Year: 2025
Another Day Exploring South Gippsland
Our explorations yesterday took us to the west of Inverloch and over to the area of Waratah Bay. This took us through some rich grazing land although we did find a few interesting places along the coast. At one point, we drove through the middle of the Bald Hills wind farm where fifty two giant […]
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Coastal Scenery Near Inverloch
There are some very interesting parts of the coast line between Inverloch and Cape Patterson. Yesterday, we explored the cliffs and beaches along the way. This area is located in the Bunurong Marine National Park. It has place names such as Eagles Nest, Shack Bay, Twin Reefs and The Caves and is ideal for photography. […]
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Driving to Inverloch
We’re having a few days at the RACV Resort at Inverloch, a coastal town to the south east of Melbourne. It took about two hours to get here although a couple of stops added to the time. We left Melbourne on the busy Monash Freeway, driving through the outer south-eastern suburbs passing Berwick and Packenham. […]
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Our 2026 Archibald Prize Visit
We spent a few days, just recently, in the regional city of Geelong and nearby Torquay to see this year’s exhibition of portraits in the Archibald Prize at the gGeelong Gallery. The Archibald Prize is Australia’s most prestigious award for portrait painting, established in 1921 through a bequest by J. F. Archibald, co-founder and editor […]
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Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance
The Shrine of Remembrance (generally just called The Shrine) is Melbourne’s War Memorial. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, However, it now functions as a memorial to all Australians who have served in any war. It is a site of annual observances for Anzac […]
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Warning – Check Your Bank Details Regularly
A few days ago I was listening to a tech expert on the radio talking about electronic scams. One of the points he made was to check your bank details regularly – at least once a week. At the time I didn’t know how prophetic his advice would be. Last night I received a text […]
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Our Day at the Gallery
We had a very nice day during the week when we went to the Victorian National Gallery to see the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibition. This was a display of over 100 paintings by French Impressionists from the late 19th Century. The paintings were on loan from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Because many of […]
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My Unexpected Day With the Vietnamese
Today, I experienced something totally unexpected. My good mate Ken and I attended a service that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the first arrival of Vietnamese people to Australia. The service was held at the Dandenong RSL. I had no idea what to expect, but this commemoration was […]
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We Have Returned Home
On our last day of our trip from Port Douglas, we only had a little over 220 kilometres to go from Sale to get back home in Melbourne. We had some spare time to see a number of things on our list of places to visit in Sale. The first was the War Memorial outside […]
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Sale – Our Last Night on This Trip
Tonight, we are in the city of Sale and this is our last night before arriving home tomorrow. Today, we had a pleasant and unrushed travel day with plenty of time to see some of the places that we encountered on our drive from Eden. For the first part of our drive, we travelled through […]
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Some Enjoyable Time Around Eden
Yesterday’s drive from Ulladulla to Eden was in stark contrast to the day before when we had driven on motorways to avoid Sydney. Instead of just driving to a destination as we did the day before, yesterday’s travel was very pleasurable. We were able to enjoy the countryside, beaches and forests that we encountered along […]
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Two Days of Traveling South
Our last two days of travel have been less than exciting – one by accident and one intentionally. Yesterday we were late in leaving Port Macquarie after fiddling around checking some local sights and stopping at the supermarket. It was after 1100 by the time we were on the road. Our plan was to travel […]
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