Category Archives: Going walkabout

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”

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”

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?”

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”

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”