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River Angus, Strathalbyn, South Australia

Happy New Year to all of my loyal readers.

I have really enjoy sharing my travel experiences and photos here over the last year. I hope that my readers have also enjoyed my blog.

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Posts here might be a little sporadic over the next week or two. I am travelling in NSW and Victoria and getting plenty more photos to share here. Until then – a few favourite shots from the last year.

Paris Creek, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra

Floriade 2007, Canberra

Our holiday in Canberra

September 2007

The beds of tulips in full bloom at Floriade in Canberra this year seemed to stretch on for ages. It was almost a case of sensory overload, with wave after wave of colour laid out in enormous beds in front of us. Choosing which way to look and what to aim the camera at was a major challenge.

Floriade in Canberra is an annual floral display in September and October.

To enlarge the image, click on the photo.

To see more photos of Floriade and flowers in other places, go to my photo gallery here. The gallery now totals over 1000 photos, including shots of birds, animal, buildings, scenery here in Australia, in Thailand and in Nepal, including photos I took on a trek near Mt. Everest.

Floriade 2007, Canberra

My wife and I are on the road again. That’s one of the reasons I haven’t posted anything over the last few days – we’ve been away from an internet connection. Over the last week we have travelled from home in Murray Bridge all the way to Sydney in New South Wales. We took five days, though one can do it comfortably in two days if you don’t stop frequently like we do. We also took a rather meandering route to Sydney. There were a number of places we especially wanted to visit during our holiday.

Lake Roberts, Lameroo, South Australia

We left home last Monday about an hour later than we’d hoped to; those last minute things take up so much time. Never mind, we were on our way by mid-morning. By lunch time we had made it to the mallee farming town of Lameroo. Over recent years we’ve stopped quite a few times at the park there for meals or a cuppa. An artificial lake next to the golf course is a quiet spot off the main highway with lawn, seating, a covered area with picnic tables and some interesting bird life, which always attracts me.

A pair of Masked Lapwings had a little one to look after while a Great Cormorant sat resting on the bank of the lake. A mixed gang of ducks politely stood a metre or two away as we ate our lunch. They didn’t get any.

Over the coming weeks I will share some of our sightings, experiences and adventures during our twenty three day holiday in country New South Wales, in Sydney, in Canberra, in Melbourne and country Victoria.

Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I write for three blogs. In addition to this one I have a blog about writing and blogging called Trevor’s Writing.

I also have a blog about birds and birdwatching called Trevor’s Birding. Today is the second birthday of that blog.

I invite you to head on over there, have a good look around and leave a birthday greeting.

Red Capped Robin