IMG_9697.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div>This exquisite Brisbane tree has fired me up on this bonfire weekend. Nature has all the colours to brighten the dullest day. <p></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-83391345559414087572022-10-30T13:29:00.002+05:302022-10-30T13:30:26.777+05:30Scenic Rim Farm shop and Goodna <p>The perfect Sunday outing - first to Scenic Rim Farm Shop for some fresh produce, a lovely lunch and delicious cakes. The jacarandas were absolutely majestic and the bees were buried deep in Elderflower Farm's blooms. <a href="https://www.scenicrimfarmshop.com.au/">https://www.scenicrimfarmshop.com.au/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP4dKMADx4Z2DQPiaXZOwztBIawXiP5DQkGjsQ78Q23-u_Wp0QbqT7UNDtfvLo3eD9fMxKZwEwPm9mySmzIb_jhaQi1uUE_rqvPwHYNv2-k3-gJIrt6DOR-hvgQPno1oqsHKoyRT1yRxVn3DI5mlBBLoX_6L5ii4cAOM0cUEi1MOk9yv50oRPWYXv7w/s4032/IMG_9664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP4dKMADx4Z2DQPiaXZOwztBIawXiP5DQkGjsQ78Q23-u_Wp0QbqT7UNDtfvLo3eD9fMxKZwEwPm9mySmzIb_jhaQi1uUE_rqvPwHYNv2-k3-gJIrt6DOR-hvgQPno1oqsHKoyRT1yRxVn3DI5mlBBLoX_6L5ii4cAOM0cUEi1MOk9yv50oRPWYXv7w/w640-h480/IMG_9664.jpeg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwf9-WNVFRGZ8XSrrSDnLOKkd1taHWcWnvGIGXTn-4f2yf9ZVkS_CDX-ZasFTKASV6ZnjiXwJApsrH7ovjq2Cr9HyVZNZqHT0zMUu8Q73ZwQBkNiXDWijya3uFMeh4-x8FmUzagj160x3il4n3tkgCWvZ5FoVb49LjeAw3GXPVHNMUiyNj8Lpee8oqg/s4032/IMG_9659.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2MS4PZjpV1n1x3v0uZAIZpDK2wl5uUlv-VD-eHT25Y4Q51ruCbkXwwiIw4PTpNHP5gE071R69EGnBmlKydUs-ODqjCkv1os8WZB428vsWgYZXR4HUvVEvWYMsLoPREzmpHDzljYd79xvPVWK0MEMQb0JwXRoAGqLKa5JWBhUjtPGuCRfwW9MrLkhjg/s4032/IMG_9666.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2MS4PZjpV1n1x3v0uZAIZpDK2wl5uUlv-VD-eHT25Y4Q51ruCbkXwwiIw4PTpNHP5gE071R69EGnBmlKydUs-ODqjCkv1os8WZB428vsWgYZXR4HUvVEvWYMsLoPREzmpHDzljYd79xvPVWK0MEMQb0JwXRoAGqLKa5JWBhUjtPGuCRfwW9MrLkhjg/w480-h640/IMG_9666.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way back a walk around the flowering jacarandas of Goodna.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful sunlight piercing the purple canopies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2GLTXOPdmoct8OOBW2hMEHSPRH9wM-nLXMIt__0CaZCsNrpV_V70BLFDKbBav_0wrtxtbx1wCXy_zvBzmR3SEeB1LzJEVOARGggFRkSAyP8pRPE8lbx4RzPrXnJ48WiJMYsXkdSx-8ueIfgy_bJz2W6kA2dmMDrxmUQ4-9asMhE4TIC6klgGQoCPxw/s4032/IMG_9675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2GLTXOPdmoct8OOBW2hMEHSPRH9wM-nLXMIt__0CaZCsNrpV_V70BLFDKbBav_0wrtxtbx1wCXy_zvBzmR3SEeB1LzJEVOARGggFRkSAyP8pRPE8lbx4RzPrXnJ48WiJMYsXkdSx-8ueIfgy_bJz2W6kA2dmMDrxmUQ4-9asMhE4TIC6klgGQoCPxw/w640-h480/IMG_9675.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-88326693166566828842022-10-29T05:33:00.001+05:302022-10-29T05:33:33.066+05:30Dandelions <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf4QxjJZPj3yj8h3HX9dcNriCSUYJ3C0DAFywdpqImHgpbJmESMt3zzSQJ1SzIYpOA7bKBs9MbcqGpH4X0OLLeP3yY47IAb8a0bkVzmiw6Hdy_1N81mGyLriFxlTvIMPYUw_Zec86p1fhRtAHGttlKDkhDFZxgIixewFR-7cRXOGNll9kPFLEC2OS_w/s4032/IMG_9532.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf4QxjJZPj3yj8h3HX9dcNriCSUYJ3C0DAFywdpqImHgpbJmESMt3zzSQJ1SzIYpOA7bKBs9MbcqGpH4X0OLLeP3yY47IAb8a0bkVzmiw6Hdy_1N81mGyLriFxlTvIMPYUw_Zec86p1fhRtAHGttlKDkhDFZxgIixewFR-7cRXOGNll9kPFLEC2OS_w/w480-h640/IMG_9532.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Dandelion Dance </b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>D</b>ispersed and drifting </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>A</b>nimating Breeze </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>N</b>o one to guide you </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>D</b>o just as you please </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>E</b>ach little movement </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>L</b>ost in the sky </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>I</b>nvisible planting </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>O</b>f seeds, one cant buy</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>N</b>ew plants, new cycle </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>D</b>espair is unknown </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>A</b>llows your purpose </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>N</b>o judgement here shown </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>C</b>arefree acceptance </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>E</b>ach seed is thus grown...</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I took this photo and as luck would have it literally the next day I was reading this poem written by Nicki Cassimatis from her collection "The Cake Shop and other Morsels". I married them up and with her permission I am reproducing it here, a real favourite verse, capturing the essence of the dandelion. Nicki runs free workshops on "Poetry for Wellbeing and Joy" and the next one is at Albany Creek Library on the 5th of November - no fireworks- just soothing words.