by jenny | May 8, 2019 | Equipment, Great Walks Australia, Kosciuszko Area, Light to Light Walk, Mont, nature, Photography, Saltwater, Winter
It’s never really too cold to camp. Not in Australia, anyway. We’re about 2 1/2 hours by car from Australia’s only ski fields in the Snowy Mountains. And we know of people going ‘back country’ up there to ski and camp. They get all the...
by jenny | Oct 11, 2018 | Animals, Birds, environment, nature, Photography, Saltwater
Superb Lyrebirds – what a great bird! These fantastic songsters have even caught the attention of the great Sir David Attenborough himself with their amazing ability to mimic other birdcalls. But that’s not all they can mimic. It seems they can replicate...
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by jenny | Aug 22, 2017 | All Ages, Photography
We’re all about anything that gets young people out and exploring the local environment, and celebrating what makes it so magical, fragile, unique and important. And so we were stoked to learn about the Green Flicks short film competition – which...
by jenny | Jul 19, 2017 | Geology, Local History, Photography, The Yuin
It had been 3 years since I’d been to Saltwater Creek. I’d forgotten how magic it was. Back then, Simon was just a few weeks old, his first trip home to Australia. He and Deb lay under an umbrella, sheltered from the summer sun. It was February. This time...
by jenny | Jul 11, 2017 | Birds, Green Cape, Photography
Green Cape, the northern shore of Disaster Bay on the Far South Coast, is home to the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales, as well as 71 souls of those that drowned when the Ly-Ee-Moon wrecked there in 1886. It is a haunting, magnificent place, sentinel over a...
by jenny | Jun 5, 2017 | Orcas, Photography, Uncategorized, Whales and Sea Life, Winter
Eden-based whale watch operators Cat Balou Cruises had an unexpected thrill on the weekend when they spotted a number of humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins and an odd seal or two on an impromptu 2 hour cruise. Ros and Gordon from Cat Balou have a great vantage point...
