Natural splendour, real musics, wines, wordpower
This is the first in a (very) occasional series, which (eventually) will also feature an Australian urban encounter with an osprey, and a meeting with a fox on a mountain in Japan.
With luck, this series will have more than three episodes!
One CommentThis post is not a 2018 Melbourne Cup field update!
However, it will answer a question that you probably have never asked:
How does an echidna scratch itself?
Comments closedThe reptile is one of two tiger snakes encountered within five minutes of each other, whilst my beloved and I were walking up Mount Oberon, on Wilson’s Promontory, four days ago.
One CommentThe featured image looks approximately south, over Stephens Bay.
The distantmost rocky point is South West Cape – the “corner” of southwest Tasmania.
This post is best viewed/read after its prequel.
2 CommentsBy any reasonable definition, almost all of Tasmania’s Southwest National Park qualifies as “wilderness”.
This post is the fruit of a wonderful walk along a relatively sheltered shore, on Bathurst Channel.
Its sequel will take you to a nearby ocean beach, likewise, far from road or wharf.
Comments closedNo faux chateaux or Californianesque excess here: these seven Australian wineries are grand, not grandiose.
All will almost certainly offer you a lovely location, and a warm welcome from knowledgeable, unpretentious folks.
Each has a range of genuinely-excellent wines that begin at prices well south of $30.
Three will also serve you a delicious, affordable lunch.
One CommentI live in a sundrenched metropolis. Today has been gloriously wild, intermittently very wet, ever-changing, mostly cool.
Many fellow residents of Perth regard such days as “miserable” or “horrible”, to be endured, not enjoyed…and not at all photogenic.
They are wrong/blind; dry, warm sunny days are not the only “good” kind!
Comments closedThis is a sequel/prequel to previous “Autumn Morning…” post.
This post’s photos were all taken in the eastern end of Bathurst Harbour on 22 March 2018, between 6.29 pm and 8.04 pm.
Comments closedAll photos copyright Doug Spencer. Each is a close view of something wondrous, but easily ignored, reviled as “rubbish”, or dismissed as “dead”.
One CommentAll photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken on morning of March 23, 2018.
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