Category Archives: Going walkabout

Being the spring school holiday, which coincides with Lisa’s birthday, we would normally head away somewhere.  The plan had been to take the camper trailer down to the Stirling Ranges, but several things resulted in that not happening.  The first being the uncertainty of the outcome from Nicka having to get her sebaceous adenomas checkedContinue reading “True to its name”

There are now three of us at work discussing our orchid adventures, and we have set up a chat group on which to share our finds.  Unlike some orchid enthusiast, who may keep the location of their finds secretive, we also divulge those.  That said with Josh’s more distant travels, it is not always likelyContinue reading “Partners in crime”

Monday arrived and it was time to go hunting again.  Lisa is convinced we can train the poodles to sniff out orchids, but I am not so sure.  They certainly seemed way too distracted with all the other aromas, as we once again wandered round the wildflower walks near Nannup.  Our rationale for this locationContinue reading “Unlucky for some”

I was trying to tell myself not to send another post of my orchid hunting this weekend, but as you can tell I didn’t listen to myself.  Today I went to two spots, the first being a small patch of bush called the Katherine Chauhan Reserve.  No more than 10 acres (4 hectares), surrounded byContinue reading “Let the hammer fall”

This post is short and sweet, a bit like my quick scoot round a community managed reserve found just off the highway on the way to Bunbury.  The reason for the dash to this spot, which I had previously never been too, will be revealed later.  But what drew my attention was again receiving imagesContinue reading “Keep moving”

This week it didn’t look like I was going to get out for a single weekday wander, a stark contrast from the week before.  In part I had not received any images from ‘work’ Josh, as oppose to ‘climbing’ Josh, to get me all enthused; also the weather was a bit hit and miss; andContinue reading “The multi-coloured picture show”

I feel like I’ve been wandering about a fair bit weeks… and in part blame Josh for it.  Not the Josh I climb with, but someone from work.  Unlike me his job takes him out in the field a fair bit, to secluded spots where we have stream flow and groundwater level measurement infrastructure.  ForContinue reading “Here, there, and everywhere”

It seems that there is always something on to stop us from dragging the camper trailer out of the shed.  Which is where it has been stashed since April this year, but this weekend the stars aligned and we finally got away.  The last time, despite it being glorious weather at home, we drove straightContinue reading “In need of a recharge”

I’ve stumbled across a new local spot to hunt orchids, and it is the closest one to where we live yet.  In fact it is an even shorter distance from where we lived for seven years, and we never checked it out.  That might be because it isn’t publicised, has no parking areas, and thereContinue reading “A picture paints a thousand words”

Friday afternoon I would normally be working from home, but due to unavoidable meetings I found myself in the office as the clock clicked towards the end of my working day and week.  Earlier in the week I was chatting to a couple of people at work, who also like to check out the flowers,Continue reading “Sitting on the fence”