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">To book go to <a href="https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/Events/WAMB/Poetry-For-Wellbeing-And-Joy-AC">https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/Events/WAMB/Poetry-For-Wellbeing-And-Joy-AC</a></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-17575742297350331472022-10-27T05:17:00.000+05:302022-10-27T05:17:27.699+05:30Blessings and Blooms <p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Today is another special day - celebrating my Liverpudlian lad though he is miles away across the pond. He is forging an exciting and active life for himself in London. It is also the sudden arrival of summer - this may be a false start as we have some time to go before summer starts here officially, but the temperatures have soared, the skies are blue and my epiphyllum (a present from @PaulPerrett )has delighted me everyday with yet another flower. Here are some of the blooms for you all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BQ-6zZcwWuNYMjahjBstscJzOlZoUAmaJRnQ3XNIBJJPo5F36Z3lpFVgqeZBWOFX73kgEUNWsEqlf3P5dX_dSuXvcgQpZQW9eRokm8an5KT8ahCSdcJF1qSMon7Wfsa5wyu-aHt3fL3HhzfNpWgKaQifxMmIU8rdq5IZT9Ts3z3rmRTNUq30uyc5kQ/s4032/IMG_9623.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BQ-6zZcwWuNYMjahjBstscJzOlZoUAmaJRnQ3XNIBJJPo5F36Z3lpFVgqeZBWOFX73kgEUNWsEqlf3P5dX_dSuXvcgQpZQW9eRokm8an5KT8ahCSdcJF1qSMon7Wfsa5wyu-aHt3fL3HhzfNpWgKaQifxMmIU8rdq5IZT9Ts3z3rmRTNUq30uyc5kQ/w480-h640/IMG_9623.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cfp4BDGsV09J-hSnuRdbJwuPoRWHzYQyjja9MHVjQ1CzKZc4hLdH5l4yRFMWAjXSu4NiH9jNdlTtMiGZkUWN6qhmiJB71B_7rRM8_6vCARK-RIwy8sdI41WlgBfW22nJVlujnfoKSaFoq2cxbEiWswXYTBk_MlZJ_SrodM_mghzISGEQJOn5stBRkw/s4032/IMG_9614.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cfp4BDGsV09J-hSnuRdbJwuPoRWHzYQyjja9MHVjQ1CzKZc4hLdH5l4yRFMWAjXSu4NiH9jNdlTtMiGZkUWN6qhmiJB71B_7rRM8_6vCARK-RIwy8sdI41WlgBfW22nJVlujnfoKSaFoq2cxbEiWswXYTBk_MlZJ_SrodM_mghzISGEQJOn5stBRkw/w480-h640/IMG_9614.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC0Hyu_hq3bmNnXra7cp9j6LdFqrRmadXCeYPnStmXVpM1VNtXRuoOtU87IiqLhGByzbnfASUCkP_NzzHh1YOi5YY4UxeK1PQIRZNr5AURxl4AtZwcK3rVCvfLRw4Fwqyd_tMyiX1BDfKOsSEaD_ra62QyhS_WBDKS9W2iL2BVGf81cpk49603zUcNQ/s4032/IMG_9613.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC0Hyu_hq3bmNnXra7cp9j6LdFqrRmadXCeYPnStmXVpM1VNtXRuoOtU87IiqLhGByzbnfASUCkP_NzzHh1YOi5YY4UxeK1PQIRZNr5AURxl4AtZwcK3rVCvfLRw4Fwqyd_tMyiX1BDfKOsSEaD_ra62QyhS_WBDKS9W2iL2BVGf81cpk49603zUcNQ/w480-h640/IMG_9613.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-24440052404437253852022-10-22T04:05:00.001+05:302022-10-22T04:05:15.049+05:30Bondi to Tamarama - the best Art walk eva.<p>Nick's first day as an Aussie was blessed with blue skies and sunshine. Both have been in short order on the eastern seaboard due to La Nina being around for a third straight year - so we headed down to Bondi and began what is probably my favourite walk eva. Bondi to Tamarama headland to see Sculpture by the Sea. Sculpture by the Sea returns to Bondi after an absence of two years. This spectacular coastal walk will host some 100 sculptures by artists from around the world. It is amusing, breathtaking, surprising and such a delight every time. </p><p>We started from Bondi towards Icebergs and encountered "Heads It Is" by Paul Caporn.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JfGI8h5pfpzBTrDAA7w9xraYp8FtPOmq8drHhBxyCqjP35PzfJz7i-evQnY132r-glQv261ktl-ZEETNtdhWlcNGIF8quDpnW4iqJX_wvJA4F3f0DpDJlIk_SeDT19tUy0sbE2B8wfQZVDpCthh4xoJcTfXApExa4Nyu_ZAWIV_p8ZljfR97sMblxQ/s4032/IMG_9554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JfGI8h5pfpzBTrDAA7w9xraYp8FtPOmq8drHhBxyCqjP35PzfJz7i-evQnY132r-glQv261ktl-ZEETNtdhWlcNGIF8quDpnW4iqJX_wvJA4F3f0DpDJlIk_SeDT19tUy0sbE2B8wfQZVDpCthh4xoJcTfXApExa4Nyu_ZAWIV_p8ZljfR97sMblxQ/w480-h640/IMG_9554.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>April Pines "Tidal" needed to be admired from many angles. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumulwbrfSHGAGabqosNQTDxRF4kh-z57tnrlIDU8EwHXKVOKjWYDPYJ7aGNsiPXx3g08Mn4Se3dVABoPnWLbkpECayBiFxDVABDKjGFWke6ppwddeMwT17uRJKcTvHpFcxv3teyIGe7kTnPeU9UrxV_lxsKLY1-Kh3Uwddqng9fnay0upRvFJRmGoIA/s4032/IMG_9557.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumulwbrfSHGAGabqosNQTDxRF4kh-z57tnrlIDU8EwHXKVOKjWYDPYJ7aGNsiPXx3g08Mn4Se3dVABoPnWLbkpECayBiFxDVABDKjGFWke6ppwddeMwT17uRJKcTvHpFcxv3teyIGe7kTnPeU9UrxV_lxsKLY1-Kh3Uwddqng9fnay0upRvFJRmGoIA/w480-h640/IMG_9557.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I loved Keisho Ushi's Eternity circle and we chatted on the headland as he told me how he had created his work from a base of white Japanese granite which represented the waves of the sea and the circle of life with Spanish granite - the rough and the smooth being interwoven in an eternal cycle of life. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dont miss it. <br /><br />Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-25554776765347882142022-10-19T16:14:00.003+05:302022-10-19T16:16:04.939+05:30Sydney for Something Special <p>October the 18th found us in Sydney joining Nick at Woollahra Municipal Council overlooking the Bay. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECJ-go7UzMNMUd-FLKnbiEWTWP15IgZU8sUWgFuqqJyqTEvgEyV73y9pdNxrY93gCP3Y9yC_BbgFgv5pJYFyButIqAroIDgF03dDqCKC06lZxqER5kg55JT76AOlY24zCNPVbZSGYhNP-W7NlCu21Fn8LUefiXlVKTe2Ib69gLIBvaBYEzbbIWNukAQ/s4032/IMG_3068.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECJ-go7UzMNMUd-FLKnbiEWTWP15IgZU8sUWgFuqqJyqTEvgEyV73y9pdNxrY93gCP3Y9yC_BbgFgv5pJYFyButIqAroIDgF03dDqCKC06lZxqER5kg55JT76AOlY24zCNPVbZSGYhNP-W7NlCu21Fn8LUefiXlVKTe2Ib69gLIBvaBYEzbbIWNukAQ/w480-h640/IMG_3068.