2023/24 New South Wales

Near the lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Love this place.

New and old. Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Such a brilliant day. Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. The lighthouse was built in 1879. Sunday Challenge 31 - Juxtaposition - two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

leading to the Pacific Ocean, at Diamond Beach, New South Wales, Australia HFF 24 February 2023

Red Head, New South Wales, Australia. Sunday Challenge 34

296. - 11.03.2023 - an object where it doesn't belong. Visiting another place here www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51805796

An object where it doesn't belong - our garden gnome. He has faded, and is undergoing maintenance... One lady passing by thought this was amusing :-) Obi-Wan Kenobi was a legendary Force-sensitive human male Jedi Master who served on the Jedi High Council during the final years of the Republic Era. starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi New South Wales, Australia In his younger days, in Queensland ...

At the local sports club, New South Wales, Australia. Sunday Challenge 36 ... and one I prepared earlier 22 February 2023

Scavenger Hunt 11/Floral Art Flowers from our garden... Grevillea Crepe Myrtle Plumbago Red Gum New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales, Australia 299. - 01.04.2023 - Petrol station Access Fuels is an independently owned fuel distribution business, operating. from a single depot in Bulahdelah on the NSW Mid North Coast... Access Fuels operates a group of retail outlets (service stations) throughout northern NSW. accessfuels.com.au/about-access-fuels

We went to the Southern Highlands for a wedding 27 January, and there was a very enjoyable gathering here the night before. In 1865 the first post office was established at Burrawang, which was named after the native palm once plentiful in the area. This was followed by the first pub licensed in 1866, believed to have been located in the two residences immediately west of the current pub... burrawangvillage.com/about/ which dates from the 1920s. Scavenger hunt 44 - Pub sign

taken from our back deck, New South Wales, Australia

The first camellia flower this year, in our backyard. New South Wales, Australia Scavenger hunt 17 - I wish I could... find such amazing flowers every day :-)

Sunday challenge - the Animal World ... beautiful, haunting, flute-like song which may be given throughout the day and sometimes well into moonlit nights. Once heard, the song is difficult to forget, and it has been described as ‘one of the finest in the world’. birdlife.org.au New South Wales, Australia This bird was over in the trees, then popped on to our deck, not staying long after it spotted our cat...

at One Mile Beach, Forster, New South Wales, Australia Sunday challenge 44 - Architecture Prime position, right opposite the Cape Hawke Surf Life Saving Club on the beautiful One Mile Beach. These properties don't change hands very often.

We went to the Southern Highlands for a wedding 27 January, and there was a very enjoyable gathering here the night before. In 1865 the first post office was established at Burrawang, which was named after the native palm once plentiful in the area. This was followed by the first pub licensed in 1866, believed to have been located in the two residences immediately west of the current pub... burrawangvillage.com/about/ which dates from the 1920s. Scavenger Hunt 5 - Door/interesting

Newcastle Harbour, Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia The largest port on the East Coast and Australia’s oldest export port, Newcastle Harbour is a vital economic gateway to the resource-rich Hunter Valley and the north and northwest of NSW. With over 2,200 trade vessels visiting the port each year, Newcastle Harbour is one of the largest tonnage throughput ports in the country, exporting valuable bulk cargo such as coal, grain, vegetable oils, alumina, fertiliser and ore concentrates to markets overseas. Newcastle’s landside port operations are managed by Port of Newcastle. portauthoritynsw.com.au/newcastle-harbour/

On a very fine day. Quite a contrast. View from the Forster side

Sunday Challenge 54 - lines and planes New South Wales, Australia