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Having packed a few essentials for the trip… We’re off! Background to our Australia adventure: I had some International visitors come to stay the week-end before last who wanted some ideas of what they could do and where they could go to get a feel for Australia in just a few weeks. Before the week-end […]
Australia Photo Essay: Turtles and Dugongs through the eyes of the Torres Strait Islanders. The above artwork by Dennis Nona (2010) is entitled Thurr (Tracks of the turtle). The turtle leaves the water and lumbers against gravity up the beach to lay its eggs. She digs a deep hole where she lays them for […]
We each have five senses, but its primarily our ears, eyes and touch that perceive our surroundings and through which we communicate our learnings and experiences with others. We each have a preference or stronger leaning to one of our senses making us predominately an aural person a visual person or a kinaesthetic person. The simple […]
Australian Art from the Torres Strait Islands “Zamiyakal, or ‘dance machines’ are objects used in the Torres Strait. They are called machines because they have many parts that can be twisted and moved, which helps to make the dance come alive. Each island has its own dances and its own Zamiyakal. “This one is called […]
I’ve just unearthed some of my old travel journals during one of those sorting-clearing spring-cleaning sessions. A travel journal from one of my earliest trips through south-east Asia, and another from a more recent visit to France have re-surfaced, which between them span many miles of travel over many years. Viewing them side by side the […]
Australia Photo ~ The morning after the night before when the wind howled and the rain lashed. And years of growth snapped like matchsticks 🙁 The weather teases nature to grow its best with warm sunny days and gentle rain, then in a violent taunt shreds in a flash the creative work of years. Have […]
Each night of the Brisbane Festival was a stunning laser light show down on the river. A few photos from my esoteric outer space experience.
Each month I notate on a Map Journal a highlight so at year’s end I can peruse the 2011 Year at a Glance all simply summarized on a single sheet.
Australia Photo Taking the new family out on an excursion Out on an expedition to explore the world this fine spring morning What new signs of life have you noticed as the weather warms?
This month’s travelling tales by *you* is about SPRING. We asked where have you spent a memorable Spring – or taken some gorgeous spring photographs? Desolie Page As I’ve lived all my life in SE and Central Queensland, spring has not been a remarkable event – apart from the rapid change from ‘cool’ to […]
