2019-12-02 04:44
public domainSo it has been a very hectic weekend and I am well behind on posts, even missed BookSnapSunday. And I was meant to post on the winner of the Granite Belt box, which was Jackie… Read More
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2019-11-27 02:29
So just back from a relaxing few days at Red Rock. I am not someone who is drawn to bright lights and crowds, I am happy with quite walks and solitude so I am drawn to quieter less develope… Read More
2019-11-24 02:05
View this post on Instagram #BookSnapSunday #bookstagram This week's book snap, Adventure Caravaning with dogs: Dogs 'n' Dracula Jacqueline Lambert's excellent account o… Read More
2019-11-22 03:13
A while ago we planned to come back to Red Rock, this quite sea side community away from the hustle and bustle, abundant in wildlife and deficient in humans, my kind of place really. T… Read More
2019-11-20 08:26
Just some gratuitous Ada images, our makeshift bird bath is not large enough to contain a growing hound but she certainly tried. Gary was doing some odd jobs before we leave for a long week… Read More
2019-11-17 20:39
Portrait of Ada Lovelaceby Margaret Sarah Carpenter
So why is the new pup called Ada? Well first up we wanted a short name easy for her to learn, Ada fitted the bill, but it didn’… Read More
2019-11-17 02:23
I missed last weeks booksnap but back on track now, this week a steampunk theme and two books that feature the remarkable Ada Lovelace as a character. I have been really surprised to encoun… Read More
2019-11-16 11:29
As someone who used to blog a decade ago I used to enjoy the occasional giveaway, both participating and winning, and hosting the occasional giveaway. Giveaways are fun. So I thought we mi… Read More
2019-11-14 00:59
On the weekend we again visited Stanthorpe. Driving south we could see the massive smoke haze and the sinister orange tinge to the horizon from the fires further south at Glen Innes. The… Read More
2019-11-11 01:08
This is what happens when we ignore climate science, I really do not want to politicise the current tragedy but we must wake up to the reality of a changing climate and the everyday horror i… Read More
2019-11-07 20:56
S and I went to a birthday party for a niece’s daughter on the weekend. The park where the party was held was a surprise and beautiful. Magnificent jacaranda’s were in flower an… Read More
2019-11-05 22:05
Just wanted to re-blog Glenys’ post on the importance of supporting communities through the drought. Glenys has also included links to organisations supporting rural communities… Read More
2019-11-04 23:36
Creativity is the most important skill of the 21st century, important for problem solving and for well being, but we sometimes forget that we are all creative creatures, it is one of the thi… Read More
2019-11-03 20:32
image public domainI am feeling a bit confused at the moment, uncertain of what to blog about. I have not written a post all week, (except for book snap), and that feels terribly slack. We… Read More
2019-11-03 06:16
View this post on Instagram #BookSnapSunday #bookstagram Join me in #BookSnapSunday and leave me a comment and a link, either here or on the blog; gumtreesandgalaxies.co… Read More
2019-10-27 06:56
View this post on Instagram #BookSnapSunday #bookstagram This week's book snap is Mad Enchantment Claude Monet and the painting of the waterlilies by Ross King. I loved t… Read More
2019-10-27 06:40
Meet the new member of the Gumtrees and Galaxies family. It has been many years since we have had a canine member of the family. There have been a few reasons for this: our last dog wa… Read More
2019-10-21 09:06
We just had a fantastic, relaxing weekend in Stanthorpe. The surprising thing was we virtually had the entire camp ground at Sommerville Valley to ourselves, only one other set of campers… Read More
2019-10-19 11:16
Just a quick post, much more to come, we thought we would do a quick trip to Stanthorpe, wine capital of Queensland.
I was a bit concerned that the area would feel a bit inhospitabl… Read More
2019-10-19 11:15
View this post on Instagram #BookSnapSunday #bookstagram Just getting in early with this week's book snap, since hallowen is fast approaching went with a bit of a dark… Read More
2019-10-14 23:23
As part of the long weekend away, S and I decided to visit Bundaberg. This is only thirty minutes away from Woodgate Beach so it was a short hop to a big town. While there, we did make… Read More
2019-10-14 04:22
Curiosity positively impacts our health and well being, protecting cognitive function and adding to our ability to be creative and innovative.
image public domain pixabayCuriosity and hea… Read More
2019-10-13 08:38
View this post on Instagram #BookSnapSunday #bookstagram This week's book snap is an old favourite, since I have been promoting the virtues of keeping journals on the bl… Read More
2019-10-11 03:54
To say Woodgate is quiet, is to make the understatement of the year, if fishing and lawn bowls is the height of excitement for you, than this is your place. There is a part of me that is re… Read More
2019-10-06 10:17
I have mentioned before that I am a big fan of keeping a journal, so, just thought I would share some observations on the benefits of journaling:
What you write you are more likel… Read More
2019-10-01 23:30
An hour and a half drive from Toowoomba is the village of Benarkin and a interesting place to stay at their free camp site.
