Archive for the 'Picnics' Category

Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
On our first day during our short stay in Canberra this year we had lunch on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. This lake is a central feature in the middle of this beautiful city, the capital of Australia. We virtually had the park to ourselves, except for […]

Garden flowers in Artarmon, Sydney
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
On our holiday in New South Wales we stayed for ten days with our son and daughter-in-law. During that time we had some relaxing times walking around the suburbs nearby. I’ve already written about some of the flowers we saw in people’s gardens.
Garden flowers in […]

Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
One of the target places to visit on this holiday was Round Hill Nature Reserve. I was keen to visit this spot after reading about the many birds that can be see in the reserve and surrounding areas. The reserve is about 60km north west of the town of […]

Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
On day two of our holiday in New South Wales we drove from Balranald to Hay in the morning. When I say “to Hay” that is strictly not true. We actually drove “past” Hay not stopping at all. The main highway we were on skirts the southern edge of […]

A salt lake, Coorong National Park, South Australia
On our way home from our recent holiday in Robe, South Australia we stopped at Salt Creek. We took a short diversion road from the main highway and drove into the Coorong National Park. We stopped at a small picnic ground there so we could sit down at […]