Wednesday, April 14, 2010















Why have these storage boxes appeared at the Fisherman's co-op? Very large quantities of Mullet are netted at this time of the year.
The fish are transported away to be processed and they yield a number of products.
Other fresh clean examples are sold all year and are economically priced and are said to be delicious when smoked although this art may have been lost. The flesh can have an 'oily' flavour and some discolouration at times.
Some say the quantities of mullet have declined. No wonder, some say the fish are caught before they have spawned in the local rivers. The price offered to the fishermen has been unsatisfactory and some have declined to harvest the mullet.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Well of Wisdom. Inspiration from Japan expressed in the town of Cowra.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Elioth Gruner. Spring Frost 1916 Emu Plains. Art Gallery of NSW 

Lower photo: School children at the gallery. What do they think? I first saw this painting at the gallery when I was a youngster and have been pleased and reassured to discover it again.

Saturday, April 10, 2010




















The bright days and starry nights of Canberra, ACT.  Axes mark the city layout and Lake Burley Griffin is manmade.  (Walter Burley Griffin was a Chicago architect who won an international competition to design  the city round 1912.)  Population 329 000.

Thursday, April 8, 2010















Early morning and about to leave the caravan park, these bikies had been to WA to a meeting and returned round the top end and were on the home run after covering a massive distance. A Wicked camper was also making tracks.











Not more about milk. Loved by campers and others is long-life milk or UHT milk.
Believe the company, Dairy Farmers, did a lot of work to perfect this handy product. Early it was taken up by caterers, eg, in airlines, and it must be perfect for export to those countries with hot weather which, ideally, is unsuitable for dairy farms.
For that reason, it was even unusual for dairies to start up in northern NSW. 
UHT milk is considered unsuitable by some experts.

Out of town, the weather was glorious today. Afterall, we were on the Golden Highway!
  The day before had fog and rain all day long.