Trips, Walks, Writing

[margaret_r]

We had another trip to Victoria a few months ago and spent time in the gorgeous wine growing area
 

These pictures were taken in and near Nagambie.

Lake Nagambie



Road near Mitchelton Winery



View from tower at Mitchelton Winery where we bought some lovely wines.

Cockatoos in daughter’s back yard.

 

Daughter hand feeding a wild cockatoo

There was a visit from daughter and grandsons in September and we had some outings while they were here. The first was to Monarto zoo just outside Adelaide. Lots of animals and you get driven around in buses so a bit like going on safari, sort of.

chimpanzees

 



Giraffe





Cheetas



Lion



And, a Tasmanian Devil


 

 Then we went to Victor Harbor, a touristy town on the Fleurieu Peninsula



and took the horse drawn tram to Granite Island



Sea, rocks and cormorants

A seal engraved in a rock



there was a blue tongue lizard hiding in the grass



a rather surreal image of the shallow sea bottom taken from the bridge


 
It was a great week with them and hopefully there will be lots more visits.

These pictures have been taken over several weeks of our spring walks in the park

 
 

Birds in flight

  



and just sitting



the resident koala



and then later with baby



pretty butterflies

 



and finally, son’s tripod dog who joins us these days

 

On the writing front, there has been a small fic for the

lewis_challenge , another episode in the Victorian Lewis and Hathaway vampire world and their attempts to catch up with the elusive Dracula. I’ve quite enjoyed creating this world and might carry on with it for another fic next year.

So that's me up till now.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Gorgeous pictures as ever. Glad you were able to see the family.

[margaret_r]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them. It's great having more regular visits with the gang, especially now that they have more opportunity to come to us.

[moth2fic]

I love those photos - all of them. I think my absolute favourite is the wild cockatoo being fed by hand! Wonderful snapshot moment of interaction between human and untamed creature! Your resident koala looks very regal and intent on establishing some kind of dominance over the trail.

[margaret_r]

Resident koala has been in residence for some time now, well at least we think it's the same one. She seems to very much consider herself queen of the park. The cockatoos definitely know where to get a feed and congregate in the backyard all the time. Then there are the magpies who bring their babies to the front door and squawk for their breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nat said it's like four-hourly feeds for newborns ...

Glad you like the photos:)

[kat_lair]

Hello! *waves* I just realised I never commented on your previous photo post but I enjoyed it too immensely as well. I've been generally bad at posting and flist because exhaustion. This also covers things like reading people's fics... Sigh. Glad you've got lovely surrounds and family to enjoy <3

[margaret_r]

*waves back* Don't be concerned about comments, I'm just happy that my photos have given you a few moments of pleasure:) Do try and ease up on things a bit won't you.

It's been great having daughter and grandchildren closer this year and being able to get out and about with them.