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVZ26wdn5uES8ZrANxpZuRVpW4pEqCBNBSI1Bu__KYlpPrd0kbYkUnpqtDCsJm8iEHg_VhMCwx41yDbQG17BeeEe3ztOaZrSOLXtAJPGKmQ3u-oZ9P1vk40smyTvL-LZ2h3E5ZEc4uzOg-UKQaMmOTs4aaycspVDNiGl1hTmgTJbmK58ZHz7QWQOTBg/s4032/IMG_9536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVZ26wdn5uES8ZrANxpZuRVpW4pEqCBNBSI1Bu__KYlpPrd0kbYkUnpqtDCsJm8iEHg_VhMCwx41yDbQG17BeeEe3ztOaZrSOLXtAJPGKmQ3u-oZ9P1vk40smyTvL-LZ2h3E5ZEc4uzOg-UKQaMmOTs4aaycspVDNiGl1hTmgTJbmK58ZHz7QWQOTBg/w640-h480/IMG_9536.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMVEjW7IssAKQQFv1BzdUhN9XJ2d5lkz1Znd4yY9k2nX4o54JNVQ-jHAAOgB-Y2dVrDGmXYFnQnN623hlE0cZdF-EJUdlRZn8BoC08ic1QH4Jwv0PCtAr87yiPa43eBvmFdVbRHubRg_btoxxVPKn6orG1bSN7sEzdHBU5pxeK6NgC7FUVyftQWy-FQ/s4032/IMG_9537.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMVEjW7IssAKQQFv1BzdUhN9XJ2d5lkz1Znd4yY9k2nX4o54JNVQ-jHAAOgB-Y2dVrDGmXYFnQnN623hlE0cZdF-EJUdlRZn8BoC08ic1QH4Jwv0PCtAr87yiPa43eBvmFdVbRHubRg_btoxxVPKn6orG1bSN7sEzdHBU5pxeK6NgC7FUVyftQWy-FQ/w640-h480/IMG_9537.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0L1ErckPr75YLyGnD-gCJoY-jJ0H1qPjLK0jNkNgc7RXMsCQp9ObbmyKs57ZeK64cr0AHGSvg9sWRYunvMQ5wkXdglE2jxmx8yr0BaKURK5GydOX_A9qjGIonzRqzG6WME9BunhgdrtPn9jMxQ3_uFxMKYGCRdHv2TuNtSiQ3cakWq57Pymsxa5w2g/s4032/IMG_8907.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0L1ErckPr75YLyGnD-gCJoY-jJ0H1qPjLK0jNkNgc7RXMsCQp9ObbmyKs57ZeK64cr0AHGSvg9sWRYunvMQ5wkXdglE2jxmx8yr0BaKURK5GydOX_A9qjGIonzRqzG6WME9BunhgdrtPn9jMxQ3_uFxMKYGCRdHv2TuNtSiQ3cakWq57Pymsxa5w2g/w640-h480/IMG_8907.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">A beautiful building set in some lovely gardens where a diverse group of residents took the Pledge to become Australians. Nick was one of them. The Mayor gave a wonderful speech saying how happy she was to be holding these ceremonies in person again after many years on zoom. She spoke about how each new citizen was bringing their own culture into Australia's diverse and multicultural population and enriching it. Where equality and fairness were paramount - she congratulated them for passing the exam and welcomed all to share the joy with parents, children, babies and relatives. It was Aussie warmth through and through with lots of good humour too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here she is saying she hadn't realised the questions were hard !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='414' height='346' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzzcsci2eFhDe_SGE_p-Noe2Z2xaSrHfcr9fvLErq_F_Ha2467g0dXriCW4nZT_T-onKaoaUUgtoUH2NGrcDw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">As Nick said today as we walked on the headland in Bondi in bright sunlight -</p><p style="text-align: center;"> Australia you have got us hooked ! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNHPcb9KtHJX8y_s-bPc1xYPvfGHp--a9i2VpITTogq1oKNCrga5sw8Wb6-RzMTVt3pAfg-w_RCuQMZCmh_r-IMsbRHNuUijaJWm4-4icERi_1vjW8zBZVqVIeVCMXJOTDgomktLomRPGK-rxo1gXZn0hnHeoxg8lIKEjO1MEHxkucIqKo9IxE0-JGA/s4032/IMG_9575.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNHPcb9KtHJX8y_s-bPc1xYPvfGHp--a9i2VpITTogq1oKNCrga5sw8Wb6-RzMTVt3pAfg-w_RCuQMZCmh_r-IMsbRHNuUijaJWm4-4icERi_1vjW8zBZVqVIeVCMXJOTDgomktLomRPGK-rxo1gXZn0hnHeoxg8lIKEjO1MEHxkucIqKo9IxE0-JGA/w480-h640/IMG_9575.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-76057435976016354962022-10-18T02:39:00.000+05:302022-10-18T02:39:52.984+05:30Missing my Jacaranda but watch this space...<p> It's Jacaranda time here in Brisbane and I miss my tree - so for old times sake here it is. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapk009GGoIugole4lbZaKg-WKms3oe9wafIDfqPGMRWfyx3LYT5AtkVdjt1cnUCzJqHjuKB8KmGLwPq_Fcx0ci3UOF87Ll8T4OdkDJ-EHKAM3KO_OiWxXQ94vlTekeHboIfL58zXWFmlMd82fAeUrhHLMLwfxM77CeHJnjuUPijrZBuCcRCvNN6L5eA/s3032/03E36F87-029F-42AD-8439-467DB9CF285F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3032" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapk009GGoIugole4lbZaKg-WKms3oe9wafIDfqPGMRWfyx3LYT5AtkVdjt1cnUCzJqHjuKB8KmGLwPq_Fcx0ci3UOF87Ll8T4OdkDJ-EHKAM3KO_OiWxXQ94vlTekeHboIfL58zXWFmlMd82fAeUrhHLMLwfxM77CeHJnjuUPijrZBuCcRCvNN6L5eA/w640-h638/03E36F87-029F-42AD-8439-467DB9CF285F.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwIqbFu22H0XZWAiPLNSe-3M5MpN2bfaDltdWRJPfqRsRqOzaNJSsOxahlIJ2p03b_6AB-F-DIDvLIqYpcwP7FEJPW4p4jMxh-tjWs6X73S4GpU-5cw-wTOf-dNm3XDWjPdGgb44-_PYZQF7g2-QWblyfxmANZXafzXj_zfF4Na1SUVfEQp6PcbNk7g/s2736/DSC05022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2736" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwIqbFu22H0XZWAiPLNSe-3M5MpN2bfaDltdWRJPfqRsRqOzaNJSsOxahlIJ2p03b_6AB-F-DIDvLIqYpcwP7FEJPW4p4jMxh-tjWs6X73S4GpU-5cw-wTOf-dNm3XDWjPdGgb44-_PYZQF7g2-QWblyfxmANZXafzXj_zfF4Na1SUVfEQp6PcbNk7g/w640-h426/DSC05022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The absence of one however has pushed me to create another - so from the stone/pip/seed of Russ's avocado I nurtured it in a cup of local artist and ceramicist Tony Rice, until it suddenly shot up and declared its roots to the water. I was so thrilled to see that. Hubby has planted it in a pot and I have officially anointed the three men, Russ, Tony and Charlie to be godfathers to my new avocado tree. Long may it grow and flourish. