Month: August 2014
Monkey Business
When our children were at school, we had many occasions at which we attended school concerts, ballet, speech nights and other related activities. While it was always good to see our children in action, I must admit that by the time that they both finished school, I was quite thankful that these types events were […]
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Tassie Weekend
This last weekend was one in which we had some free time so we decided to get away to Hobart for a quiet weekend. Our flight arrived early on Friday morning so we headed straight down to to the historic town of Richmond to see some of its old buildings and the famous convict built bridge. […]
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Spring is Coming
It’s nice to see that the days are now starting to get a few minutes longer as spring approaches and we are past the middle of winter. i now have a few varieties of vegetables planted in my vegetable garden – potatoes, broad beans, leeks, spring onions, kale, cabbage, beetroot, silver beet and sugar snap […]
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ANZAC Centenary Commemoration
It is not until April 15th 2015 that we will commemorate the famous landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) at Gallipoli on the peninsular of the same name in Turkey. However, August 5th 2014 is very much the start of the Centenary of the Commemoration of WW1 as it was on […]
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Ada Tree
I spent today on a reconnaisance mission to check out the potential for a visit to the Ada Tree as a future site for an excursion by my Probus Club. It was a very cold morning with a heavy frost on the ground. I drove through the outer suburban areas of Warrandyte and Wonga Park […]
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