from my Archives

South Australia. Photo taken arriving from the Sunshine Coast, on a Jetstar Airbus A320. 49,000 years before present: In the northern Flinders Ranges at Warratyi indigenous people settled in the oldest known human site to date in SA. 1836: 28 December: Governor John Hindmarsh and settlers arrived aboard the Buffalo, and the province of South Australia was proclaimed. 1831: Collet Barker surveyed Gulf St Vincent, and climbed Mount Lofty. 1833: The South Australian Association was formed in Britain to establish a colony. The next year the South Australia Colonisation Act passed in Britain to establish a free-settler colony. 1847: The first Barossa Valley winery was established at Jacob’s Creek. Extracts from The highs and lows of South Australia’s history, The Advertiser December 2016

Autumn in Queensland, Australia (rework 2022)

a paperweight

Out on Whale One from Mooloolaba, Queensland. Always amazing to see these wild creatures. Saw this young whale, having a lot of fun in and out of the water Accompanied by two adults who were keeping him/her a safe distance from our boat. Saw several more whales on our way back, as well as a large bottle nosed dolphin swimming right by the boat. Tricky photograpy, though, with the swell of the ocean rocking the boat. Also there is only a split second to capture the moment when the whale is out of the water.

... bees on little Dugald Metrosideros in winter, Queensland. 2020 Sunday challenge - image with no comments, from the archives (previously private)

NSW, Australia Black Head is composed of Devonian mudstones, however unlike its neighbour Red Head, the name does not refer to the colour of the rock, but rather the Irish birthplace (Black Head Antrim) of the first settler William Hoy who moved to Black Head NSW around 1881. 2020 date posted changed/previously private

Dora the Explorer

Original post 2018. Re-post December 2020 for Sunday challenge. Wishing everyone health and happiness in 2021!! (The one with historical comments is in PiP, slightly different) Don't Worry, Be Happy :-) Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy...... From the Movie "Cocktails" Performed by Bobby McFerrin www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU The Sunday Challenge Letters U R K (In the context of this group "to URK" is to kind of complain about something, or be unhappy about doing something.) Letters from pngtree, with my background(8th June 2018), and balloons :-) Composite image created 11th June 2018.

Previously private, date uploaded 27 Dec 2015 changed to 27 Dec 2020. 2020 Sunday challenge... Festive textures