Sunday, December 12, 2021

The Camino Diaries

What to do during lockdown?  Or in my case, during lock-in, since our West Australian borders have been closed for two years?

One answer is to reminisce about past travel adventures - and maybe even write a book about them! So this is exactly what I did.  My e-book is now available on Amazon.

Book cover


On the Camino, somewhere in France


Read an excerpt here

Sunday, December 5, 2021

BBQ

The annual Nats Club BBQ was back at Herdsman's Lake Wildlife Centre after its renovation. Everyone is getting older and not necessarily wiser, but they just keep going. We claimed a spot out front, where the lake stretches out and the waterbirds drift past:

Enjoying a drink before the BBQ

A moorhen with its big feet wanted to join in

View along the lake as the sun went down

Time for the traditional stroll along the boardwalk

The path wanders through the paperbark trees

Life in the shallows


Close-up of a paperbark

At the BBQ, I cooked some meatballs which are very forgiving. Someone else was cooking prime pieces of fillet steak; she asked my advice but its several years since I bought such an expensive cut of meat!