03 Sunday Jun 2018
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This is the final Weekly Photo Challenge and we’ve been asked to share our favourites.
I’ll miss this challenge, opening my eyes to find a photo for the weekly theme, seeing how other bloggers have interpreted the prompt, being inspired by other people’s photos and techniques. Thank you to everyone who has liked and commented on my contributions over the past three and a half years x
27 Sunday May 2018
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26 Saturday May 2018
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18 Friday May 2018
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13 Sunday May 2018
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My place in the world is Tasmania and it looks spectacular now, in autumn.
These trees on the bank of the River Derwent at Bushy Park show their autumn glow, even on a grey day.
A unique deciduous beech tree, “fagus” (nothofagus gunnii) changes colour at this time of year. The trees grow to about two meters. The leaves are the size of my thumb nail. We visited the “fagus festival” at Mount Field National Park a couple of weeks ago.
The Japanese Garden within the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart has a range of red maple trees.
12 Saturday May 2018
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Hobart experienced a “severe weather event” during Thursday and Friday.
More than the average months rain fell in a few hours. Multiple storms hit the city as lightning and thunder rolled around for five hours. I took these photos a few minutes before we experienced a total blackout. The storm water drain looked more like a fountain.
The Hobart Rivulet burst its banks during the night, cars floated down the main streets. (These pictures are from the internet).
Homes and businesses were flooded, some by the Rivulet, others from rain water. Luckily, we live on the first floor but neighbours below us had water damage. We lent torches and candles during the power cut and offered help.
The University Law Library was flooded, with books ending up outside.
Aussie Mate is Night Manager at a city hotel. He spent Thursday night in ankle deep water as their Reception, Restaurant, Kitchen and car park were flooded. Electricity supply was intermittent, no lifts, no breakfast, limited hot water. Ten rental cars were damaged, so abandoned by guests. You can see the high-water mark on this car and the mud left behind as the water receded.
This morning I took a walk around our city. Lots of people are busy cleaning up.
Our usually picturesque waterfront was full of floodwater debris, so is now being dredged.
The Rivulet is still running high. This is a normal day compared to yesterday morning.
You can see here where it rose above the wall and marker, leaving debris in its path.
There is still much to repair.
It’s been an eventful couple of days. Our first experience of flooding. Although power is back on, one of our circuits will not reset, so we have important things like fridge, freezer, tv, internet, but no lights. We can manage with candle light until Monday, electricians are busy helping others in more urgent need than us. 
This is not our usual promotion of Hobart, of “our place”. I should reassure you that previous significant floods in the city were in 1929, 1960, 1973. Now 2018 can been added to the list. Place in the World
06 Sunday May 2018
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Last weekend we enjoyed a day out at Mount Field National Park, here in Tasmania.
The landscape changed with altitude as we hiked from Lake Fenton up to Seager’s Lookout. The rocky path climbed higher. We passed snow gums and yellow gums and had glimpses of the lake through the trees.
29 Sunday Apr 2018
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26 Thursday Apr 2018
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Now I’m back in an office full time, I’m taking every opportunity to take a walk, to connect with nature, to observe the changing seasons.
The Hobart Rivulet track is ideal during my lunch break.
St David’s Park is close by.
At the weekend, it’s nice to visit the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens.
Or one of the many coast paths or bush tracks.
Join me for a walk and follow the lines of the footpaths.
21 Saturday Apr 2018
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The image of Queen Elizabeth II is prolific, present in large numbers, in our everyday lives, on our coins and stamps.
As the Queen hosts the Commonwealth Summit in London this week, we appreciate her influence on a global scale. “Fifty three countries are members of the Commonwealth, home to 2.4 billion people. Our countries span Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific and are diverse – they are amongst the world’s largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries.”
Happy birthday Ma’am.
God bless the Queen.
Prolific
