A while back there was a lovely thread of sunrises that the early risers among us posted. I loved it, so I thought I'd broaden it to a thread for all the lovely sights we see as we do our slow staggers through chemo, or those walks we take after active treatment has finished and we're trying to get our strength and fitness back.In Melbourne today the weather was sunny, still and mild; perfect for a walk. I have followed my GP to a small town in the Yarra Valley (a good GP is worth the 30 minute drive I reckon), and right outside her surgery is the start of a beautifully laid out walking track. It's 7kms long and I've been keen to explore it. So today I walked halfway along it and back. At over 7kms it was the longest walk I've done since the day before chemo!

Jemima and friend nesting at our home this year

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” - Virginia Woolf #SundayThoughts #SundayMorning

@Eastmum and I had brunch in Bondi on Tuesday...

Mrs Tawny Frog Mouth on her nest. She uses the same tree, same branch and I am sure the same twigs and piece of bark each year. Two clutches each wet season with usually 2 successful chicks from each clutch. Dad and juniors from last year are roosting in the shed.

@Sister We think she had been there for a good week because we could hear her call but could not see her. The gum tree is in the centre of our 2 way driveway. All year the parent birds and last year's chicks roost in the shed up on the big steel girders. It is lovely to watch the newly hatched chickies change from fluffy white downy little balls into fully fledged owls. First you see 2 black eyes in a ball of white fluff staring down at you. The funniest part is when the nestlings are trying to be a branch but cannot resist swiveling their heads to watch you walk past. Mum / Dad hiss at them.The adults will raise this clutch and then in January (depending on the wet season and food available) sit again. Some years all chicks will survive and some years none.They have been on our block for over 10 years - same tree - same branch - same piece of bark. I will post photos of mum and hatchlings.

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Afraser
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7 years ago
Enjoy the markets. I know Mindil’s the big one (fantastic if you get skydivers) but I really like Parap. Best wishes to you both.
arpie
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7 years ago
Well, @"Annie C" and I are finally in Darwin, soaking up the sun - we started planning this get together last Sept and finally, we are here! We enjoyed dinner out last night with Annie C hubby (my hubby is in Sydney with his brother) and did the Parap markets today .... Mindel Markets are tomorrow night, if I have the energy!!

We are having so much fun, and really enjoying each other’s company, our senses of humour are almost identical! It seems like the time is flying already ..... I am just glad I wasn’t flying out of Sydney today, with many planes grounded due to the weather!

This arvo, I found a couple of nice muddies in the rock ledge in Darwin ..... a bigger one was in the same pond but it hid as soon as he saw me. This one looks smaller than he was! Definitely legal tho .... but I didn’t try to catch him.

Hoping to hook a Barra tomorrow - even if at a Barra Farm! I have a full day charter booked for next Wed, before flying out on Thurs.

The smaller onenhad lost lost one big claw .... and the remaining claw was huge!
Afraser
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7 years ago
Third photo is Port Ellen on Harris and Lewis, home of Laphroiag, to which I am partial. The last one is Eilean Donan, the most photographed castle in Scotland. Trying to frame out the tourist hordes was tricky.

Attached is Venice, Amsterdam (the Jordaan area, full of little wooden bridges) and Oslo. And a sunset (Oban) for @kmakm.
kmakm
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7 years ago

Mitchell River Silt Jetties
Romla
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7 years ago
Also where is the last photo please ?
Romla
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7 years ago
Great photos @Afraser ! Always hope to see Scapa Flow in the Orkneys one day as my grandfather was in the RN and based there in WW2.Where is the third photo please ?
arpie
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7 years ago
Wow! Awesome pics @Afraser
Afraser
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7 years ago
Me too, just a bit too far timewise on this trip!
Sister
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7 years ago
Fantastic. Would love to have gotten there. I have always wanted to see Skara Brae in the Orkneys too.
Afraser
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7 years ago
We did a lot of standing stones. These are at Callanish (or Calanais) on Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Not quite Stonehenge but definitely as imposing as Avebury. 5000 years old.