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcquGEgDaDuuTOUKySK8pzseMnVyCO2QaUoY9RQECbjV-aA53jyoGWopYfA8yo4dHIclP6sWFBfP8jL9xuSsOXL3vEDNH5kjaoEWMUdHmKHRRBLTBTNlQj6sP7v3UjgHJ6D7N4JmtcHmceWNrQ9u8CjMBWioqkZboGgrVNzbMBq0PncsMkMMjnMrPyw/s3450/IMG_9446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3450" data-original-width="2993" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcquGEgDaDuuTOUKySK8pzseMnVyCO2QaUoY9RQECbjV-aA53jyoGWopYfA8yo4dHIclP6sWFBfP8jL9xuSsOXL3vEDNH5kjaoEWMUdHmKHRRBLTBTNlQj6sP7v3UjgHJ6D7N4JmtcHmceWNrQ9u8CjMBWioqkZboGgrVNzbMBq0PncsMkMMjnMrPyw/w556-h640/IMG_9446.jpeg" width="556" /></a></div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijE-zqReYOnXDZJsYBW9f2dsHslZXKZX27eEJT9a2_8Mqa7k9RzsjawLQ4d8plEmn-mPwZ5I2f7Ktcqn-tO3rIrwtHFqZU0Tdcc31OstTzHj7GER_cs6RYVGstMKLfDP81uZTZ6pcf6ZrsTvkujGgfxLUP5gLU76eR2D5hlXXBz77Zz1ebE0Pncf-71w/s4032/IMG_9535.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijE-zqReYOnXDZJsYBW9f2dsHslZXKZX27eEJT9a2_8Mqa7k9RzsjawLQ4d8plEmn-mPwZ5I2f7Ktcqn-tO3rIrwtHFqZU0Tdcc31OstTzHj7GER_cs6RYVGstMKLfDP81uZTZ6pcf6ZrsTvkujGgfxLUP5gLU76eR2D5hlXXBz77Zz1ebE0Pncf-71w/w480-h640/IMG_9535.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>When it is stronger it will find its place in the garden, already reserved for it. </p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-43196896140231105252022-10-11T04:05:00.001+05:302022-10-11T04:05:09.085+05:30The Road back to Adelaide <p style="text-align: justify;">The road back to Adelaide was tinged with historical memories and monuments and great canvases of colour. We stopped off in Hawker for their unusual War Memorial. Seating and flowers, as well as Ned Kelly figures and old gun carriages but also plaques to fallen heroes and I stood horrified before this one where I noted that one family had lost seven members. Can you imagine the pain and grief of those remaining? </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFLWKURSAgbeNVEeoF8MCKu-wwyltb2xBUEEAnIyxJ1Xjf2rZFJLaGGLrVk1mrWmoMe0PZUcQaDqFvwIYhm2NX4qpzmKKWVrajWcpzBs9xHzatlFxQUiA6qMhykDhtEWtjCh0UGNTSDE5kRpIMJeZbEUszikuzy-b8Io2pczzdo9qbZoNTPvDyAUk6g/s3329/IMG_9333.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3329" data-original-width="2782" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFLWKURSAgbeNVEeoF8MCKu-wwyltb2xBUEEAnIyxJ1Xjf2rZFJLaGGLrVk1mrWmoMe0PZUcQaDqFvwIYhm2NX4qpzmKKWVrajWcpzBs9xHzatlFxQUiA6qMhykDhtEWtjCh0UGNTSDE5kRpIMJeZbEUszikuzy-b8Io2pczzdo9qbZoNTPvDyAUk6g/w534-h640/IMG_9333.jpeg" width="534" /></a></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYCkkLzqYMAJIq46d8pwHb5yo1qmBJxX5vVqoW9MFw7T5Tho-_D7hm47oDG1_9LYe3IKpO0MKSzuJ-PsANJ7nG_VLH5pqpdw_EHmq4ewhL_RW-ebP_RMa3M4FPhBqx0bXbObu0Q0qAvfQyFsuToWwgaJfIOog8qeEcIm1D08l9fb81sHbTblbFzKbFA/s4032/IMG_9335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYCkkLzqYMAJIq46d8pwHb5yo1qmBJxX5vVqoW9MFw7T5Tho-_D7hm47oDG1_9LYe3IKpO0MKSzuJ-PsANJ7nG_VLH5pqpdw_EHmq4ewhL_RW-ebP_RMa3M4FPhBqx0bXbObu0Q0qAvfQyFsuToWwgaJfIOog8qeEcIm1D08l9fb81sHbTblbFzKbFA/w240-h320/IMG_9335.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJI47s9T67D4fDjMsd-cCv2AiHftgl-0zPnY6SdZkCtLsRshsTR0UoLykLJSHKgtLa1kQG5z5wZebEK3P5Zj20-sflswfZuC-gWETLeMStR8BU_PeHgxgOIf9CPiIdaznatKI9o4Yny1_AcFql2VC4NM52HAXRQGBANc8u5NNX3m_a7PxTYDp8JgkVSQ/s4032/IMG_9336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJI47s9T67D4fDjMsd-cCv2AiHftgl-0zPnY6SdZkCtLsRshsTR0UoLykLJSHKgtLa1kQG5z5wZebEK3P5Zj20-sflswfZuC-gWETLeMStR8BU_PeHgxgOIf9CPiIdaznatKI9o4Yny1_AcFql2VC4NM52HAXRQGBANc8u5NNX3m_a7PxTYDp8JgkVSQ/w240-h320/IMG_9336.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br />From there to Peterborough, a much larger town of some 1500 people where I particularly appreciated the War Memorial once more - this time in the form of a beautiful bench. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeu3x4WHvxOCbvEvKSWhbQ8vpp_IGNVV9NyaTLugcusdFFOcxFHerOlOOrVyw7OKCSKrY6SNdpEO5aYcRX8KlxV6cjj2I6YkARKLnw8wV58eCqzeY9Hutj1nKEZlHLMJ4iutmR9qbqNAj8jn-GSBWl2oZcj1Yna2lqfCN9n8xsJkMNhkzF2EY2mJmpQ/s3901/IMG_9345.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="3901" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeu3x4WHvxOCbvEvKSWhbQ8vpp_IGNVV9NyaTLugcusdFFOcxFHerOlOOrVyw7OKCSKrY6SNdpEO5aYcRX8KlxV6cjj2I6YkARKLnw8wV58eCqzeY9Hutj1nKEZlHLMJ4iutmR9qbqNAj8jn-GSBWl2oZcj1Yna2lqfCN9n8xsJkMNhkzF2EY2mJmpQ/w640-h480/IMG_9345.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The town has a lovely railway museum and steam engine as well but best of all it is the home of Bob the Dog and his adventures. In September of 1884 he was a stray scruffy dog whose task was to catch rabbits.He was spotted and adopted by one of the guards Seth Ferry. To begin with Bob travelled with his owner but eventually he took to travelling by himself, on trains all around the country. He became quite well known. He wore a collar which said "<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Stop me not, but let me jog, For I am Bob, the drivers dog".