Another sojourn to Western Australia has been and gone with another one happening in a month or so to bring Mum back to Melbourne for Christmas.  The farm never disappoints when looking for photo opportunities, I just love those wide open skies and amazing sunsets.  Here are a few photos from my last trip.

A bobtail lizard looking for mulberries.

A large family of feeding maned ducks (geese).

On the bank of the dam.

Mum's cat Cara.

One of farming brother Eric's wheat crops.

Old silos on the farm.

Sampling some jam Eric made from quandongs.


Anne xx

Waratah Bay

Earlier this year hubby and I were lucky enough to become the owner of a small caravan that good friends of ours were unable to use anymore.  It has take us a little while to get thing organised and the weekend before last, we were finally in a position to take it away for the first time.  We chose Waratah Bay which has a nice caravan park and not too far from Melbourne, just a couple of hours drive.  Coincidentally we celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary the same weekend so that made it an extra special get away for us.

We had a wonderful time, met lovely people who were happy to share tips about travel and had a number of enjoyable walks on the beach.  Here are some photos from our time away.

Snacking on nice cheese with a glass of wed wine.

Walking down to the beach from the caravan park.

Waratah Bay with Wilsons Promontory in the background.

Exploring the rocks.  Wilsons Promontory zoomed in the background.

We had this beach to ourselves on this walk.

These little crabs turn around in circles to dig themselves a hole to hide in.

Just over the other side of the sand dunes is this lush farm land where very fat cows were feeding.

 

This Banksia was was growing on the foreshore.

Shallow Inlet, Waratah Bay.

There were a number of pelicans flying around. 

Walkerville South, just around the corner from Waratah Bay.

On our way back home to Melbourne we drove through more lush farm land which is also home to these wind turbines/wind farms.

I have been keeping busy with projects such as these two crochet blankets in the making.  I am participating in the Spice of Life CAL with Sandra Paul from Cherry Heart and thoroughly enjoying the process.

And to make sure I don't get bored I'm also doing this blanket which is the "As-we-go-Stripey blanket", pattern found here

To throw a little social life into the mix, hubby and I went to a wedding this past Sunday which was lovely and the weather was perfect.  It certainly was nice to have an excuse to glam up a bit and wear a nice frock, shoes and put my hair up.  This photo was taken in our back yard.

I'm off again to Western Australia on Sunday to visit Mum and my brother at the farm.  I'm vert fortunate to be able to visit so frequently.

Anne xx

Hello

It's seems like months since I last posted on here and much has happened in the intervening time.  I've had another trip home to the farm in Western Australia and spent 2 1/2 weeks with Mum getting stuck into all manner of things that needed doing.  So it was a busy time but I managed to sneak in a few hours here and there of walking in the bush and enjoying those big wide skies.

My walk into the bush was for the specific purpose of looking for some of the little birds that live there.  Most are shy so the best thing to do is sit down and wait for the birds to get use to your presence and they come to you.  I was rewarded by seeing this Western Yellow robin.

My brother who is an avid nature lover and bush walker had never seen one of these robins so I was pleased it had made an appearance for me.  My brother also told me to look out for a Red Capped robin which I remember seeing as a child while we were waiting for the school bus.  I thought I was going to be out of luck but as I emerged onto the road from out of the bush, I saw a flit of red.

These photos were only possible because of the new camera we have which has a fabulous zoom lens.  Our other camera which I loved died but I now have the joy of taking closeups of like these.

This next little bird is the female of either the Western Yellow robin or the Red Capped robin.  She was very tame and was happy with me taking these photos.

They are a little dark as I was looking into the light but overall I'm happy.  I might just have to paint the one above.

I was also able to take closeups of birds I've shown on here before but will share them anyway.

Crested pigeon.

28 or Port Lincoln parrot.

I think this is a Long Billed corella.

Butcher bird.

Pink and grey galahs.

Noisy miner.

I have other photos from my trip which I'll share in another post.

Anne xx