Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes in life, you do not need words… when an image can touch a cord that resonates with your soul… Many thanks to our contributors for their images: Dorothy L., CK Leel, Helen Pinnock, Derek Leel,…
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ It seems that the fostering was too good as the teenager does not want to leave home… It is now the month of May and a definite chill is happening, ‘winter…
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ It’s Friday evening, I’m doing my check of what I’ll need for tomorrow’s outing… shirt and shorts with lots of pockets, warm socks, dirty boots (as I haven’t polished them from…
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ Drop them off at the creche, pick them up as a teenager… It’s coming up to 1800 hours (6 pm) and I’m sitting outside waiting, it’s very quiet as I haven’t…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 4 ◦ Smelling the salt air of the coast… It was worth coming to the Otways Ranges, photographer’s paradise. Eastern, Flame, Pink, Rose and Scarlet Robins, Olive Whistler and the Rufous Fantail. WOW what a…
Even the bower bird had renovated… Whilst it may be the year that everything got cancelled, for many of us, the pain, suffering, mental health and loss has followed them into the new decade. As we look forward to getting…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 3 ◦ A sound no driver wants to hear!!! Crossing from South Australia into Victoria, stopping at some lovely small stopovers along the way, Merino… just one night. At Goroke, Henry had a small amount…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 2 ◦ Excitement among the scrubby dead trees… A couple of days later I was back on the road, heading into South Australia, Narracoorte for fresh supplies, then onto the Bool Lagoon. Little Grassbird and…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 1 ◦ Some people might call me a senior, but I prefer young at heart….now I am on my trip of a lifetime. I had Henry (who doesn’t name their car) fitted out with new…
We at Ausemade are privileged to have enjoyed over the last eight years the presences of the Western Bowerbirds in our backyard, and in particular the bower of a male Western Bowerbird. There underneath our magnificent olive tree, we witnessed…