Category Archives: Travel

Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Barbara

This week’s photo challenge is ‘Perspective‘. An interesting challenge…

Posted in Flowers, Melbourbe, Photography, Rainbow Lorikeet, Trees | Tagged New Zealand Flax, Perspective, Phormium, Postaday, Rainbow Lorikeet, Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne, Weekly Photo Challenge | 19 Comments

One Word Photo Challenge; Blue

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Barbara

Blue is my absolute favourite colour, so my holiday photo albums are full of blue photos! Having just spent time in Australia and New Zealand, it was even easier to find blue photos, since the sky was almost permanently a … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Bridges, Photography, Summer, Sydney | Tagged Blue, Blue Sky, favourite colour, One Word Photo Challenge, Postaday, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House | 8 Comments

Foot Bridge over the River Yarra

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Barbara

I really love this pedestrian bridge over the river Yarra in Melbourne, and thought it would be a perfect entry for Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Posted in Australia, Bridges, Melbourbe, Water | Tagged Cee's Which Way Challenge, Flinders Street Station, Foot Bridge, Foot Bridge Melbourne, Pedestrian Bridge, Postaday, Street Photography, Yarra River | 23 Comments

The Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Barbara

One of the first things we did in Melbourne (apart from the obligatory dipping of our toes in the Southern Ocean) was climb The Eureka Skydeck

Posted in Australia, Melbourbe, Photography | Tagged Eureka Skydeck, Level 88, Shrine of Remembrance, Southern Hemisphere, The Edge, Yarra River | 9 Comments

Red Seal Coot or Purple Swamphen?

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Barbara

In Melbourne we saw these birds that looked just like coots from a distance, but when we got closer to them they were a lovely blue colour.

Posted in Australia, Birds, Melbourbe, Photography | Tagged Australian Birds, Coot, Postaday, Pukeko, Purple Swamphen, Red Seal Coot, Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne | 21 Comments

Spring has sprung!

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Barbara

One of the best things about taking a holiday in January, is that you get to miss January in the UK. When we left it had been raining for weeks, and although the sun wasn’t setting until 4.30pm, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Flowers, Photography, Spring, Weybridge | Tagged Begenia, Crocus, Daffodils | 10 Comments

Perth

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Barbara

Having spent a few days on the coast we were quite excited to visit Western Australia’s Capital City. The skyline looked great as we glimpsed it along the highway, with lots of sparkling high rise buildings.

Posted in Australia, Perth, Photography, Travel | Tagged Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Postaday, Street Photography | 2 Comments

Kookaburra sits on the new TV aerial

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Barbara

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, Merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, Gay your life must be!

Posted in Australia, Kookaburra, Perth, Photography, Willie Wagtail | Tagged Australian Birds | 10 Comments

Australian Pelicans

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Barbara

We were watching the sunset one evening on a beach in Perth, and suddenly I realised that the people fishing in the evening were being observed by some very large birds! We don’t see Pelicans in England, apart from in … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Birds, Pelican, Perth, Photography, Sunsets, The Antipodes, Travel | Tagged Australian Pelican, Pelecanus Conspicillatus, Pelican, Western Australia | 14 Comments

Rockingham Sunsets

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Barbara

Western Australia has lovely sunsets over the sea so most evenings we scrambled over the sand to watch the sun go down Here are some of my favourite WA sunsets;