Thanks goodness summer's over!  It's been a very hot season all round this year.  On checking the Bureau of Meteorology, I came across the following data ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've updated my journal. I've had a cold over the last week, so I've not had too much enthusiasm to do much at all! Isn't it amazing, when you think how nice it would be to have a day home from work, but when you do because you're sick, you can't really appreciate it! I could have posted this group of pictures, but I just ( Read more... )

I promised to post pictures that I took at the fireworks display on Friday night.  I'd set the camera on night photography, not realising that it would create time exposure.  (I didn't have my glasses with me to check the quality of the pictures as I was taking them, otherwise this wouldn't have happened.)

However, I was quite amazed at the effects ( Read more... )

Well, Australia Day's been and gone.  What a day!  It was scorching hot, with a maximum temperature of 41.2C.

We walked from our hotel, moving fast through the sunny bits, and slower through the shade.  The last stretch across the bare, shadeless Langley Park seemed further than it was.   Thank goodness for hats and sunscreen!  We eventually ( Read more... )