Thursday, February 01, 2018

Quail Hide-away ......

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Christmas saw a few changes to the menagerie - Adrian took away the five young Lovebirds (there are another three on the way) and brought us...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Love is in the Air .......

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Fischer's Lovebirds Before Christmas, a regular "camper" at the Park dropped in and said he breeds Red Rump Parrots, and h...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

I Need to Buy my own Pharmacy ........

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Robbie reckons I can no longer sneak up on people because I rattle when I walk - due to the quantity of drugs I find myself taking at the mo...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Tamberrah Cottage Getaway in Gippsland ........

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We finally got away for a small break recently - and had a ball, in spite of mobility problems.  Took up one of those Travel Auctions deals ...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

I've Got Wheels - Look out World .....

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Finally have done something positive about my mobility problems.  We've bought an electric scooter.  Little ripper it is!  Light enough ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Marrtians are landing ........

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Checked out the garden and found this really strange vegetable - sort of a hybrid cross mutated thing-a-mebob.  I think it looks a bit like ...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Was it Worth the Wait? - Tomatoes Rampant .....

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Following on from the last post, which detailed our newly planted garden efforts, here is the promised follow-up, showing the pleasing resul...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Four years in the making .........

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Well, we have been at the Castle for a bit over four years now.  Throughout this time, Robbie has longed to have a garden in which she can ...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Family Just Keeps Growing ......

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Not long after we moved into 'The Park' we noticed that there was quite a variety of bird life also making its home here - including...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

New Water Feature .......

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View from Sunroom Robbie loves water features.  Over the years we have purchased various units to be placed inside - so you can hear the...
Friday, February 07, 2014

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ........

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So far this Summer, that ever present danger of grass and bushfires has, fortunately, kept clear from us.  But this is not true, of course, ...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Strange Creatures in the Park ......

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Had a couple of animal sightings recently - oh, sometimes you do wish you owned a gun. Firstly, some silly cow was seen perambulating aro...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Is this Global Warming?

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Finally, a cool day - the first one for the better part of a fortnight.  In fact, as I write this entry, it is actually raining.  Not much -...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Mark Weber - Your Days are Numbered

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The long weekend (ninth consecutive day over 30°C, including a run of six over 35°C) has meant that we have entertained Lorelle and the gra...
Saturday, March 02, 2013

The Sport of Kings

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Lashed out a bought a part-share in a racehorse - Robbie's birthday/Christmas/Anniversary present. It's name is: SLEEP ON IT ...

A Long Time Flowering

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It's been quite a while since I have posted - must make amends. Almost 20 years ago, I purchased a fancy indoor plant for home.  A ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Spice Racks can be Expensive ......

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When we were at Ziegler Parade, I attached a couple of racks to the inside of the pantry door.  Robbie found this to be an invaluable aid an...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Continuously Sunnyside Up - At Last .........

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Have finally finished off a couple of projects that we were keen to do in the new Castle - weatherproof the pergola (now officially called ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Final Word on the "big flood" .........

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Okay, so it wasn't really a big flood around these parts a few weeks ago - but the river certainly threatened to threaten. Have now me...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

There goes the diet ..................

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We are discovering all sorts of ways in which living in a Caravan Park can have advantages (so far, haven't found any disadvantages), ho...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Why do they rope areas off? ............

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Still keeping a photographic log of the river level at Jubilee Park - but I won't bore everyone with constant updates here.  When it has...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

What goes up, must come down ......

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Monday, 8.30am The level of the Hopkins at Jubilee Park continues to fall, as evidenced by the two pictures - the first taken yesterday a...
Monday, January 17, 2011

You just can't help the timing ......

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Level at 0845am Level at 5.00pm Robbie & I went down to check the level of the river at 5 pm.  I reckon it has subsided by about 3...

Things that go bump in the night .......

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Swollen River at Allansford "Knock, bang, rap, thump, knock, knock ...." Sandbagging in Allansford "What the hell is ...