Today is the fortieth day of lockdown which means we have ended the traditional quarantine period of 40 days. Quarantine is actually a French word meaning 40 days. However we still have another 16 days to go. It is also Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand which is a national day of remembrance to …
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The Icy Billabong – Le billabong glacé
This may be the last “icy” photo for the season as today was the beginning of milder weather with no temperatures under zero predicted for the next couple of weeks. Because it was Australia Day yesterday (sorry, I’m a little late), I’ve named this post after a well-known Aussie word, billabong which is a body …
Postcard from Australia – Bollards in Geelong
The Baywalk at Geelong provides a lovely walk along the shoreline but the best bit are the bollards which are the work of artist Jan Mitchell. Jan was commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong to transform old timbers and piles from a city pier, demolished in the 1980s, into over one hundred endearing figures reflecting the history …
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Postcard from Australia: the Wine Press – le pressoir à vin
We were lucky enough to be present when friends in the Bellarine in Victoria were pressing their personal harvest of shiraz grapes. Everyone had a turn at activating the press (and tasting the juice!). Nous avons eu de la chance d’être présents lorsque nos amis dans le péninsule de Bellarine dans l’état de Victoria pressaient leur petite …
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Postcard from Australia: Point Lonsdale – The Seagull
We had a very windy walk today along the coast at Point Lonsdale on the Bellarine Peninsula. The wind on the pier was so strong that the seagull in the photo was literally suspended in the air. No wonder the Port Phillip Head’s Rip is so notorious! Nous avons eu une promenade très éventée sur …
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Postcard from Australia – Vue Grand
I was amused to see see this hotel in Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria called Vue Grand. It might have a grand view, but the French version isn’t quite correct. It was built in 1881. J’étais amusée de voir cet hôtel à Queenscliff sur la péninsule de Bellarine dans l’état de Victoria qui …
Postcard from Australia – Geelong Library & Gallery
This futuristic-looking 9-storey building is the new Geelong Library and Heritage Centre which opened at the end of last year. In the photo below, you can see it’s reflection in the globe next to the Geelong Art Gallery where we were lucky enough to see an exhibition of Australia’s best-known impressionist painter, Arthur Streeton,intitulé Land …
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Postcard from Australia – A House in the Trees in Drysdale
This lovely house in Drysdale in the Bellarine Peninsula south of Melbourne, set among shady trees, is another home exchange. It was built as a parsonage in 1888. Cette belle maison entourée d’arbres à Drysdale dans la péninsule de Bellarine au sud de Melbourne, est un autre échange maison. Construite en 1888, c’était à l’origine …
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Postcard from Australia – Two Survivors
Loch Ard was a clipper ship bringing immigrants from England that was wrecked at Mutton Bird Island just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, in 1878 during a storm. Only two of the 54 people on board survived: 18-year old Eva Carmichael, one of a family of 8 Irish immigrants, and ship’s apprentice Tom Pearce, both of …
Postcard from Australia – Great Ocean Road, Victoria
We were a bit worried this morning when we woke to overcast weather as we were to drive along the mythical Great Ocean Road in Victoria. But we needn’t have worried. Although we had mist and light rain when driving, they disappeared each time we got out of the car. The most famous eroded rock formations …
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