</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq3s8cYcw9cxGWtTQQlHf7YoRLSZFu0oPReYcQY2nWdw-LsMG-x2u2p0G644M7pgPabocMAQe1ljjDI3-s3ObK9DM4lTEUXuKSnOSQPTdr_TlcYueJl5GzjtVuQUtVD5DxZBUapZMqbfg1EmlEKX32HPRKHCWM5CyahN2sfqmri0aDH6Rb9sb_sfapQ/s3376/IMG_9355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="2153" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq3s8cYcw9cxGWtTQQlHf7YoRLSZFu0oPReYcQY2nWdw-LsMG-x2u2p0G644M7pgPabocMAQe1ljjDI3-s3ObK9DM4lTEUXuKSnOSQPTdr_TlcYueJl5GzjtVuQUtVD5DxZBUapZMqbfg1EmlEKX32HPRKHCWM5CyahN2sfqmri0aDH6Rb9sb_sfapQ/w408-h640/IMG_9355.jpeg" width="408" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2998" data-original-width="3633" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnZoyXWlhfvZ14KRjnfPpEk_0aIg7SPQmIfVIHPLCeduupYNRGjThfwX58S-aDaM8R7mQhi6BbtK0-VVMSH80BUtTWbG8LtF5rcVkX8YWTDrPmq9AndSJGy8ohCHymqCwJ8n5lb9yUx1LE31AcOyWHnLzveeZ0pD8_XG-wZl_0k_EUk3I22h-h92XQw/w640-h528/IMG_9406.jpeg" width="640" /><br /></a></div></div></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-13156391355285140012022-10-09T07:42:00.000+05:302022-10-09T07:42:15.047+05:30Wilpena Pound <p style="text-align: justify;">Wilpena Pound is an extraordinary geological formation, an amphitheatre of mountains - Its name suggests a place of bent fingers, cupped hands and you will soon understand why. The Adnyamanthanha tribe talk about the Pound- Ikara, the meeting place being formed when two dreaming serpents went there and gorged on people along the way and finally fell asleep there forming the scene we have in front of us today. St Mary's Peak and Beatrice Peak representing their heads. <span style="text-align: left;">We took off from a small airfield. Kangaroos and emu dads with their young grazed in the field next to the runway. We saw forests of Northern Cypress pine, Callitris and witnessed hazy smoke rising from them - it turns out they are the spores being released into the air. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP38fR5IY_JhruD147vuTMfVHtZYsvpyr_ubr5q7EzodJnY6MX1WPpomHIPITV8VmACtr60WgJGWXhP-csknOqCFLzXy8332aFTzLVMm_Nr2d9jxqMojeXxpE7A2jOrWEueWctV2ANuKrs0fCL26m6Po29wXRbKEK7aFgWlSYIVyP9h0CbCePPoEYgtg/s4032/IMG_9285.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP38fR5IY_JhruD147vuTMfVHtZYsvpyr_ubr5q7EzodJnY6MX1WPpomHIPITV8VmACtr60WgJGWXhP-csknOqCFLzXy8332aFTzLVMm_Nr2d9jxqMojeXxpE7A2jOrWEueWctV2ANuKrs0fCL26m6Po29wXRbKEK7aFgWlSYIVyP9h0CbCePPoEYgtg/w640-h480/IMG_9285.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I have reproduced this photo from https://misstourist.com/wilpena-pound-south-australia-flinders-range/as it is a good overall view of what we saw and experienced on our own adventure except that in our case the whole of the Pound and surrounding areas were so green due to recent rain. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLbozHlTV1t_6P2qUzN8TKfDq2aJ0enCGj5nwVUL919nYVGmeTFw-S74noJqMBTWUQP_cfIWXrcVllua7wz_K591liNfug0ifPzdNDnGZHmeKSxpbvXbWZT_SmOje3UJ0cgKwdDcqka5_sG-9Pd5NpMQcqjWOM_hTg3KlXQrnOCanqKoGic8MmojaQ/s640/Bush-Pilots-Scenic-Flight-Wilpena-Pound-660x440@2x.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLbozHlTV1t_6P2qUzN8TKfDq2aJ0enCGj5nwVUL919nYVGmeTFw-S74noJqMBTWUQP_cfIWXrcVllua7wz_K591liNfug0ifPzdNDnGZHmeKSxpbvXbWZT_SmOje3UJ0cgKwdDcqka5_sG-9Pd5NpMQcqjWOM_hTg3KlXQrnOCanqKoGic8MmojaQ/s320/Bush-Pilots-Scenic-Flight-Wilpena-Pound-660x440@2x.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Cypress Forests - Callitris trees, native to Australia, releasing their spores in the middle of this photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5azx35FCsWIsb6Z6DdPd7R39SEhtLUb8G-Rs7G0MhClfgMEAYrlC60IVwmSPdP4TkRSknvqLfkJoVegKtxjpAMlnB2r3a4uAFQWaD3L0I54qKE3gPx2rHGszg-HSfzM_VfNV_pvhZa-xzI1mAqdEIrFE0mYKSbQu-ztlRJd0jKPlSte0NVdAv1Xg7_A/s4032/IMG_9311.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5azx35FCsWIsb6Z6DdPd7R39SEhtLUb8G-Rs7G0MhClfgMEAYrlC60IVwmSPdP4TkRSknvqLfkJoVegKtxjpAMlnB2r3a4uAFQWaD3L0I54qKE3gPx2rHGszg-HSfzM_VfNV_pvhZa-xzI1mAqdEIrFE0mYKSbQu-ztlRJd0jKPlSte0NVdAv1Xg7_A/w480-h640/IMG_9311.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of Wilpena Pound from the side as we flew around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNu1qCKK8QqkMRQMNwtaz2GQvO84wCbFOwtxc8f6273BBkYcd572Aa8BSgz0nA7VMAnIUl4tSLeUuhcdf4SEAa0TpWjw9oEBNJcrAVnGZ655DGSVBtyyL7U3GQMOjLLANmrdaEaDKJKoUDVJR28PXmSM4AzfWsrQ_15hd9WuaieM3XHPXy1M9k9ggg/s4032/IMG_9289.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNu1qCKK8QqkMRQMNwtaz2GQvO84wCbFOwtxc8f6273BBkYcd572Aa8BSgz0nA7VMAnIUl4tSLeUuhcdf4SEAa0TpWjw9oEBNJcrAVnGZ655DGSVBtyyL7U3GQMOjLLANmrdaEaDKJKoUDVJR28PXmSM4AzfWsrQ_15hd9WuaieM3XHPXy1M9k9ggg/w640-h480/IMG_9289.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>The bowl in the middle where unbelievably at some point in the past, some of the land was cleared for pastures. Attempts at farming here failed. See the bottom right of the photo. How did they even get there?!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMA1TVMHZrQEupSk5KDm-Rcn9pnLC1UovzsUfaDgMeQUAXlel37kBdHG661RNVDZ5vlkKltpMYpzDSjBxKyhwkewWagfMJns4DUhUJQYjPIrMzX5EeX022MGTz52XGKbbsORU8XN1SmJhahKuvM-FmJA3ukn-My1iSJg-EbLkpMiCdQdnPXgeaX67Jg/s4032/IMG_9290.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMA1TVMHZrQEupSk5KDm-Rcn9pnLC1UovzsUfaDgMeQUAXlel37kBdHG661RNVDZ5vlkKltpMYpzDSjBxKyhwkewWagfMJns4DUhUJQYjPIrMzX5EeX022MGTz52XGKbbsORU8XN1SmJhahKuvM-FmJA3ukn-My1iSJg-EbLkpMiCdQdnPXgeaX67Jg/w480-h640/IMG_9290.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bowl in the middle - the whole area was unusually green and lush because of the rains.Normally this area is semi arid and receives very little rainfall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qn2Ni1afRKTJCLonHalGn6XLdO9sD_yHgDtRvUuAX53bj11bS0yPR6T33-tgR4W-PuxV2eQr1UNY_tVijNzjswZpuQ7fFIugPCS9Bcr3B5DJRUX5qqw3BX72MQESF3gqJdx8Qq9Ersn7_H0sI7Dqx7IkajCQ4e3m6i_eVepYZcrVnoCt6GD0c2HSBw/s4032/IMG_9291.