The flies are worse than usual this year. I don’t know what it is, perhaps the tropical weather, but the irritating winged devils are out in force. They even rated a mention on the Melbourne TV news recently, so the poor city folk are suffering as well. Friends went on a bike ride two weeks [...]
A walk in the Warbys
I enjoyed a walk in the Warbys today. The Warby Range is a state park to the west of Wangaratta. It rises about 250 metres above the surrounding terrain and comprises granite outcrops and native vegetation. Bushrangers used to prowl there in the 19th century. Today it remains a rare part of the North East [...]
Hard labor
I’m fairly fit, but today I used muscles that I didn’t know existed and I’ll definitely pull up sore tomorrow. Our back yard looks like a First World War battlefield thanks to pipes being laid for connection to the new sewerage scheme. The plumbers left it a right mess. We need to plant grass seed, [...]
