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There are times I wish I was more of an early bird! Glorious sunrises… … and the magnificent dawn chorus, which is so beautiful to hear 🙂 Our feathered friends put on such an enthusiastic fanfare as they pour their heart out singing in the day – I wish I got to hear it on […]
There’s an air of trepidation signing off a printing proof ~ It may sound a bit melodramatic, but it seriously can feel close to signing your life away! There’s a fear that you just may have missed a spelling mistake and with the printing machines rolling you’ll have reams of paper piling up off the […]
After months of the local banksia trees showing only their old scruffy looking seed pods ~ Today, after a lot of rain, I noticed a couple of beautiful fresh lemon yellow banksia flowers blooming 🙂 The genus Banksia is named after the botanist, Sir Joseph Banks who accompanied James Cook on the 1768-1771 voyage to Australia. […]
I’ve been nominated by Kirsty Wilson of TravelTipsPlus to participate in Tripbase’s “3 Best Kept Secrets” “Congratulations on being nominated in Tripbase’s Best Kept Travel Secrets Project! Two months on, and we’re amazed at the response we’ve had. Over 100 travel bloggers have participated so far, sharing their Best Kept Travel Secrets on far-flung destinations, […]
Do you ever get to the end of a year and say – Where did the time go? What did I do? Where did I go? And when exactly was that? Book type journals are great for all the detail, but they just don’t cut it for seeing the year at a glance. So for […]
I frequently go over to Stradbroke Island in the evening to walk. Climbing the sandy hill there’s often the sound of rustling and scuttling in the bush on either side of the track. But hoping to see what makes the noise is generally futile as its survival is dependent upon it remaining invisible to any potential predators – However, […]
“If only I were going on a major trip, or doing the big lap?’ (i.e. travelling all the way around Australia) …is a common cry overheard when people first set eyes on a Map Journal. Why, only if you’re doing a ‘big’ trip? Aren’t annual holidays and last minute weekend breaks away to the beach […]
Grass trees are found in a range of climates across Australia, from WA to the NT and down to Tasmania. I photographed the group of grass trees above on Stradbroke Island, east of Brisbane, Queensland, but I have equally enjoyed their presence near Perth in WA and in the hinterland to Byron Bay in northern NSW. […]
“I’m not sure where to start” is a common cry with anything new! Whether that be the first gleaming white page in a new travel journal or your new Map Journal. Making that first mark on your Map Journal can be a little daunting ~ but remember there’s no such thing as a ‘bad’ mark or […]
Before the Christmas season is totally over, I want to share with you this photo that I took on a walk during the festive season ~ a Christmas beetle They get their name due to their ‘sudden’ appearance at this time of year, but they look as though they have come dressed especially for the […]