Located on the site of the old railway station, now part of t… Read More
2019-09-29 08:19
View this post on Instagram "Tell me, Muse, the story of that resourceful man who was driven to wander far and wide…" I think I have found paradise here at Seal ro… Read More
2019-09-24 23:16
Our journey home from Toorbul was surprising. On impulse, we decided to visit some of the Brisbane northern suburbs that took our fancy. This is something that we do while driving if we ha… Read More
2019-09-24 09:00
This weekend’s trip was a little serendipitous as I tried to get a last minute bookings to a coastal caravan park. The intended destination was somewhere just north of Brisbane near B… Read More
2019-09-21 12:48
By Summerdrought – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35049707
Our household has been enduring the misery of colds and flu, an irritation, thank… Read More
2019-09-16 22:59
When you travel do you visit art galleries and museums? I know little about art in the formal sense, did not even study art at high school, but I do read a lot and I do visit galleries. I… Read More
2019-09-15 06:54
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday #bookstagram who are your heroes? William Morris is one of mine, this week's book snap is News from Nowhere, Morris ' utopian… Read More
2019-09-13 05:34
image public domain. source: pixabayI saw this fascinating story on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190909-why-flight-shame-is-making-people-swap-planes-for-trains Essential… Read More
2019-09-10 13:12
One of the major tourism events in our home town starts on the 21st of September. This year marks the 70th anniversary of this popular event. Toowoomba’s parks and gardens bloom with… Read More
2019-09-10 00:38
Right now GoMA is hosting free and unmissable exhibitions by two great but very different Australian artists: Margaret Olley and Ben Quilty, the exhibitions are touring the country but a… Read More
2019-09-08 07:20
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday #bookstagram A bit late with posting #booksnapsunday, today's books are actually from G's collection and my maybe pile, books… Read More
2019-09-05 22:40
The Cultural precinct in Brisbane is an absolute gem in the Brisbane Crown and much of what is on offer there is free; the museum, the art gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, (GoMA)… Read More
2019-09-02 09:56
One of Bronte’s taking pictures of people looking at pictures, pictures.This is just a very quick and brief post today, I just want to highlight the fact that there are currently two f… Read More
2019-09-01 01:42
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday #bookstagram My quick book snap for this week. The Shallows by Nicholas Carr, a book about how the internet is changing how… Read More
2019-08-31 08:30
“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less perishable than gray matter, an… Read More
2019-08-27 20:46
Just a quick photo post on a little visual curiosity on the road to Gordon Country, someone has a creative sense of humour. Gives a new twist on Australian gothic. Beware the locals, for oh… Read More
2019-08-26 23:59
After the puddle weekend I just want to put up a quick post about the location for the teardrop get together; Gordon country camping in the Goomburra valley. It was our first visit to this… Read More
2019-08-25 04:32
“What do you call a group of Teardrop Campers, a puddle“
Gordon Country parkingThis is the first puddle S and I have attended. I would like to thank everyone for being so fr… Read More
2019-08-25 04:08
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday #bookstagram out where the WiFi is weak amongst the trees with Overstory more to come when properly back to civilization. A po… Read More
2019-08-21 02:48
“Please be aware I am writing to you to make sense of myself…”
So sometimes I will blog about books and reading, not all the time and I will be selective, not infli… Read More
2019-08-18 05:20
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday #bookstagram #booksandcoffee This week's booksnapsunday; this year's miles Franklin winner, I have been dying to read this, b… Read More
2019-08-15 02:49
Just thought I would do a quick post on one of my favourite local locations, the old Spring Bluff railway station. Just a short drive out of Toowoomba to the scenic railway on the range… Read More
2019-08-13 00:02
Just continuing with my plan to once a month highlight great content and great bloggers, this time I want to highlight the writings of Ian at shojiwax check out Ian’s post on Clouds:… Read More
2019-08-11 02:51
View this post on Instagram #booksnapsunday, #bookstagram The delightful Meet me at museum, one of my favourite reads so far this year. First Insta in my new weekly perso… Read More
2019-08-08 00:08
Sitting in my backyard just practicing with my Lumix FZ-300 camera learning to get better photos. Here are some resulting shots Read More
2019-08-07 12:14
In the previous On the Road post the final question was what next? I now have the answer. S really likes Starry Night by van Gogh so after watching a few online videos on how to paint like… Read More
2019-08-06 08:21
On our last big trip we came back via Bundaberg, we didn’t really have time for an extended stop, more just passing through. Places can have a weird effect on you and sometimes a plac… Read More
2019-07-31 23:57
I have not done a book post for a while, but I have just read Timothy Bottoms’ well researched Conspiracy of Silence:Queensland’s Frontier Killing Time, as suggested by the t… Read More
2019-07-31 09:59
Not having enough of gorges and bush walks, we decided to come back via Cania Gorge and do a couple of days there. Cania is 225 km west of Bundaberg and while not as spectacular as Carn… Read More
2019-07-30 00:32
Interesting travel from Canarvan Gorge to Biloela. First on the road out of Canarvon are the remains of crashed World War II Dakota transport aircraft that killed eighteen American and Aust… Read More
2019-07-27 03:31
While visiting Carnarvon Gorge, we stayed at the Takaraka Bush Resort with the pod. We deliberately wanted to go after school holidays hoping it would not have been as busy. How wrong were… Read More
2019-07-26 02:26
Queensland has some great bush walks, some of the best walking in Queensland is in the central Queensland; Carnarvon Gorge National Park, where dramatic landscapes foster, striking flora; s… Read More
2019-07-23 23:14
We had one other brief stop on the Carnarvon highway, just before Injune, at the site of the old coal mine on the highway, it was a great place for an impromptu picnic.
