Category Archives: Australia

Lakes Entrance is a delightful coastal town in eastern Victoria, Australia. It is known for its long, beautiful beaches, recreational and commercial fishing, and bushwalking and water-based activities. It sits at the meeting point of the Southern Ocean and the Gippsland Lakes – a vast system of inland waterways. Being only 320 kilometres (200 mi) […]

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Almost any city is nice in good weather – but you just can’t beat Sydney and its harbour on a sunny day. For all my years of being in and around Sydney, I have not spent enough time on the waters there. There is no excuse for it really – the public ferries that criss-cross […]

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“A funny old bird is a pelican. “His beak can hold more than his belican. Food for a week “He can hold in his beak, “But I don’t know how the helican.” – Dixon Lanier Merritt I do love a good zoo! I especially love zoos where the enclosures are respectful of the animals, their […]

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I woke up with my fingers crossed. All night long the rain had thundered on my roof. I live a short distance from Pambula, and I could only hope that the Ephemeral Festival there that day, on the Panboola Wetlands, would go ahead. It wouldn’t be the first time the whole site had been flooded […]

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I’m very lucky: I live in a region with a magnificent coastline, lined with national and civic parks which are criss-crossed by walking trails. Even so, I have to be reminded to get out of my own immediate back yard from time to time! That is why I am so pleased that my local branch […]

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