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qn2Ni1afRKTJCLonHalGn6XLdO9sD_yHgDtRvUuAX53bj11bS0yPR6T33-tgR4W-PuxV2eQr1UNY_tVijNzjswZpuQ7fFIugPCS9Bcr3B5DJRUX5qqw3BX72MQESF3gqJdx8Qq9Ersn7_H0sI7Dqx7IkajCQ4e3m6i_eVepYZcrVnoCt6GD0c2HSBw/w640-h480/IMG_9291.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The two tallest peaks - said to be the heads of the dreaming serpents </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqfm3vC3qWhUIfLkTQzObWnh027wo7km7oWbb6QwF_6pEeJIbRfVxyAucbvjWWRDBaUZkNWtQ_89qCdfNkp-wuRyv-n-LBrktBdMgYyeE0009jEfvdYWamS8yu-yDaMCcJhzv8fXTguQ61By__ZPy-g9rQTdpwFIQZXQkwMg2exQwh9bKQf3aiJW97A/s4032/IMG_9296.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqfm3vC3qWhUIfLkTQzObWnh027wo7km7oWbb6QwF_6pEeJIbRfVxyAucbvjWWRDBaUZkNWtQ_89qCdfNkp-wuRyv-n-LBrktBdMgYyeE0009jEfvdYWamS8yu-yDaMCcJhzv8fXTguQ61By__ZPy-g9rQTdpwFIQZXQkwMg2exQwh9bKQf3aiJW97A/w640-h480/IMG_9296.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Flinders ranges are the largest and longest in South Australia and were formed some 800 million years ago when an ancient sea deposited sediments in the Adelaide Geosyncline. Around 300 million of years later, the sediments were folded and literally pushed up into mountains during a mountain building period. You can see how they are pushed up in this next photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xTi41z71MAdM4qYBk6iDgjuBSbjIS-QxZa4V2X8Fl-l1aSw4WSvWYuU_uTzFsEmR6Y-ZZQFrEzEObmhllI_P6rPyRLxOXhNbLy8nUw4LqnXD614Eb-KgZCnjNnMM0eVnp9WUajimZLmA6z6_ERpLeAxEN8cAqID4otf4J448ytalN_nIZi7D4gEsNg/s4032/IMG_9306.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xTi41z71MAdM4qYBk6iDgjuBSbjIS-QxZa4V2X8Fl-l1aSw4WSvWYuU_uTzFsEmR6Y-ZZQFrEzEObmhllI_P6rPyRLxOXhNbLy8nUw4LqnXD614Eb-KgZCnjNnMM0eVnp9WUajimZLmA6z6_ERpLeAxEN8cAqID4otf4J448ytalN_nIZi7D4gEsNg/w480-h640/IMG_9306.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MeyNxd7jdVmzVedBk2ZSDBBYFj9Nkj0diGMvCN0gEzUOaVddmW0vzTysVjXZ2nInlfBFVSywS6_2snAgtw1qvQa2K6Bsz6GpV69BjB_9Jarv3KOTnEd6yy_TireY5-uDSNATaew_oCq3m-a20BHE4gYnVC87Dbv_r9AmlpfgRX4j8jT_H2ZsqC5B3Q/s4032/IMG_9307.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MeyNxd7jdVmzVedBk2ZSDBBYFj9Nkj0diGMvCN0gEzUOaVddmW0vzTysVjXZ2nInlfBFVSywS6_2snAgtw1qvQa2K6Bsz6GpV69BjB_9Jarv3KOTnEd6yy_TireY5-uDSNATaew_oCq3m-a20BHE4gYnVC87Dbv_r9AmlpfgRX4j8jT_H2ZsqC5B3Q/w480-h640/IMG_9307.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Later in the day as we were driving away we were still in awe of what we had seen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC2Qpb0NrZY2-BAVpSpSA8kfEOfzxOa7p_ws0FmLlZZViIZrOHUHaDobTfBqSYabGlWvyx4EX-QKmJRibEoDHv2lUSG_gHagL-GHsRClUyH9R5ECdAtfLjCPwxVyOhO7tvxyEL3B52yO_p6EfEMe7LAXWFsQcbXxiHibsRb9sqSVmQ3iREmW9z8epzQ/s4032/IMG_9316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC2Qpb0NrZY2-BAVpSpSA8kfEOfzxOa7p_ws0FmLlZZViIZrOHUHaDobTfBqSYabGlWvyx4EX-QKmJRibEoDHv2lUSG_gHagL-GHsRClUyH9R5ECdAtfLjCPwxVyOhO7tvxyEL3B52yO_p6EfEMe7LAXWFsQcbXxiHibsRb9sqSVmQ3iREmW9z8epzQ/w640-h480/IMG_9316.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-20763429294819359902022-10-08T04:48:00.000+05:302022-10-08T04:48:18.585+05:30Flinders Range- Ikara and Old Wilpena Pound <p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The region is renowned for its geological history, ancient fossils and Aboriginal rock art</b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;">.</span></p><p><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;">Well that sums it up in one sentence but the impression it leaves is very long lasting. </span></p><p><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;">We entered the Flinders Range- Ikara ( Meeting Place) and drove down the Brachina Gorge. We stopped to see fossils in ancient rocks, shells, molluscs, worms and leaves all visible after so many million years. A little further trying to spot the yellow footed rock wallabies which can only be seen when they are moving, otherwise they blend right into the rock face.They have yellow ears and a long yellow tail. And these rocks, the impressive slabs pushing sideways out of the earth, geological formations and layers going back millions of years were just jaw dropping. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDFjykvREXr3_QMBdNo01I2m0lrtAOAB3kxilroGhsadTCOf_CY1qMhF4fcmbQ0PF1OrxLHH8zNpK8XPJIe5I5fFaFCOFDWI5-b83PZv708mkigY4EvTO3Uirj3P8HDYXt0n_75-s6W2pe2nU2n3fHj4dqxJa79dDBFAvACSZobnO2rQN_Dp1POjWXA/s4032/IMG_9243.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDFjykvREXr3_QMBdNo01I2m0lrtAOAB3kxilroGhsadTCOf_CY1qMhF4fcmbQ0PF1OrxLHH8zNpK8XPJIe5I5fFaFCOFDWI5-b83PZv708mkigY4EvTO3Uirj3P8HDYXt0n_75-s6W2pe2nU2n3fHj4dqxJa79dDBFAvACSZobnO2rQN_Dp1POjWXA/w640-h480/IMG_9243.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; 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Nowadays it is a reminder of the way life was and the challenges it brought. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjAPcvMM8cXmx6TnSw8Bil44JLafXb26yRDetX-M798GcQCA3SuuNXRPeBWtwswdMqOYKRPAIeBFvEdzUnT_V2jOQDtzUaUybRhqnoKeF9gCttmwNDEYnp8jVJuKHDLEB0w_wvXq4CgQAOV-VTRkkdZz7YCDydmeuG5HcmDahr68dYDbc55UCe0T4hQ/s4032/IMG_9259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjAPcvMM8cXmx6TnSw8Bil44JLafXb26yRDetX-M798GcQCA3SuuNXRPeBWtwswdMqOYKRPAIeBFvEdzUnT_V2jOQDtzUaUybRhqnoKeF9gCttmwNDEYnp8jVJuKHDLEB0w_wvXq4CgQAOV-VTRkkdZz7YCDydmeuG5HcmDahr68dYDbc55UCe0T4hQ/w640-h480/IMG_9259.