A postcrossing post card from Wanyi Ho, who atudies at a boarding school in Guangdong Province.
Wanyi Ho is from a family of 6 people which is very unusual in China.
Thanks for the post card, Wanyi Ho!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
“The Gap”, Albany, Western Australia
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A postcard from our friend, Rachel who’s touring Western Australia at the moment.
Rachel says she went for a drive around Albany and thinks it’s a spectacular place.
Here’s a link to the map of Rachel’s journey to date.
“Natural Bridge” Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia
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A postcard from our friend Rachel who is touring Western Australia at the moment.
Rachel drove here from Esperance and thinks it’s a lovely green place with lots of fat satisfied looking cattle.
Thanks for the great views, Rachel!
Here’s a link to the map of Rachel’s journey to date.
Wagin, Western Australia
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A postcard from our friend Rachel who is currently touring around Australia.
Wagin is famous for grain growing, livestock, sheep, and the two day “Woolorama” which attracts sheep farmers from all over the country.
Rachel says she spent about a week in Wagin at the carava park, and liked it so much that she thought she could easily live there.
Thanks for the postcard Rachel!
Disneyland
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A postcard from our friend, Rosie, who’s holidaying in California at the moment.
She says Disneyland is fun, but exhausting.
Have fun, Rosie, and thanks for the postcard.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Afternoon at Boondal
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Another great afternoon bike ride through the Boondal Wetlands with Liz and the kids.
This is one of my favourite places to ride – especially at sunset
Everyday Beauty
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I see this Eucalyptus Tree every day from my front deck, and never grow tired at looking at it. I’m very grateful that we have such beauty at our front door – literally!
What amazes me is how the same tree can seem so different each time I see it
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Beerburrum State Forest
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Between Donnybrrok / Toorbul and the Glass House Mountains, there are hundreds of square kilometres of pine forest and dirt tracks.
Some of the tracks are beautiful smooth gravel.
Others are diabolical sand and deep ruts, that stretch on for ages and have you groaning “Are we there yet?”
All in all – a fantastic time on the mountain bikes.
But as Steve and I found out – riding for a few kilometres on sand and through deep tyre ruts is exhausting work!
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Two Hundred Years Old
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This historic hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii), in the St Paul’s School grounds, Bald Hills, is believed to be approximately 195 years old.
Prior to Eurpoean settlement, the banks of the North and South Pine Rivers were home to many Hoop Pines and Cedars. Most of these magnificent trees were felled for their valuable timber, so that few of them remain today.
John Oxley first noticed them in on this day (1 December) in 1823 on the banks of the North Pine River near present day Petrie.
The old building in the background of these pictures is the administration building for the school. It was originally a farmhouse built by the Stewart Family in the late nineteenth century.
Read more information about these Hoop Pines on the Queensland Cultural Heritage Register.
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