St Columba's Falls

The best place for a walk  in the rain is a waterfall.  Along the way we saw the sign to Halls Falls so called in there first. This was a 3km round trip with some very large tree ferns. We passed the Pub in the Paddock and the Publican said there was a bus load coming for lunch. The St Columba Falls were big and had a 90m drop also with lots of large tree ferns. We made back for lunch in the Paddock and were almost finished before the geri bus arrived  (Says he who can't walk very far).

Halls Falls

St Columba's

The Pub in the Paddock

Been a long Day

In Binalong Bay.  Could not get two more different weeks, the sunny one nine yar ago and the overcast, rainy one this time around.  We wandered around St Helens and found the local art scene. Also had a coffee at the Lichen Cafe which is the only establishment in Binalong Bay. It just happens to be run by Glen who also runs our accommodation.  He spends 12 hour days at the restaurant  but seems to think that is a good thing.

Yesterday

Way Back When

Weather Watch

We have been told the weather here has been perfect but this morning it is drizzle and 18° the first rain in weeks.  This house has its quirks eg the wooden floor boards creak and there is only one toilet between the four of us and it can sleep six.  It is still a good house with the biggest deck I have seen.

      

lots of nautica

Belle Vue

It was a 4:00 am start but we have made it to Belle Vue house by 2:30pm.  There is a sweeping deck out the front with long views each way of Binalong Bay. It has been 9 years since we were here so it has been a long time finishing something we started back then.  It is a bit cloudy at present however I can see yachts moored off the beach. Out the back there is a huge pizza oven just for something different.  Inside there is a lot of maritime decoration. We stopped for lunch at a quirky place in St Mary's.

Tea House St Mary's

Pizza 

Deck View

Album 12

This is the last of the numbered set of photo albums. There are others.  This one covers just seven months from Jun 98 to Jan 99 and is dominated by birthdays.  Does this mean the digital age started around the turn of the century? I can't remember exactly when I got my first digital camera. The album starts with Debbie's 40th and goes thru several birthdays. Another good one was Daniel's 10th held at the slippy slide park Whittlesea. This place has morphed into a full on water theme park.

Viva dance fever

Speech

MollyTime

Slide

end of an era

Google +

Got an email about Google+ being removed for consumer type users in favour of a business model requiring paying companies.  Blogger will remain but its connections to Google+ will be removed including all comments posted by readers using a Google+ profile. This is disappointing as most of the comments left on my blog are via Google+.  These comments are all going to be deleted. These are free services so we can't complain when they decide to remove them.  Originally I had a Blogger profile that was converted to Google+ now I will have to go back to the original again.  I assume any comments from now on will need to be done via a Blogger account.

New GoPro UnderWater Video

The old GoPro was 5 or 6 yar old and the enclosure was broken in two places and starting to leak. It has been used a lot lately so we updated to a Hero 7 White.  This one does not require an enclosure but in order to keep the number of doors to only one, the battery replacement option has been taken away. So mental note: always keep it fully charged. There is time for two hours recording on a fully charged battery.  I went back and found the location of the shells on the sea floor. Found them first time.  They look to be as big as my hand.

I'n so Shell Fish