Flowers it seems.

 It's been a very long time since I've posted 'flowers', so I've collected a few from the archives to show you.  Most have all grown in our garden at some point in time, some are still.

Rose called 'Peace', then Nerines.

Chrysanthemum, then Agapanthus.

Lily then Dahlia.

Fushia then Freises.

Roses, above Crepuscule then Just Joey.

Roses, above Pink Iceberg then Seduction.

Above, a Lily. 

Aquilegia/Columbine or Granny Bonnet, then a rose from somewhere.

More of the floods and wind.

More photos of the floods back at the beginning of this month.  The below photo was taken from a small bridge, a much improved bridge I must say - it is just up the road where my husband and I lived for the first 8 years of our married life.  Being a city girl, I loved living in the country and that river, though not wide is called the Liffey River and it's where I used to swim as it's fairly deep.  On really hot days I would take a tractor tyre tube and my Labrador dog and off we would go swimming.  Also on hot days when the men had finished carting bales of hay they would come down to the river jump in to cool off.

Then we would walk up the road such a short distance and I would cook them their evening meal.

Do keep in mind the water was a lot cleaner and it normally is but of course in the photo it's been stirred up by the rain and flow.

The photo above is at the end of the road and on the side of the road heading towards Launceston, where I live.  The storm and wind broke off these trees.

Further along the main highway we came across this area which is called Westwood, and the photo was taken from the Westwood Bridge.

It was a lovely drive even though it wasn't sunny, good to see the lambs..  The below photo is a small quarry opposite the lambs.

A house/farm in the Westwood area and the flood area on the way back to the main road/highway.

Down by the Docks in Sydney

This series of photos was taken when eldest son, his wife and children visited Sydney about 2 years ago.  I thought it's a good idea to post photos of the Dock area.  As you can see it's a cloudy day, the photos were dark so I had to lighten them a little.  There isn't a photo of Sydney Harbour Bridge - how amazing is that!  Everyone always puts a photo of the bridge, expect me.

Plenty of places to eat in this area.

Woodchopping the Sport

Did you know how wood/lumbar chopping commenced in Australia?

The modern sport of woodchopping is said to have had its genesis in 1870 in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, as the result of a $50.00AUD bet between two axeman as to who could first fell a tree.  An alternative origin story comes from the 16th century Basque Country (that would be in Spain), in which a man ran a marathon and chopped ten logs to be allowed to propose to his future wife.

The world's first woodchopping championship was held in 1891, at Bells Parade, Latrobe, Tasmania (a blog post of mine is  here ) This event was celebrated and commemorated with the selction of the site to be home of the Australian Axemen's Hall of Fame and Timberworks which I have not got a photo of.

Woodchopping events in Australia are generally run in conjunction with Agricultural shows.

A link to a great Tasmanian woodchopper, interesting read.

Floods and Storm

Very recently we have had massive storms here in Tasmania, roofs blown off houses, fences falling over, trees as well, power poles fallen, power cut off to so many homes for days along with heavy rain at times. 

Thankfully where we live on top of a flat hill we didn't lose power or have any damage done.  

So off for a drive to view some areas where the roads were not closed due to floods and power lines down to take some photos.

These photos are from different areas here in northern Tasmania which received the storms strongest winds than the southern area of the State.

The last photo of the bridge, usually you can drive further up under it.

Whim Creek, Western Australia Part 2

A few more photos of the Whim Creek area in Western Australia.

Doesn't matter where you go you always come across a flower or two.  The above flowers are called the Sturt Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa and creep along the ground.  The flower below is called the Purple Mulla Mulla, Ptilotus exaltatus though covered in red dust it's not showing it's best.  These two plants were growing near Whim Creek.

This is us settling for the night and the truck below along with a few photos of the sunset in order of the sun going down on that day.