Category Archives: Going walkabout

Friday last week, as I did the finishing moves on the last lap on the final route of Rongy, Howsie and my before work climb at Welly Dam, Howsie said he had some exciting news.  He and his best mate, Daz, were going to trek the Stirling Range Ridge walk.  And whether it was theContinue reading “A most unexpected journey”

It’s amazing just how many walks are dotted about the place, and I seem to be hearing about them as more people cotton on to my growing flower fetish.  The most recent one being a spot out in the Wheatbelt reputedly littered with orchids, including several I have not as yet personally sighted.  But thatContinue reading “21 again”

Lisa and I couldn’t work out when we had last visited this spot.  I didn’t think it had been too many years but my images indicate it has been ten.  Crooked Brook is a great hidden gem, not too far from where Lisa works in Boyanup.  A possible reason this place is kept in tip-topContinue reading “Paper flowers”

At work I’m not known for mingling or sitting in the tea room to have a yarn, and can usually be found tucked away in front of my computer getting on it.  Some may say I’m a little introvert and others may say antisocial, but for me I’m there to work and live my lifeContinue reading “The tipoff”

This image just doesn’t do justice to the spectacle we were lucky to observe today, again due to the size of most of the flowers the colour is mostly lost amongst the foliage of the vegetation.  Lisa and I have been to the Ambergate nature reserve a few times, last year we came here inContinue reading “The things people do”

Last year Lisa and I camped out at the Stirling Ranges for our anniversary at the end of October.  It was a hot few days and while we did get a bit of rain to cool things off briefly, in truth it was pretty uncomfortable.  But, as is always the case when we crash atContinue reading “Sitting pretty”

Despite being the last day of a long weekend, we risked a walk at Cape Naturaliste.  Located at the northerly end of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park this is where the Cape to Cape track, mentioned in my last post, starts or ends depending on whether you hike south to north or north to south.  WhyContinue reading “The beetles”

Lisa and I headed out for a local wander today.  The forecast was a tad iffy so we didn’t fancy going too far afield only to be rained on, as happened last weekend.  But we needn’t have worried and the precipitation never came and it even started to feel a bit too warm when theContinue reading “The South African pest”

Today we had an early start with every intention of enjoying an eighteen kilometre track in the forests near Dwellingup, the aim was for us to start the walk at 8am.  The forecast wasn’t great, but Lisa was prepared to risk it on the proviso that I didn’t stop too many times to take imagesContinue reading “Nil point”

Last weekend Howsie and his family had enjoyed a great few days out at Narrogin, exploring the local reserves and he sent me an image of a cluster of amazing looking orchids.  Upon asking him if he left it was worth the drive out there for a day trip, he hesitated.  Quite rightly to, asContinue reading “Itsy bitsy spider”