I’ve been browsing tonight for information about my grandmother’s family. She was a Zelen from Helden, Limburg, in the Netherlands.
I haven’t been able to find much so far, I’m afraid. Please contact me if you can help.
I did learn however, that this is the flag of the municipality of Helden. The municipality includes Panningen, where [...]
I had a day off in lieu for working Sunday last week. Juliet and I put the twins into daycare and enjoyed lunch at the historic York Hotel in Hannan Street.
It’s a heritage building with a curious, ornate design, almost oriental on the outside. I’ll make an effort now to learn the history.
It was very [...]
Today was my first chance to try out my new Lumix DMC-TZ3 camera. As mentioned in the original post, I was interested in this camera for its compact size, low price, powerful zoom and wide-angle capability. The wide-angle feature is a real winner (see below).
I would not have been able to take these photos of [...]
I picked up this interesting piece of news from my former home territory, courtesy Australian Associated Press, regarding the future of Mount Buffalo Chalet:
Parks Victoria, the owner of the chalet, today said it had been notified by the lease holder, Burbank, of its intention to cease operations. But Burbank spokeswoman Sue McDermott said the [...]
