Random thoughts and observations
Porepunkah Primary School held its athletic sports today. Kathleen was captain of her house, Buffalo, which won for the first time in her seven years there. The picture shows her leaping a hurdle. I was interested to observe a Muslim girl wearing a head scarf while competing . For the benefit of overseas readers, there’s [...]
I checked out the “new” river walk in Porepunkah this morning. Most of it isn’t actually new, but I’m pleased to say it’s an improvement. The track is wider and has a better surface; the blackberries are still along the bank though. Last Wednesday’s storm brought down one tree on the pre-existing section between the [...]
A severe storm struck Porepunkah and Bright last night. Winter storms are unusual. The meteorological explanation is probably that we had a strong cold front come through after a spell of warm weather. The result was strong winds, heavy rain and heavy snow down to about 800 metres. The coldness is the aspect which makes [...]
The Porepunkah Post Office is also a petrol station, takeaway food outlet, milk bar and mini general store. It’s by virtue of this multi-faceted role that one can drive to the front door when it’s raining, take half a dozen steps under the bowser shelter and collect mail from the post office boxes. It was [...]
I went for a mountain bike ride this afternoon. I started on the main Buckland Valley Road and turned off just before the airstrip at Higgins Road. It was all uphill for the next few kilometres, after which it was nearly all downhill. I returned via Royal George Road, before returning home via the Winters [...]
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