Winter Bloomers

And I don't mean Auntie's underwear. A few months back mention was made of the splitting of the long neglected orchid bulbs into separate pots. The yield from four choked pots was down to one stork last winter and we used to have four or five each year. So, the now dozen pots have yielded two storks this time around. The mere throwing of some other bulbs into the garden bed was enough to stir them into green shoots. 



Orchidness

Capital City trail

Started connecting some of the dots on bike trails. Now I know how to get across from Moonee Ponds trail to Capital City trail.  There is a bridge that looks like a train bridge from below but is a bicycle bridge. I've driven under it hundreds of times but never noticed you could ride over it. The last time I went down the back of the Zoo it was a dirt road. Now there are bike trails all over the place.

Cross Mount Road

Wetland Calm

The Ocean Groove

This would have to be the sunniest Queen's Birthday we have spent. The beach is busy! We saw one guy walk into the bakery completely dripping wet to order his meat pie. I went to the Drysdale Court House which houses the Bellarine Historical Society. They have a new member who is  an authority on old bottles particularly green.  So we will see if he knows anything about bottles from the Lake Tyers glassworks. I also went for a dip in the ocean. It was refreshing.

A Beach local

Drysdale Court

Not a Town named Boo

Spent two days exploring a town named Yea. Rode up to the Cheviot Tunnel then back down again. However this time we stayed overnight at the Peppercorn Hotel. Originally built as the Station Hotel in 1868. The rain cleared overnight which left the Yea wetlands wet. The frogs were happy, they were going Yea. Can also recommend Marmalade café as well as Country Women's café. We drank a lot of coffees.

The Peppercorn Four

Crossing the Yea River.  Yea!

Banff Film Festival

I always wondered why there were two F's in Banff, they must stand for film festival. Last night was the shortened version at the Art Deco Rivoli. We started at the aptly named Deco Café across the road. Good food at a good price. The original 300 or so films were cut down to just 10 hair-raising adventures from climbing Cerro Torre to bike riding down the spine of the Isle of Skye. I don't think Cavendish could do this ride.

Tres Chic

Banff comes to town

Digital History

I have left a trail of discarded hard drives along the way, as my digital lifetime via photos and videos adds to the ever increasing mountain of bits and bytes.  I have always carried this history with me on the laptop, as you never know when a blog entry might need an illustration from 10 yar ago. At first it was on the laptop's hard drive then add a USB 100Gb drive. Then replace it with 250Gb then 500Gb then 1Tb. After that I added a second 1Tb drive both of which are now around 85% full. My Digital History is around 2Tb and I can't keep taking it all with me.
When I had an office we bought a large NAS device but soon after we sold the business. I have now opted for the Seagate Central, a cheaper option than Synology.  Soon I will have to check out VPN software.

Those Business people

I turned up at a train station once but had no Myki travel card. I was accused of being a business person, as they only travel business class.  Business is booming but you have to work at it. I can report that the latest business setup in Qantas A330's is designed for the travelling loner. You are cut off from the next seat so don't expect to chat face to face. Perhaps you can get them on Skype using your new in seat screen or start a webinar and conduct a business class in business class. Speaking of which the Pure Bookkeeping webinar last night attracted 60 customers, a new record.

The old business class