Coal has a signifi… Read More
2019-07-23 23:09
There is much to be said for going where the WiFi is weak and where phones and TV are not an option, digital detox is always good for the soul, but back now, so I will start to catch up… Read More
2019-07-19 22:18
Currently off on adventures, (sandstone country), and despite attempting to post updates, we are finding that Telstra is not our friend. So until back where we can connect properly, blog… Read More
2019-07-12 01:16
Just had a weekend without camping, did do a short local bush walk and the choice of walk was influenced by another blogger who posted on the location recently, it made me think it is a good… Read More
2019-07-09 06:57
This is just a quick short post to add something that people may not have stumbled across previously but might find useful. Since it is NAIDOC week this seems appropriate to share. Di… Read More
2019-07-07 22:42
Since July is plastic free month just thought I would get into the spirit of the event and share one more simple thing I have done to reduce my plastic usage. Since I had some basic cam… Read More
2019-07-04 23:48
Just thought I would write something a bit random.
I have a gypsy soul and love to be on the move, to travel from place to place, in recent years I have become increasingly aware of t… Read More
2019-07-02 22:39
Weekends are for exploring and getting outdoors, this last weekend we drove for just over an hour to spend Saturday night at the Maidenwell sports ground free camp, and then spent the day ex… Read More
2019-07-02 22:29
There are some absolute gems of free camps available in country Queensland and Maidenwell in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains is one of them. The sports ground behind the pub has b… Read More
2019-06-26 21:06
Since July is designated plastic free month check it out here: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ I just thought I might post on some of my favourite and easiest ways to reduce plastic use… Read More
2019-06-26 09:24
No camping last weekend, sad face. So thought it might be a good time to share ideas on storage and how to deal with the space limitations of teardrop camping. Weekend before last we… Read More
2019-06-20 23:10
The quest to find yourself and your place in the world might be a cliche but it is a quest many of us can relate to, quitting the unfulfilling job and embarking on a journey to answer f… Read More
2019-06-20 00:33
One of our favourite local camps and walks, is Queen Mary Falls, which is part of the Main Range National Park and about a one hour, forty-five minute drive from Toowoomba, just over two… Read More
2019-06-19 09:10
The pod has given us the freedom to make quick weekend getaways, unfortunately I usually cannot leave work before 5pm on a Friday so that does put a little restriction on how far we go… Read More
2019-06-10 05:41
When we purchased our escape pod we asked that it did not have any decals on the sides. We wanted to personalise the pod with murals of our choice. I had an image in mind for one side but… Read More
2019-06-10 05:28
I always look for hidden treasures, the quite places away from lots of people, shops and drama, although I do love a great cafe, so when I find a location that has wonderful wildlife, a vill… Read More
2019-06-03 21:42
After leaving Wollongong we drove up the coast through Sydney and headed towards Forster and the lakes region. With no particular plan in mind we decided to get off the highway, always a go… Read More
2019-06-03 09:47
Okay so I have been extremely slack about updating the blog, now it is catch up time.
After we left Canberra, we headed to the coast around Wollongong, since I am so far behind I will kee… Read More
2019-05-18 04:36
As mentioned previously, we lived in Canberra for ten years. We visited the Mount Stromlo Observatory a few times. We decided to visit to see what had changed.
What we had forgotten we… Read More
2019-05-18 04:32
Afraid we are a bit behind in posts but catching up finally.
So Canberra, the reason we made such a quick journey south was to catch the last day of the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the… Read More
2019-05-18 03:33
Over night stay in Cowra Van Park. Just needed to break up the journey between Camp Blackman and Canberra. Park is beautifully located right on the river. The river precinct provides lov… Read More
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