Category Archives: Climbing day trips

When given a challenge Howsie is always keen to give it a go.  So after a lunchtime walk on Wednesday, with Josh and Mark, I sent him the following image.  We were of course primarily orchid hunting and found a few, including the first Pink Fairy (Caladenia latifolia) and Slender Snail Orchid (Pterostylis crispula) sightingContinue reading “Time to come out”

Having a degree of arachnophobia makes Lisa a little jumpy when she see’s things moving on the wall, and what with poor eyesight anything on the wall can look blobby and could be a spider.  The other day this is what she found on the wall at the foot of the bed.  The House CentipedeContinue reading “The fear factor”

Today we almost had a guest appearance by one of the old crew, but sadly their Saturday morning became double booked.  To climb or to help their mum by chopping firewood was an easy choice, and so the axe fell on Glen’s guest appearance.  But he still remains “famous” for being the only one ofContinue reading “Blurred vision”

Of all the birds I see the one that seems to allow me to get the closest on a regular basis is the Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa preissi).  Whether it was due to the slightly later start this morning or not, a variety of small birds were busily hopping about in the bushes but movedContinue reading “Getting my fix”

We came across the same hairy caterpillar, which I spotted at Bob Hollow a few weeks back, on the path into Wilyabrup.  Sadly Howsie was not able to assist with identifying it, as I told him of my struggles the last time when I spent well over an hour trying to research it.  That saidContinue reading “The danger of assuming”

I’m sure everyone has at some point been told putting yourself out of your comfort zone brings benefits, and trying new things helps us grow as individuals.  We can choose to do this, but at times it is thrust upon us.  This past week could have been an “interesting” one in that regard, but fortuneContinue reading “The comfort zone”

It is a rare thing to have to scrape the ice of the windscreen where we live, but today it happened.  First light was trickling in from the horizon but not enough to be able to clearly see the amazing patterns nature creates using ice, and the waning crescent moon didn’t help the cause.  NotContinue reading “Crystal healing”

Not put off by the forecast, Rongy and I headed out hoping to catch a weather window.  Reckoning the better chance would be on the coast of our little corner of the South West of Western Australia, as opposed to our other consideration of heading to an inland crag towards Perth.  Based on this weContinue reading “Window of opportunity”

Josh foolishly said he was up for an early start when we made plans to head out to Moses Rocks.  He was however in luck, and being a Saturday morning I already had in mind to offer Lisa a lift to the beach, for her first light ocean dip, before heading out.  I left herContinue reading “Making tracks”