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Pix 1 & 2 : remains of a pioneering homestead and the vegetable/ chicken run. Note the remains of flattened kerosene tin walls. This was not the day we planned to have. We began by taking a drive down a … Continue reading
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At Khimaira, an online sff magazine, you can read a review in French of Clairvoyante (that is, The Aware in its French translation) by Christophe Sambre. He concludes by saying: En matière de fantasy, par les temps qui courent, trouver … Continue reading
Hi everyone – I am now back in Perth, tired, grubby and contented. Also relieved not to be paying a ransom worthy of Dan Brown just to get an internet connection in caravan parks. If my previous posts contain typos … Continue reading
Probably won’t get an opportunity to blog again till we are back in Perth, so two posts today. This one is still about the Eyre Bird Observatory. While having meals on the verandah, we watched the birds come down to … Continue reading
This is a 4WD track that wends its steep way over the escarpment from the Nullabor Plains down to the coastal plains – and to the old telegraph station, once was one of the relay stations that sent on the … Continue reading
A break from my travels to rant – prompted by something I read in the paper. Years ago, a 13 year-old girl obtained a place at Oxford University – the youngest ever to do so. She was the daughter of … Continue reading
We had travelled over 1,200 kms from Perth by the time we arrived in Cocklebiddy. We had also travelled down Australia’s straightest road. And seen more results of bushfires. And sighted our first kangaroos and Wedge-tailed Eagles of the trip. … Continue reading
We spent a morning in Norseman on day 3 of our travels. After breakfast we went for several early morning woodland walks, and took in the view from Beacon Hill. Norseman was named after a horse that found gold there … Continue reading
We are actually in Esperance tonight, but I am going to backtrack a bit, because I have managed to get a good internet connection (hellishly expensive though), so I can download some photos. So this is Kalgoorlie… Day two of … Continue reading
Woke up last night at about 1.00 a.m. to something I haven’t seen in a long while: complete darkness. I may as well have been blind. The moon had not yet risen, and starlight was obscured by thick cloud cover. … Continue reading