Out the Front

This is the front of our house just after we redid the garden about 2 years ago.  The little hedge around the front of the garden bed are 'Dwarf Nandinas'. 

Two years later after the pruning of the shrubs except the Dwarf Nandinas, they will not be touched.  For a better look just click on the image and it will be larger. 

Banksia Roses white and yellow are growing up the lattice.  We used to have these roses growing there years ago and removed when they became too large, it will be nice when the new ones grow as the old ones did.

Bay of Fires

 Bay of Fires is on the east coast of Tasmania, a beautiful place to visit and photos taken with my phone to show on my blog along with beaches in the area.

ANZAC Day.

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia, a day we especially remember service men and women who have served our country. ANZAC stands for Australian New Zealand. New Zealand is not a part of Australia and we here in Australia require a Passport when going to New Zealand.

ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.

When war broke out in 1914, Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years. The new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies. The ultimate objective was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul in Turkey), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, an ally of Germany.
The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed. News of the landing on Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and 25 April soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war.
Although the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives, the Australian and New Zealand actions during the campaign left us all a powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as the “Anzac legend” became an important part of the identity of both nations, shaping the ways they viewed both their past and their future.

Anzac Ceremony:
At the Australian War Memorial, the ceremony takes place at about 5am and or 10.15 am in the presence of people such as the Prime Minister and the Governor General. Each year the ceremony follows a pattern that is familiar to generations of Australians.
A typical Anzac Day ceremony may include the following features: an introduction, hymn, prayer, an address, laying of wreaths, a recitation, the Last Post, a period of silence, either the Rouse or the Reveille, and the National Anthem. After the Memorial’s ceremony, families often place red poppies beside the names of relatives on the Memorial’s Roll of Honour, as they also do after Remembrance Day services.

Anything for a laugh and Flowers.

One of my sons put an App on my phone and did this comic photo of me and my husband's Great Grandchild - original photo taken September 2025.  I couldn't help but share it as I'm sure it will cause a laugh!  :) I love it.

Geraniums perennial ones, photo taken March.

Hydrangeas in the garden taken in March.

I've forgotten the above plants name!

St. Joseph's Catholic Cathedral, Rockhampton

It's good when travelling to seek out the Catholic Churches and take photos, go to Mass or whatever.  St. Joseph's Cathedral in Rockhampton was built between 1893 and 1899. It's built with local sandstone and is in the Gothic style.  The sanctuary was added later, completed in 1982.  Next door is the Catholic School.

Tasmanian Tiger.

 I did a post on the Tasmania Tiger in 2016, this one or post is different, plus many new followers since then and of course some have moved on for various reasons.

The Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian wolf now extinct and has been for many a year was native to the Australian mainland and the Island of Tasmania and New Guinea.

Between 1888 and 1909, the Tasmanian government paid a bounty of 1 pound for every full-grown Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) killed.  For a juvenile or pup they paid 10 shillings.

More than 2,180 government bounties were paid between those years. It's estimated that at least 3,500 thylacines were killed by hunters between 1830 and the 1920s through both government and private bounty schemes. 

The last known thylacine was killed in the wild in 1930, and the species was officially declared protected in July 1936, just months before the last known individual died in captivity.

The Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) did not migrate to Tasmania, they were already present across Australia when the island separated from the mainland about 12,000 year ago.  They survived in Tasmania because the Bass Strait prevented the arrival of competition from dingoes, which likely wiped them out on the mainland around 3,000 years ago.

The Tasmanian tiger was blamed for killing the sheep, poultry and other animals.

A short video showing the Tiger.

Clifton Beach, Queensland.

Clifton Beach in Queensland is in the tropics approximately 22 km north of the city of Cairns.  It's also known as the local beach of Cairns even though Cairns is by the sea there is no beach there.  

The photos show the sign and do enlarge it for it has much information.  We have the pathway, and the Vinegar one needs to place on a sting from a stinger if you are unlucky enough to get strung.   In the winter time you don't often see any nasties at the beach or in the water but just in case it's best not to go into the sea.  The vinegar always remains in that red post, no one removes it and it always has vinegar in it, always.  There are nets in the sea to help keep them out.

I stood in an ant nest under one of those trees and of course ants were climbing up my legs, makes me shudder to think of it.  There was one big dash to remove them to move away further to the sea.

In the photos you can see a few Islands, Double Island, Haycock Island and Green Island.

Happy Easter

 It only seems like a week or two that it was Christmas, now it's Easter time.  

I wish you all a Happy Easter and a safe one.

A poem by Enid Blyton.

A happy Easter, birds and bees,

A happy Easter, laughing trees,

A happy Easter, daffodils,

Whose golden cups the sunshine fills.

A happy Easter, lambkins white,

And little rabbits, skipping light,

A happy Easter, skylark gay,

And Cuckoo speeding on your way.

A happy Easter, one and all,

Whether you are big or small,

Little snail or mighty tree,

A happy Eastertide from me!

                

Lighthouse, Devonport, Tasmania

The Lighthouse near the mouth of the Mersey River in Devonport, Tasmania helps guide The Spirit of Tasmania and a few freight ships into the river to berth.  The lighthouse was built on a stone base and is made of bricks, was built in 1889.

We had to visit Devonport last Monday for an appointment with the Financial Adviser our yearly appointment, all was well.  

We also went to the Cemetery the Lawn one to visit my parents grave and I placed new artificial flowers there. 

Then on Wednesday for the evening meal, dinner, our second eldest granddaughter came for dinner by herself for the very first time.  What a surprise and we had a wonderful time with her.  It will be her 18th birthday on Saturday the 4th of April.

Our clocks move back 1 hour on the 5th of April and also on that day, Easter Sunday is our 3rd Granddaughter's 14th birthday.

The photos here in this section are of the Bluff at Devonport and behind where I'm taking the photo from is the Bluff Caravan Park where we used to stay in our caravan after my parents passed.  Sometimes we would just take a drive to the Bluff and not take the caravan as Devonport is just over 1 hour drive from home.  The sea is Bass Strait.