PICS FROM EAST GIPPSLAND

We went down to East Gippsland in August for J's 60th birthday. Here are some photos!

Flowers and orchids and teeny tiny fungus:











Water and sand:









People:

APRIL. IT WAS MONTHS AGO!

I've been so busy with uni that I haven't had time to edit and upload the photos from our last trip to East Gippsland in April. But now I have! You can find them on Flickr, but here are a few of my faves. Click through to see comments on Flickr.


On the way there: picnic lunch at Bairnsdale and bushfire regrowth on the Princes Hwy.


A dog we met when we went on a walk. She was super friendly!


Everything was so green and lush. Lovely, after years of drought.


The grape leaves were just turning.


We went for walks and saw cool things (check that fungus)!


It was E's 60th, and she had a cardigan-themed party!


I got to watch the sun rise. My favourite time.


J, E, E & J. (Photo by D.)

Soon we'll be off again, this time for J's 60th! It will most likely be our last visit before we head to the UK, so it'll be slightly bittersweet.

OH! AND I FORGOT TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRES

I'm very glad that my folks' place is still standing after the fires in East Gippsland. Here are a few photos taken by them on the road between Orbost and Lakes.

BELATED JANUARY POSTS

So... long time, no write! I blame a number of things. First and foremost, I've stepped up my dissertation-writing a notch and therefore have less time to blog, walk, upload photos, or blog about walking and photos! Second, now that I'm not doing a significant challenge like 2010km in 2010, I'm just not walking as much. My challenge this year is to get out of the house every day (minimum walk: 500m!), which I've managed so far! Third... *handwave*. You know: life, laziness, stuff and things. Hopefully I'll blog about a couple of walks over the next week or so.

First, though, some pictures from the first few days of January, when we went to stay with my folks. (You can read more about most of them by clicking on the image - it will take you through to the Flickr page.)

First sunrise of the year:


First dinner of the year:


Small things and details walking in the bush out the back of their place:












Protea in the garden:


Photos from a great bushbash we did to find old, overgrown tracks and a random abandoned bridge in the State Forest:
















Around the house:






Peeps!




There you are! It was a wonderful, relaxing start to the year.

EAST GIPPSLAND, OCTOBER 2009

After we got back from the UK, we went to visit J's parents in East Gippsland. It was lovely, and here are some photos to prove it!


From the train window


Stony Creek Trestle Bridge / East Gippsland Rail Trail


Under the bridge


D and some big nuts. And bolts.


A chunk of glass. Car accident?


They are down to three chooks at the moment.


One of the many reasons to visit your parents!


Pigface near Bemm River


The view from our picnic spot at Pearl Point


Beach art!


Shells and blank sand


Family shot with J's boots in the way!


D and J

Today we are going for a walk in Sherbrooke Forest with some friends - including R, who has been living in the UK for years but is back on a flying visit!