Month: July 2023
A Visit to Pentridge Prison’s Hell Hole – H Division
During the week, I spent a morning doing a tour of H Division within the old Pentridge Prison in Coburg. Pentridge Prison was a notorious correctional facility located in Coburg, Melbourne, Australia. It operated from 1851 to 1997. Originally built as a stockade for prisoners during the Victorian gold rush, it later evolved into a […]
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Commemorating Those Lost in Battle
You might think that when an unknown soldier dies on the battlefield, his name will just be recorded on a list of ‘Missing in Action’ or his remains will be interred in a grave with a headstone simply marked as an “Unknown Soldier”. This is not always the case! Today I attended the annual commemoration […]
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My Fifty-Five Year Anniversary
Today, July 17, is quite a momentous anniversary for me. It’s fifty five years since I was required to report for National Service training and become a soldier in the Australian Army. I don’t know where those fifty five years have gone. Perhaps getting married, having children, raising a family, developing a career, working hard […]
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Some More of Lightscape
Here are a few more images from my Lightscape visit. I’m testing whether some different software will make images available to Apple users who currently see just a placeholder in the emails that this website publishes. Unfortunately, Apple (Mac, iPad and iPhone) users need to click on the title in the email to open the […]
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Lightscape at Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens
Last night, I had a wonderful time visiting the 2023 Lightscape event at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens. These gardens are beautiful at any time but the Lghtscape installation creates a superb illumination of the gardens at night. I went with daughter Cathy and we had a really good time with a dinner package at the […]
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