Our latest Family Photo Challenge, A Word a Week had the theme of beverage. See what I did for another (almost) #WordlessWednesday
Anyone for a spoonful of turmeric tea? #WordlessWednesday
Our latest Family Photo Challenge, A Word a Week had the theme of spoon. See what I did for another (almost) #WordlessWednesday
The return of the Family Photo Challenge #WordlessWednesday
The return of the Family Photo Challenge, A Word a Week for #WordlessWednesday with the theme of phone.
A silent sentinel of the past
A structure with a beauty of its very own.... Past its used by date These structures were to be seen everywhere on our recent trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. This windmill was abandoned but once upon a time it was a vibrant, useful and necessary structure in the outback, providing a valuable water …
A curly-wurly succulent
The texture and beauty in a succulent... We consume photos through our eyes, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a tactile element, too. I love the curly-wurly texture of this succulent, submitted for this week's photo challenge. Although I'm not sure curly-wurly is a real description of anything, I just like the way it rolls off …
It’s nice, it’s different, it’s unusual
It's noice, it's different, It's unusual! A photographic update on unusual.
52 weeks – a photography project
52 weeks equals a year! I have joined with 5 (much more talented than me) photographers to take a photo every week for a year, one theme at a time. Each week we are given a new theme and must take a photo, add some words and submit it to Tim, who will compile a …
Wordless Wednesday – 31 May 2017
It's Wordless Wednesday! Location: Tasmania Debbie 🙂 PS. You can also find Deb's World in these places: Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, G+, Facebook and Flipboard
Wordless Wednesday – 24 May 2017
It's Wordless Wednesday! Location: Bridport Tasmania Debbie 🙂 PS. You can also find Deb's World in these places: Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, G+, Facebook and Flipboard
Wordless Wednesday – 17 May 2017
It's Wordless Wednesday! Enjoy your Wednesday - wherever you are in the world. This is our favourite beach, where the bush meets the sea and it just happens to have the whitest sand in the world! Do you know where this beach is? Leave me a comment to tell me know where you think it is. (I've given …
Travel Blog: New Zealand #9 – Around Dunedin
Dunedin After finishing our cycling tour on the Otago Rail Trail we had two days planned in and around Dunedin. It was a wet cold day as we walked the few steps from our Chapel Apartments to collect the hire car (how handy was that?). We asked the guys at the desk for their suggestions …
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Travel Blog: New Zealand #8 – Hyde to Middlemarch (final day of cycling)
Final day of cycling (day 5): Hyde to Middlemarch - 15 November 2016 It poured with rain overnight but the morning dawned cold with heavily overcast skies. We set out after breakfast for the final 30km hoping the rain would hold off and it did! The open Strath Taieri plain was flat riding with green …
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Travel Blog: New Zealand #7 – Wedderburn to Hyde
Cycling day 4: Wedderburn to Hyde - 14 November 2016 This was another big day starting off with an earthquake in New Zealand's South Island just after midnight. I can't say I felt the earth move but I do remember waking and thinking someone was walking around the cottage as there was a real rattle …
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Travel Blog: New Zealand #6 – Omakau to Wedderburn
Cycling day 3: Omakau to Wedderburn - 13 November 2016 This was a big day in lots of ways! 42 kms of riding, tunnels, bridges, a variety of scenery, ups and downs, hard surfaces and a long hill. The afternoon was booked up with a session of Curling at the Maniototo International Curling Rink, so …
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Travel Blog: New Zealand #5 – Alexandra to Omakau
Cycling day 2: Alexandra to Omakau - 12 November 2016 We woke to quite dark skies and heavy rain overnight but everyone keeps telling us that it doesn't rain very much in this area. It's looking very green everywhere so it's been quite a wet season so far. Apparently the average rainfall is only 300mls …
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Travel Blog: New Zealand #4 – cycling tour gets underway
Cycling tourism The Central Otago Rail Trail on New Zealand's South Island, has been on our to-do list for quite some time now. It's simply a disused rail corridor which has been turned into a trail for cyclists and walkers. The land was owned by the railways, so years later after the trains had stopped …
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Travel blog – New Zealand #3
Day 3: Queenstown, gondola ride, sunshine, bike riding, wandering Today was our last full day in Queenstown so we decided to do some of the local attractions before we move on. Grant chose to walk up the very steep slopes to Bob's Peak while we caught the Skyline gondola - a much easier way of …
Travel blog – New Zealand #2
Day 2: Queenstown, Crown Summit, Cardrona, Bradrona, Wanaka, Glendhu, Puzzleworld, Cromwell The day started out a bit overcast with rain overnight, but it turned into a magnificent day of warm sunshine and blue skies. I managed a brief morning walk and captured some fishermen preparing for their catch of the day. Lake Wakatipu looked a …
Travel blog – New Zealand
Day 1: Queenstown and surrounds Waking up to this view from our Queenstown apartment after getting in late last night. Yep that's snow up there on The Remarkables. Room with a view! Out for an early morning walk along the lake. Driving to Glenorchy and stopping every few kilometres to take photos of amazing scenery! …
Lavender cocktail
A busy bee working hard for a lavender cocktail. Bees are tiny in comparison to other things in the garden but they play a very important role in the environment. Where would we be without bees? Debbie 🙂 (My name means busy bee!)