Every Day Life
Our 54th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
August 14 was our 54th wedding anniversary and we celebrated with a night away and dinner at the RACV Torquay Resort. We had a very pleasant evening with a nice meal and good wine. On your way home, we made a planned list to the Geelong Art Gallery which had an exhibition of 70 early […]
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Fawlty Towers Dinner Show
We had a wonderful night when we attended a Fawlty Towers dinner at Box Hill. Returned Services Club recently. Not only was the food very good but the show, put on by a professional acting group, was hilarious. They matched the characters in the TV series very well. Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom […]
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Lightscape 2026
Lightscape Melbourne is an award-winning, after-dark winter light and sound show held at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. It features illuminated walking trails, large-scale glowing art installations, and interactive light displays created by local and international artists. It has become a very enjoyable annual tradition for my daughter, Cathy, and me to go to this […]
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Some Historical Activities
The last week or so has seen me picking up on some history. July 17 was the date 58 years ago that I began my national service, spending two years in the Australian Army, including one year of active service in Vietnam. That period of time had a profound affect on me. In many respects, […]
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A Return Visit to Puckapunyal
On Saturday, I (along with my long-term mate Ken Wriedt) attended a service at Puckapunyal to unveil a plaque commemorating its role in training the thousands of young National Servicemen over the years from the 1950s to 1972. We always preferred to be called National Servicemen (shortened to its slang term of ‘Nasho’s) rather than […]
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Activities Around the Turn of the 20th Century – Part 2
These images are the second group of photos that I found on the State Library of Victoria’s website. I have downloaded them, edited and colourised them as illustrations of life around the turn of the 20th Century. You can find Part One of these images here: https://www.wilsons.id.au/activities-around-the-turn-of-the-20th-century-part-one/ Boating on the Yarra River at Fairfield was […]
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Activities Around The Turn of the 20th Century – Part One
It’s another hot day (44C) with strong winds and many bush fires burning throughout the state. It seems a bit surreal checking my emergency app and listening to the radio messages telling people to evacuate from many places. I’m keeping cool again with the air-con on and following up my post of Old Mebourne with […]
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Old Melbourne – Using AI
On a day when it is 41C (107F) the best thing to do is to sit in an air conditioned room, watch the cricket and find a low energy activity. I’ve found that the State Library of Victoria has an extensive collection of historic photos and my photo editing software has an AI capability of […]
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Our New Year has Begun
We are not really into New Year celebrations any more and on New Year’s Eve we were in bed by 10.00 pm. Regardless of whether we were awake or not, Midnight would come and the calendar would click over to 2026. As expected, we awoke to find the new year had arrived and the newspapers […]
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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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