Yesterday evening Josh messaged to ask if I had heard about the Queen of Sheba Orchid being spotted round Bunbury. He mentioned that the word on the street was that it had, but he didn’t have any more details. And nor did I. Why is all this relevant, well this orchid is only found inContinue reading “The word on the street”
Category Archives: Going walkabout
A bit of encouragement
I blame Mario for igniting my desire to see if two weeks has been enough to allow any more orchids to come out. He sent me an image of a Winter Donkey Orchid (Diuris brumalis), which are the first of the donkeys orchids to flower. They are however only found on the scarp, which comprisesContinue reading “A bit of encouragement”
Time to head back
It has been over two and half years since I have been back to the UK. My last trip was cut short and I only stayed for three days, leaving on 27 Feb 2000 due to COVID wreaking havoc. The papers were giving daily reports of seemingly exponentially escalating cases in Italy, and the worldContinue reading “Time to head back”
A voice in my head
Next week I’ll pick Lisa up from the airport. So with just me to get out the door I got an early start on another loop walk detailed in our Walking in Circles book. I rolled into a sleepy Gracetown as first light crept across the sky, and parked up as instructed in our trustyContinue reading “A voice in my head”
Not quite the same
Some people feel we have had a fairly wet winter to date, but this is not the case. I know this as through my work we prepare monthly rainfall and river streamflow data. The latest report released just last week shows for most of the sites where we record this information, in the South WestContinue reading “Not quite the same”
Walking in circles
We dug out our ‘walking round in circles’ book to see where would be a nice place to go for a walk today. Lisa tend to likes to have an idea of where we are going, so as to provide a little certainty of the terrain and any difficulties we might encounter. And this bookContinue reading “Walking in circles”
Game on
Lisa and I had intended to head out for a walk last weekend, as her energy levels had returned to somewhere near pre-COVID. Unfortunately, as seems to happen with life, other things distracted us and we didn’t get out. So this weekend I was more determined to get her out and about, for something otherContinue reading “Game on”
The beach shack
Way before the camper trailer was even a twinkle in Lisa’s eye, we had booked a getaway down on the south coast. Making use of Lisa’s long service leave to allow us to have a break during school term time, and also having Elseya at home to look after the poodles. Dogs were allowed toContinue reading “The beach shack”
Where to next?
On Friday night, and continuing through Saturday, a cyclone was pushing its way down the west coast. The forecast was for anywhere of up to 30mm of rain. Some would say it would be a dumb time to head out for a camp, but Lisa had caught the camping bug after our night away lastContinue reading “Where to next?”
Giving into technology
Our weekend hikes, mostly hunting orchids, seems such a long and distant memory and it is probably fair to say we haven’t done a huge amount together since then. As such this was the weekend that Lisa and I decided it was time that we went away for a night to do something together. InContinue reading “Giving into technology”
Sandbagged 