26 June, 2013

Wordless Wednesday No. 86 - Instagram

JUST getting into this 'Instagram' stuff, and so far, the pets have been copping a battering!!

Karma! Growling cat leaves Great Dane speechless!
#Bronty #Surgery #Scar
Will NOT sleep on her bed - it got washed today!! #bronty
Using the lounge as a pillow... #Bronty #Great_Dane #Tired
Good morning.... Wanna play??
If it's not Bronty - it's GOT to be Jasmine!! No extra sleep for me... #jasmine #cat #evil #evil_cat #evil_jasmine #tired #wake_up #breakfast #feed_me
Thief at work... #jasmine #kitty #kittyporn #cat #catporn #evil #evil_cat
I'm hiding... #evil #evil_cat #cat #sleepy #kitty #kittyporn #catporn #pussyporn #pussy #jasmine


In other news, I have been busy this past week tending to Miss Bronty, who was desexed last Tuesday. She was very good, and up until Monday morning, was excellent in NOT touching her wound. BUT, an emergency trip to the hospital caused an extra few stitches to be put back in...

As for 'work', the goal post's keep changing, and whilst I have been made 'redundant' and unsuccessful in ataing a new position in a new structure here at 'work', I was given a date ("sometime in July") that the new structure would come into place... This has changed to "the 'end' of August (at least)"! Nothing quite like being in limbo land, hey?

Hoo roo for now...

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12 June, 2013

Wordless Wednesday No. 85 - Pelican

Pelican
Pelican on a light - about to take flight
Pelican
Pelican - in flight
Pelican
Pelican - in flight
Pelican
Pelican - in flight
Pelican
Pelican - off into the distance...


Hoo roo for now...

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10 June, 2013

Newnes State Forest Glow Worms and Sunsets

This weekend, being a long weekend (Queens Birthday Weekend), means a lot of people get out of the city for the bush for a bit of camping. I use to do the same, and want to get back into some more camping! BUT, on the weekend, we did two things; one was to go to the HARS (Historical Aviation Restoration Society) on the Saturday, whilst on the Sunday, it was to head to the bush in the Newnes State Forest!

the task for the day, was to visit the Glow Worm tunnel, and to try and get a sunset photo against the sandstone walls behind the Katoomba/Blackheath area! So we drove up to to where the Zig Zag Railway 'TOP Station' was (recently closed operations) and waited for a mate to arrive, before heading into the tunnels! When we arrived, I was SHOCKED to see, SO many cars!! there would have to have been 40-50 cars (mostly 4WD's)! The walk through was, well, 'interesting, as there was a lot of kids, with torches, shining up onto the tunnel where the little glow worms are :(. However, we all saw some on the way through. Upon exiting the tunnel into the 'Valley of the Ferns', everyone seemed amazed at all of the tree ferns!

Valley of the Ferns
Valley of the Ferns
Valley of the Ferns
Tree Fern
Valley of the Ferns
Valley of the Ferns

After walking back through the tunnel, time was running short to where we wanted to get to for the sunset, and whilst driving, the sky didn't look as though we would get anything anyway. As we got closer to the carpark, we decided to head back to the top of a hill, and see what we get. A great decision, as we had all of 10-15 minutes, of which, I was very pleased we got...

Newnes State Forest Sunset Panorama
Newnes Sunset
Newnes State Forest Sunset
Catching the last rays of sunlight
Newnes State Forest Sunset
I am SO glad to have turned around…

Hoo roo for now...

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05 June, 2013

Wordless Wednesday N0. 84 - Autumnal Colour in Winter!

Late Autumnal Colour In Winter

Hoo roo for now...
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04 June, 2013

Three Sisters - Katoomba

On Sunday, I went for a drive up into the Mountains, the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney. In some parts of the world, it may seem more of a 'hill' as the overall height isn't really that high!! :p

When we left, it was cool, and VERY wet and the forecast was for it to get wetter (which we heard through social media and the news reports). However, once we got to the top of Glenbrook, the rain seemed to have eased somewhat. I was taking a German friend up into the Glenbrook National Park, and down to Euroka Clearing, as there has almost ALWAYS been a mob of Kangaroo's there when I have been up in the past. That was NOT the case on Sunday, grrr :(, so we continued up to Katoomba to visit the Three Sisters since the weather was easing...

As we climbed up into the Mountains, the cloud base lowered, and by Leura, we were in a thick fog, and this was how it was to be all the way through to Katoomba! We opted for lunch in the main street, and when walking back to the car, it looked to be clearing! So I drove out to the Three Sisters, and thankfully, it was clear as; both weather and visitors! It was though, very cold, and the wind was bitter!

So I took a series of NINE photos, and when we got home (eventually) I ran them through a 'photo-stitch program, edited the panorama, and here is the result (click HERE to see its FULL size (6000 pixels)).

Three Sisters Panorama
Three Sisters Panorama

Hoo roo for now...

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