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmRj485g9Egz2N5lZzYha45RzglLQPqtZwglciCxmFMiZ3M7Qt8vqUkW0fa_heQ1Bwf1OXvjSi6Piigk9QIcHhXyalTjU1PIqWx_V-qynW7vZl3X7TVdqGJYE1GSiDHwWQxhK27fIvmCt1TShkt4_KVe8EmFQyW_feD3SQXTpfPEo-9Rs6N6RhFZU2Q/s4032/IMG_9263.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmRj485g9Egz2N5lZzYha45RzglLQPqtZwglciCxmFMiZ3M7Qt8vqUkW0fa_heQ1Bwf1OXvjSi6Piigk9QIcHhXyalTjU1PIqWx_V-qynW7vZl3X7TVdqGJYE1GSiDHwWQxhK27fIvmCt1TShkt4_KVe8EmFQyW_feD3SQXTpfPEo-9Rs6N6RhFZU2Q/w640-h480/IMG_9263.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2hV6JuDI4_NpoEKE8vNiejIOZNhyV3VT8_mcrJWf6jQ7vwM8fpIPb-OQFfEv9IYVGjb2d7Ef2jPDMOZy2Vmdmw19wKuLJdW3JAlGXdZl5ZHM-78kgXTH1HpWtPW_L1gVYfHjQ3JG0R1ulkYiR_6kzlYavwJFingH6IoHFMPBmbKHscZRl56NuyansQ/s4032/IMG_9266.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2hV6JuDI4_NpoEKE8vNiejIOZNhyV3VT8_mcrJWf6jQ7vwM8fpIPb-OQFfEv9IYVGjb2d7Ef2jPDMOZy2Vmdmw19wKuLJdW3JAlGXdZl5ZHM-78kgXTH1HpWtPW_L1gVYfHjQ3JG0R1ulkYiR_6kzlYavwJFingH6IoHFMPBmbKHscZRl56NuyansQ/w240-h320/IMG_9266.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9REQnJok50yjyjeGWLuiNgR_mKhHhidOz1TWCW5vR_DLO4wpOuwX2qEAWkQ7LTsw57nAsWRdKsWSkd98k4OMH33I3iLlU4WjHQtIN7M3NLtHGLT17EjwJE9To6QJUiy0JXg9-lp-fc16v9gLflBGDA2Iexj0LwEkepg3M5D_JB1CzsjBtnJSjsrnHlw/s4032/IMG_9268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9REQnJok50yjyjeGWLuiNgR_mKhHhidOz1TWCW5vR_DLO4wpOuwX2qEAWkQ7LTsw57nAsWRdKsWSkd98k4OMH33I3iLlU4WjHQtIN7M3NLtHGLT17EjwJE9To6QJUiy0JXg9-lp-fc16v9gLflBGDA2Iexj0LwEkepg3M5D_JB1CzsjBtnJSjsrnHlw/w240-h320/IMG_9268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><br />Tomorrow Wilpena Pound and the drive back to Adelaide. <br /><br /></span></div>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-23890497357548441472022-10-06T03:19:00.002+05:302022-10-07T04:54:20.097+05:30Cattle Stations and the King <p style="text-align: justify;">Tyler, our pilot was good at pointing out the Cattle stations as we flew over them. There is only one word really which sums them up - VAST. Anna Creek Station which surrounds William Creek is the world's largest cattle station - it is larger then the whole of Israel just to give you an approximate idea of what we are looking at. It was started in 1863 and originally had sheep but now is a cattle station. In years gone by horsemen would muster the cattle. Now it is done with helicopters and motorcycles and even drones. </p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Anna Creek Station was bought by Sir Sidney Kidman in 1935 - Australia's s Cattle King. Kidman was 13 years old when he left his Adelaide home in 1870 with only 5 shillings in his pocket and a one eyed horse he had bought with his savings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGUpCuY2R9ZAmmKEXrM_NnVkJPmmDF2dJ4hDuIDVWBKerfEnpwp5nJYUvG0ZoJKCqcqdt-cKkN7sePHbbodmskwtk2n-_-ofjdczIWkWYGQ_3T4ui6cmnI1m3WhvbilQeC7a0vSQpV1j165CpdSXeY_9kqeLdbblBf1OWrokk_exteCbjIotib9z9PA/s4032/IMG_9190.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGUpCuY2R9ZAmmKEXrM_NnVkJPmmDF2dJ4hDuIDVWBKerfEnpwp5nJYUvG0ZoJKCqcqdt-cKkN7sePHbbodmskwtk2n-_-ofjdczIWkWYGQ_3T4ui6cmnI1m3WhvbilQeC7a0vSQpV1j165CpdSXeY_9kqeLdbblBf1OWrokk_exteCbjIotib9z9PA/w480-h640/IMG_9190.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A gibber dragon </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfvGKYgn0uEjv6lvRfljCBIzrRx7ugw1Zlz5_HPkLEAuxH2UqpycCQcBcyJbQiCL2Uzj6ozEzD-SrkVTWHIjF4Ry0x1Oup9xjeAqPY1A3dco9joYPTf-Z2zXV7vnrQrP1rEvhy-EQUuN-tHNC475wWVYn1yb6C9wwohpOEMlosnX8LROoPy9XciLXEQ/s4032/IMG_9158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfvGKYgn0uEjv6lvRfljCBIzrRx7ugw1Zlz5_HPkLEAuxH2UqpycCQcBcyJbQiCL2Uzj6ozEzD-SrkVTWHIjF4Ry0x1Oup9xjeAqPY1A3dco9joYPTf-Z2zXV7vnrQrP1rEvhy-EQUuN-tHNC475wWVYn1yb6C9wwohpOEMlosnX8LROoPy9XciLXEQ/w480-h640/IMG_9158.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwiesIVrevESVnf222RtAmtzF8jHeEWn0F6E-Yz5ip5k_0eaph-b_mXic4jEppVOfdauRSI2fDH1lyA6dZ5vDLWs4gRpOClRdpOB2_tqadh-1DVhmqqWQQSz4yUNDzu1xHSCfNteSezipUzmRPwQCPzwfeQhB1cQRkcgB_sbrmuOmnZ2wSIWgGCxilQ/s2697/IMG_9149.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2199" data-original-width="2697" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwiesIVrevESVnf222RtAmtzF8jHeEWn0F6E-Yz5ip5k_0eaph-b_mXic4jEppVOfdauRSI2fDH1lyA6dZ5vDLWs4gRpOClRdpOB2_tqadh-1DVhmqqWQQSz4yUNDzu1xHSCfNteSezipUzmRPwQCPzwfeQhB1cQRkcgB_sbrmuOmnZ2wSIWgGCxilQ/w640-h522/IMG_9149.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzpmLDINUDcyPtc6yig0QeQQgIbtLhafWh2GHBAc6Wvr6Msu2kfwYnrhNf_gJgWVMbEBCxGfrTRQvDMSmRwp64DR_d0Y22e7fKoPa-W89C4PH9e4RKiOXka3vS50Z9NWvKqaEh6LLAarX45si0ZAxO0S324fa4sliLCbx_lOkGHs9xaBMOM_D6hwMXA/s3024/IMG_9139.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2805" data-original-width="3024" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzpmLDINUDcyPtc6yig0QeQQgIbtLhafWh2GHBAc6Wvr6Msu2kfwYnrhNf_gJgWVMbEBCxGfrTRQvDMSmRwp64DR_d0Y22e7fKoPa-W89C4PH9e4RKiOXka3vS50Z9NWvKqaEh6LLAarX45si0ZAxO0S324fa4sliLCbx_lOkGHs9xaBMOM_D6hwMXA/w640-h594/IMG_9139.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>As of 2016 Anna Creek is owned by the Williams Family. It is a remote and challenging life! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mezze Momentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175932061286866351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110122507987898787.post-65559837896339967822022-10-05T02:55:00.000+05:302022-10-05T02:55:43.489+05:30The Green Lizards of Birdsville and the Simpson Desert <p>Birdsville's population expands massively during the Horse Races and the Big Red Bash - The Hotel was established in 1884 and is still going very strong despite fires and calamities. Customs like this one give it a special resilience.