Every Day Life
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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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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Anzac Day and Commemorations
This last week has been a good time of reflection and commemoration. Two significant days on Monday nd Tuesday saw me involved in ceremonies that commemorated Australia’s military involvement in conflicts that have kept ua, and the world, safe and free. Monday (April 24) was the 105th anniversary of the liberation of the French village […]
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Our Photo Day in the Yarra Valley Vineyards
Friday was a balmy and all Autumn day in Melbourne so we made an instant decision to drive to the RACV Club in the Yarra Valley for lunch. I made a mistake in not taking my camera as it was peak colour in the vineyards and very spectacular. When we were first married, I remember […]
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It’s a Cold and Wet Easter
Easter normally marks the end of the good weather in Melbourne and this year it is doing so with a vengeance. The weather on every day over this long weekend is forecast to be showers with cool temperatures. In fact it will be the coldest Easter for eighty years. On Good Friday, in Victoria, we […]
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Our Summer Days Out
Our summer is much more mild than usual but this week we have had some nice days that made it very pleasant to be out and about. Our first day out was to go for a drive down to the Morning Peninsula to Seawind Gardens and have a picnic lunch. We picked up a baguette […]
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Grumpybum’s Photography Gallery
I’m getting more grumpy as I get older, but I’ve decided to do something about it. I have over 85,000 photos in my image collection from my travel to over 65 countries, along with images from my many local photo shoots. Rather than just have them just sit on my hard drive, I’ve created a […]
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It’s an Exciting Time Here In Melbourne
At the moment, Melbourne is abuzz with excitement and activity. We wrestled with big crowds, today, as we drove into the CBD for lunch and then to see one of Melbourne’s outstanding art attractions.. At the moment, in Melbourne, we have the Australian Open tennis match at the Tennis Centre with big crowds, closed streets and […]
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The Other Way is a Very Long Trip Indeed!
The Kimberley region of Australia is about as far from Melbourne as you can get. It is diagonally across the continent and is a vast and remote area of the outback. Life there is tough . Tides in the town of Derby average about 11 metres (36 feet). The water temperature of the public swimming […]
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This is a Relaxing Time of Year
The period between Christmas and New Year is quite a relaxed time of year for us. The rush leading up to Christmas is over and it’s time to sit back, relax and catch up with some outstanding tasks. We have had cool and moist weather over the last three years because of the La Niña […]
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