Some photos. Why not
February and March at the beach
This entry is merely a photo catch up for these two months. Not much to say really. Note the march of the sunset from early February to late March.
Squabble of seagulls 
Capel Sound after sunset 
Ukelele dreaming 
Arthur…. 
Casuarina 
From the Sorrento Queenscliff ferry 
The Southern Cross and Pointers 
Orion and Taurus 
Orion (The Pot) 
Ferry journey 
The Pope’s Eye 
Dromana Pier 
The Changing Seasons – April 2021
I haven’t contributed to Su’s Changing Seasons in while. Neither have I added anything to my blog. I know that it is always there to fall back on.
Every year we are drawn to the Mornington Peninsula, South of Melbourne, to enjoy the calm beachside. Every year there are more photographs to admire. Then they just disappear. I miss the days when photographs meant more. But to most, it’s today here, tomorrow gone. I hoping a little return to this blog will help me diarise my observations of where I visit, like it used to. By the way, I don’t really visit that many places. For the most part, I’m fairly happy with where I live. It’s can be beautiful, and other times quite droll. But it still surprises me.
Attached are some photos from the edge of Port Phillip Bay in April this year.
I have added some homecoming autumnal photographs to finish the month.
These photographs were taken in Greens Bush in the centre of the Mornington Peninsula
The following photographs are an assortment typical April in Port Phillip Bay
Plus some Autumn leaves
January 2021
Weird Summer in Southern Australia. We only had a few hot days. Still such a beautiful place to live.
We visited Wye River on the Great Ocean Road on Jan 9. So many koalas just hanging about.
I slept in the swag. Below was my view from bed
I got up for a leak just before dawn. This view was worth it, but straight back to bed.
Back to cold Summer the following week. I went for a walk up a local hill.
Back to warm weather for the last week. Off to a local Botanic gardens for a birthday party. Early settlers found Australian native plants distasteful, and missed their deciduous forests of Europe. Many of these plantations still exist despite the hot and dry conditions. This is an oak forest in Kyneton.
Bunch of pics from 2020
It has been six months. That’s pathetic.
I really enjoyed blogging when I started six years ago. I seem to have lost my way with it lately. I think my weakness for Facebook is to blame. It reminds me of when I was a smoker. I knew it was doing me harm but could not kick it. I am not dumping Facebook this time like I have before. I am going to try to become a watcher, and initially, a once a day poster. It is now 12:15 PM and I have already shared 2 things today. Oh well. One was plugging a CD by a local musician, the other a mariachi version of Gold and Brown. Hardly controversial. Maybe good shares like this are OK? Having said that, I still do not want to allow Facebook to continue to consume me. I gave up cigarettes by slowing weaning myself off over a few years, thirty years ago. I think I can discipline myself with Facebook, and get it down to a decent level of observance.
In early January 2020, large parts of Australia were on fire. Some of these fires had been burning since September 2019. An overseas observer would be forgiven for thinking that all of Australia was burning. This was most certainly not the case, however, no matter where you lived, except maybe the top end, there was ever present evidence of these fires burning; in all capital cities, bar Darwin. This is unprecedented. This was, and is still, a crisis for Australia. I have no photos from this period.
The weather turned later in January, as we prepared to go to our yearly sojourn to Rosebud, on the Mornington Peninsula, South of Melbourne.
Rosebud at night 
Waxing crescent Moon set 
Beautiful serene coast
The stars were amazing, and my phone could take pics of them
Milky Way over the dark Bass Strait skies 
The Large Magellanic Cloud 
The Milky Way 
Orion over the Bay 
Orion through the trees
There was of course relaxation, entertainment, catching up with family and friends.
An there was plenty of beauty
We do not stay at the beach constantly, as we have two dogs that need caring for at home. While there, in February and prior to the covid lockdown, I started the process of baking sourdough. Here are some photos of my fun.
I like to take photos of plants, and this six month period has been no exception.
Some nice sunsets and Autumn scenes
Some covid lockdown activities
Early days reverse camera 
All fixed now
With Winter upon us now
Changing Seasons August to November 2019
I have stopped adding to these photos because I did not feel I was following of the spirit of the exercise. I was treating it a bit like a photo diary. I am hoping I can add some photos here from the 4 months that meet the requirements, at least in my mind. Excuses. I have been lazy and just been doing stuff I wanted to do
August 2019
Snow events such as this are rare indeed in our neck of the woods. We were so excited because it stayed on the ground for a few hours. This was on August 11 on the day we went to the first Pub Warble.
September
The flowers were eager to get their growing done.
Ornamental pear blossom
Correa
Blackwood
Grevillea
October.
Mandatory sky pics taken a trip on the Bay, of which I paid for.
November
More flowers – first Roses. It has been a good year for the roses here in Victoria.
Callistemons
Finale to Spring. Here comes Summer
All added for Su’s Changing Seasons
Changing Seasons July 2019
Had to get out of Victoria too cold.
On a plane to sunny Queensland
Sunrises
Sunsets
Beaches
Surfing
Temperate rainforests
Flowers
Art, trees, a river and a mountain
Self Portraits
Wonderful company
And Bangalow Palms
Brisbane
The Changing Seasons June 2019
Bastille Day! A bit late for adding my June entry? Feels like yesterday to me so why not.
One thing I really enjoy about Winter is cold sunny days with the Sun low in the sky at Midday.
We had a little laundry flood. Some of the water seeped under the walls and under the floating timber floor. Cupping. Insurance job; should be fixed soon.
I partook in my last sampling/monitoring adventure of Port Phillip Bay. Was a nice Winter’s day. Notice the young ones on their phones. Out in the big wide world and they’re on their phones.
An good friend’s 60th birthday celebration at a pier restaurant in Geelong. After a while I realised that this was very much a girl’s day, so I spent most of the occasion talking to my old mate Mick (I’m Michael to most) and taking photos over the water. A lovely afternoon. Happy Birthday Pat!
And finally, a week before I retired, a curry day was held. I wanted everybody to be able to talk to each other and to come and go as they please. Below is a picture of my two of my best mates at EPA. Anne and Eamonn. I will be forever indebted to both of them and I already miss them. The three of us started working in the PS in 1980. It’s been a great career.
I made a heap of friends; there is too many to mention. More photos below.
Christina and Jim 
Me and me 2 boaty boys, Chris (Hesky) and Chris. 
Me, Anne, Syed, Ivo, and Carol
I’m sorry for the photos of people I missed. My real leaving day was July 5, so I may bore you then with more. Added for Su’s Changing Seasons
Changing Seasons May 2019
Boy has it changed. It’s raining and cold (for us). Days are short (for us) It is a great time of year for daytime photography. I have not been doing much but the phone is always near. I’ll add some for Su’s changing seasons.
I look forward to dedicating more to time to being regular on this forum.
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