Tuesday, 8 July 2025

May & June 2025

 Winter has ARRIVED!


Alex in a game of AFL.  in a later game, he was heavily tackled and broke his collarbone.  He is now not playing for the remainder of the. season.

Kookaburra carefully watching for breakfast.

Tawny Frogmouth displaying the art of camouflage

Australia's tallest crane being used to lift bridge girders into place on the John Gorton Drive


A very handsome Eastern Rosella

Eastern Spinebill in the Eremophila - we now have a family calling our yard home

NAMARAG is a part of the Molonglo River series of parks and has a First Australians theme.

All serene on the surface, but there's a lot of paddling below.

Fog and Euculypts

The new cliff edge bridge on the footpath along Ginninderra Creek.  The old wooden bridge was rotting and declared unsafe.

One of the locals

Googong Dam

Tin Hut Picnic Area  at the southern end of Googong

White-faced Heron and reflection.  The log behind reminds me of the crocodiles out of Darwin



Rakali among the reeds

Eastern Spinebill again

Crimson Rosellas

We were at the bridge when the second centre girder was lowered into place.  Note the frost!

Gently does it - lot of jiggling here

Tree full of Crested Pigeons

The cygnets of a few months ago have now grown,

Esme found an old basketball and had a great game with it

Went for a drive to Namdagi - Yankee Cap area - midday and ice was still on the puddles

These have thicker coats

Des bringing the car along.  I was hoping for a flame robin, but only saw a single Scarlet Robin

Last girder has been dropped into place.  The BIG crane has been dismantled and trucked off to its next job.



Sunday, 4 May 2025

April 2025

 

All around Canberra

Woodswallows snuggling - Autumn has arrived

Hanging Bark and new bark colours



Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunset at the Guys and Dolls performance

Us at Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls Stage

Inbound Freighter

HMAS Adelaide at Garden Island

Carillon Sunset

Black Mountain Sunset

Carillon Sunset

Carillon - Blue Hour


Australasian Grebe family

Esme playing football

Little Corella with the Galahs

Gum colours - shores of Googong Dam

Goanna etched into a boulder

National Arboretum autumn colours



Tuesday, 8 April 2025

February & March 2025

 In February, I had surgery for a cochlear implant, and it was turned on in early March. I am one of 1% who could understand speech immediately, although it was somewhat masked by 'cowbells'. I now have some intensive, daily training and adjusting for 18 months or so.

Crested Grebe hovering near its nest

White-necked Heron

Pelican YOGA

Early morning at home

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Zig Zag Railway Trip



Zig Zag Railway Trip



Plants grow in unlikely places

Zig Zag Railway Trip - either getting ready to Zig or Zag


Viaduct on the ZigZag Line


The two of us

Courthouse at Hartley - Blue Mountains

Portland Cement Silos

White-faced Heron and Teal Ducks

Grass Seeds

BIRTHDAY

Frogmouths back in their winter quarters


May & June 2025

 Winter has ARRIVED! Alex in a game of AFL.  in a later game, he was heavily tackled and broke his collarbone.  He is now not playing for th...