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Exploring England 2015, Part 9 – Surprises, Odds and Ends

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Perhaps the most enjoyable parts of any trip are the happy surprises that just pop out at you, unplanned and unforeseen. Unprepared as you are, they have the capacity to astonish and delight....

Created: 20 Jan 2017 13:40 Views: 5433

Exploring England 2015, Part 8 – Museums

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With such a long and varied history there are plenty of museums to enjoy in England. They come in a variety of forms – many of the castles, grand house,...

Created: 03 Sep 2016 15:13 Views: 6256

Exploring England 2015, Part 7 – A taste of Archaeology.

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England has multiple layers of history lurking underfoot. Our eldest son Rob works as an archaeologist so it was inevitable that our visit would include a number of archaeological sites....

Created: 25 Jun 2016 21:53 Views: 6437

Exploring England 2015, Part 6 – Churches, Cathedrals and Abbeys.

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There are few sights that evoke "Englishness" more than that of a parish church, its steeple pointing aloft above sheltering trees. The humble parish church has been an integral part of English ...

Created: 17 Mar 2016 00:28 Views: 5852

Exploring England 2015, Part 5 – Castles and Grand Houses

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England is awash with castles and grand houses. They have simply accumulated over the past 10 centuries, built and rebuilt over the years. Some are small and functional,...

Created: 19 Dec 2015 16:08 Views: 5399

Exploring England 2015, Part 4 – Gardens big and small.

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What better time to explore English gardens than in spring and early summer? In the countryside, along roadsides and lanes, bluebells and wildflowers are putting on colourful displays....

Created: 25 Oct 2015 16:04 Views: 5210

Exploring England 2015, Part 3 – Landscapes.

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For a small and densely populated country the UK boasts some wonderful landscape scenery. In the summer when we were there, green is the dominant colour,...

Created: 23 Sep 2015 16:08 Views: 5457

Exploring England 2015, Part 2 – Around the Edge.

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The edge of the island that is the UK seems as good a place as any to start this account of our adventures. We had only had fleeting glimpses of English beaches before,...

Created: 10 Sep 2015 17:00 Views: 5130

Exploring England 2015. Part 1 Introduction.

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“When are you coming to visit again?” Rob, our eldest son who is an archaeologist in the UK, asked us well before Christmas. The idea was certainly tempting … but we had had a few health issues ...

Created: 09 Sep 2015 17:13 Views: 5976

How to make a wildflower post.

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Now that you are home from your trip, you are going through your photos, reliving the memories. You find that you have some good photos of wildflowers....

Created: 30 Nov 2014 16:23 Views: 10643

What’s in a name – how plants are named.

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Plants (and animals) have always been given names. From the earliest times, names would have described distinctive features of the plant. Names would have been given by, understood,...

Created: 17 Nov 2014 13:55 Views: 11738

Identifying and recognising wildflowers.

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Many of us are collectors when we travel. Rocks, pubs, minerals, wildflowers - you name it, someone will be out there collecting it. Or gathering photos of it,...

Created: 17 Nov 2014 13:47 Views: 10041

Ellis Rowan – the Wildflower Hunter

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Now as we venture out across our country in the comfort of our modern vehicles, many of us have an interest in researching and following the tracks of explorers....

Created: 08 Aug 2014 14:19 Views: 14038

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 6. Maralinga to Canberra via the Gawler Ranges

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. Robin was now back from Adelaide and the final morning was taken up with refuelling and paperwork. Finally everyone was ready and with Robin leading us we made our last departure from Maralinga....

Created: 16 Jul 2014 14:55 Views: 8479

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 5. Exploring mining roads in the Great Victoria Desert

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. Shortly after leaving Annes Corner we turned SW onto the BMR road. Although the first section was not the anticipated highway there was no stopping the hares who shot ahead,...

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:27 Views: 7764

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 4. Maralinga to Emu and beyond

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. There was unwelcome news the next morning. Robin’s wife Della was quite unwell and had been flown to hospital in Adelaide. Robin will of course go to join her and so will not be able to lead us ...

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:25 Views: 8450

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 3. Exploring Maralinga

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. The whole crew rose a bit late the next morning, and to our surprise we found that we were shrouded in thick fog that took a while to clear....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:23 Views: 9953

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 2. Port Augusta to Maralinga

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. (an aside - all photos may be clicked to enlarge) Finally everyone was more or less ready, and we were on the road and heading north from Port Augusta by about 10.30....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:15 Views: 8124

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 1. Canberra to Port Augusta

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. It felt good to be driving in Troopy, heading west again. Despite showery weather, we had a good run out to Hay, clipping along happily sitting on about 100....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:06 Views: 7861

Travelling with your camera.

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Digital cameras are great! In days of old, every shot on film had to wait to be processed, and if it didn’t work as you’d hoped there was often no chance to go back and try again....

Created: 22 Jun 2014 11:58 Views: 7831

Weeds and Travellers

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Weeds are everywhere. From the city to the bush, desert to rainforest, coast to outback, wherever you go you won’t be far from a weed. Each year weeds cost the country several billion dollars....

Created: 21 Jun 2014 19:00 Views: 13966

Rambling about, looking for wildflowers

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We have all heard the story. Travellers who say, when asked if they have seen wildflowers “I drove down that road two days ago and there was nothing to see”....

Created: 03 Jun 2014 14:50 Views: 11439

Where and When to find wildflowers.

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Australia boasts such a wonderful array of native flowering plants that in most places it’s possible to find at least some wildflowers. But it’s a big country,...

Created: 31 May 2014 17:48 Views: 13067

Wooback at Yass

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Wooback was a gathering today of draught horses to set a world record for the number of horses ploughing at the same time. As there was no previous record,...

Created: 04 May 2014 17:25 Views: 9629