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQraRLnYk04lhZFOtwpi6LyWB0pVHneUwZ26Wr1krOI-j_8RprE8a8EMsMHBS8xV2b9mTRFWzdJsOKEI3TxFNsMYDeYL3f_B12XBrlvkjO8RRIM9RtnSGqckfqlcinyLsHualV8CQ7pinUM08n7HpymrLERgDGYK5FUcdMbJgiKRevccG-6hk-yxi2w/s4032/IMG_9104.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQraRLnYk04lhZFOtwpi6LyWB0pVHneUwZ26Wr1krOI-j_8RprE8a8EMsMHBS8xV2b9mTRFWzdJsOKEI3TxFNsMYDeYL3f_B12XBrlvkjO8RRIM9RtnSGqckfqlcinyLsHualV8CQ7pinUM08n7HpymrLERgDGYK5FUcdMbJgiKRevccG-6hk-yxi2w/w480-h640/IMG_9104.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>There is hot water just coming out of the earth - it has to be cooled to be put into residents' water pipes!<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjq8ZPlPCAIq7VzDIlhGMeUw8PeW1B7ZmP1yztNIK2a3wdXA_NAh2ytn-HlyDFkZafugAiP9XVCUbwdKQvU48Ff7z0qqD537paBXZLRrGfehuJizacA_SR7W745T9Jc5JGw_Ve_n64XoL9hQNQhMQvZlTWn7tBOT9hQpDdn7MuYpYGjbdqCCrqioXog/s4032/IMG_9105.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjq8ZPlPCAIq7VzDIlhGMeUw8PeW1B7ZmP1yztNIK2a3wdXA_NAh2ytn-HlyDFkZafugAiP9XVCUbwdKQvU48Ff7z0qqD537paBXZLRrGfehuJizacA_SR7W745T9Jc5JGw_Ve_n64XoL9hQNQhMQvZlTWn7tBOT9hQpDdn7MuYpYGjbdqCCrqioXog/w400-h300/IMG_9105.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>Birdsville is the venue for the Big Red Bash in July, a massive music festival under the sky. We had a tour of the city and saw brolgas dancing before climbing bits of the Big Red Sand Dune which stands at 40m. Here is Charlie running to make it back to the bus in time. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3ewyEY-8Ia0zKuf3MyBo4fL-X5coGQ8wX-u-Js9HuDIWSR9w_uBYr7yOoHADMhmIjCqBBgXUd01zKEFuLMvHinOmF5sSMHPsm0jkkiwZWaJnIRtmKVfsDergmdPZQxu3wp3d8iVvYSsWApp6MaDRov-dadgfo6W24aTjYpva5LuqCdfFyP02fV89zg/s4032/IMG_9122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3ewyEY-8Ia0zKuf3MyBo4fL-X5coGQ8wX-u-Js9HuDIWSR9w_uBYr7yOoHADMhmIjCqBBgXUd01zKEFuLMvHinOmF5sSMHPsm0jkkiwZWaJnIRtmKVfsDergmdPZQxu3wp3d8iVvYSsWApp6MaDRov-dadgfo6W24aTjYpva5LuqCdfFyP02fV89zg/w480-h640/IMG_9122.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwE99GrpDYUFhe79JgRd143CO_nak8EIyO033T-Mdcsm52wGoIgGw68tKXrR-i8vTSyOQMERt-Ld2kMbHldrKZlIHRRApWlgft0vfe0FsM9zPYIsPup26SNP7d_sdoOQJ6NRYLij-slqhx_afVywzk3HwYx_sy05RupY8NrJrUfvG_JfhD9gOarMHfQ/s4032/IMG_9118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwE99GrpDYUFhe79JgRd143CO_nak8EIyO033T-Mdcsm52wGoIgGw68tKXrR-i8vTSyOQMERt-Ld2kMbHldrKZlIHRRApWlgft0vfe0FsM9zPYIsPup26SNP7d_sdoOQJ6NRYLij-slqhx_afVywzk3HwYx_sy05RupY8NrJrUfvG_JfhD9gOarMHfQ/w640-h480/IMG_9118.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Our pilot Tyler took us over the Simpson desert and explained to us the parallel dunes which are formed so because of the direction of the prevailing winds. It has 1100 longitudinal dunes. Miles and miles of them. It takes approximately 4 days to drive across the desert and if anyone is interested in the experience press on this link <a href="https://www.traveller.com.au/dune-busters-crossing-the-simpson-desert-go0wjx">https://www.traveller.com.au/dune-busters-crossing-the-simpson-desert-go0wjx</a>. It is a pretty remote and arid place but there are surprises over each dune, views to die for, critters and night time skies to lose yourself in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVvV83XD4Mntgb6t_-Uf8WIiSIn0BC1A_2jrh4o4h82aIcCajd87vEFou620FLD8bGlvJ7br8vtgLjtd4PYba6ABVHMTABpdC8dHjRsw6wF-FEzNeyBqW4P0Gd_zZhSYjtRLGuiUsvzRVvKQ70aDFcMoByE5Mv1chRlVZz8T9O1E6cFeS1wvrHWF0uQ/s4032/IMG_9124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVvV83XD4Mntgb6t_-Uf8WIiSIn0BC1A_2jrh4o4h82aIcCajd87vEFou620FLD8bGlvJ7br8vtgLjtd4PYba6ABVHMTABpdC8dHjRsw6wF-FEzNeyBqW4P0Gd_zZhSYjtRLGuiUsvzRVvKQ70aDFcMoByE5Mv1chRlVZz8T9O1E6cFeS1wvrHWF0uQ/s320/IMG_9124.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaKNez_BFo_btOJYGRru3U0KDiwixHVH62mWoLoMHLumdvwJDB_hBOrdSMjjnedFklsvjBc1gsaclJTjtGIuxuur1G1xRL9u8UdfRUjviruCu9_wokecqQQkx9gjL1_x8J3fmV60XFSwtqCrSYhYQrrRuxOAb46Xy33m6SLGLEC2A5vzIV3Zn0r-tIg/s4032/IMG_9127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpaKNez_BFo_btOJYGRru3U0KDiwixHVH62mWoLoMHLumdvwJDB_hBOrdSMjjnedFklsvjBc1gsaclJTjtGIuxuur1G1xRL9u8UdfRUjviruCu9_wokecqQQkx9gjL1_x8J3fmV60XFSwtqCrSYhYQrrRuxOAb46Xy33m6SLGLEC2A5vzIV3Zn0r-tIg/w480-h640/IMG_9127.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP344t1Bn0SmEr2ADw1FiDA3WyAeRTLO9M66_FZk9nFNSzbhfwmSfOa1CZ7TDsj6yJJijAh-nYYt4IABUggRZ0WBEw-lZwsWcSzJajoMqJfEPexdpdHj2cqeXAAJ9u9hoKp59ESrVfjLtATW7zqwtT02Iwq-Bp4nFYhiFKwMwrZ2nZ64GtnfOW2K-kXw/s4032/IMG_9130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP344t1Bn0SmEr2ADw1FiDA3WyAeRTLO9M66_FZk9nFNSzbhfwmSfOa1CZ7TDsj6yJJijAh-nYYt4IABUggRZ0WBEw-lZwsWcSzJajoMqJfEPexdpdHj2cqeXAAJ9u9hoKp59ESrVfjLtATW7zqwtT02Iwq-Bp4nFYhiFKwMwrZ2nZ64GtnfOW2K-kXw/w480-h640/IMG_9130.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Our destination for the night was William Creek - one of the worlds remotest pubs. We met the owner Trevor Wright, an intrepid businessman, a caring Aussie with a great sense of humour. The population of William Creek is officially 12 - that's what the board says. 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