After seeing my first Bee Orchid yesterday, this one starts with a Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera). A worker bee collecting nectar and pollen from Coast Banjine (Pimelea ferruginea), whose bright pink flowers lit up the round, small and compact shrubs that were popping up between the granite boulders. This bee was busy as shownContinue reading “The blow out”
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The second first time
Soon after getting home on Friday the wind started to pick up, reaching gale force overnight rattling the roof. Lisa with her ear plugs in slept through it. Meanwhile the unrelenting noise meant I saw several of the wee hours slowly pass by. The front resulted in a big swell being forecast, 6m at BusseltonContinue reading “The second first time”
Undecided
There are many theories about the meaning and origins of ‘two is company, three’s a crowd’, which was first recorded in 1670s by John Ray in his collection of English Proverbs. Digging deeper a Spanish twist exists as a slight variation with compañía de tres no vale res, which directly translates to ‘a company ofContinue reading “Undecided”
Roof climbing
I’ve banged on about phrases from the homelands enough. So this time, for a change, I’ll start today with one from Australia. Some may recall the term being used by a prominent character from Australia’s longest running soap opera, which in four days’ time will have its 41st anniversary. While the use of the termContinue reading “Roof climbing”
Mini-guides for crags of the south west of Western Australia
A Guide to Rock Climbing in WA’s South West was published in January 2016, and has for some years been out of print. As with most things these days, records of what has been going on are now more often than not loaded online. The main repository used being an online forum called The Crag. Continue reading “Mini-guides for crags of the south west of Western Australia”
Smile for the camera
The climbing this morning was on occasion interrupted by text messages flying between John and I about his book. He was busy with last minute edits. Telling me how he was thinking of dealing with my comments, as well as a few other oddities that I had picked up. I was just arriving at theContinue reading “Smile for the camera”
That’s a big baby
I can’t complain with the flurry of people that have been keen to get out over the last few months. This weekend however, I didn’t get so much as a nibble when I dangled the bait of touching rock to our group. This of course didn’t stop me, and I had every intention of walkingContinue reading “That’s a big baby”
