Gooooooooooodmorning Norwich

Well a month now since my last chat and whats happened here since that blog,, well weve been told the worlds going into a meltdown,, . As the 52 state of the union Australia will of cause take head of whats happening elswhere in the world and follow suit

arrival of spring

  Springs arrived at last, the flowering cherries are abundant with pink blossum, just like they were when we first arrived here 27 years ago. We have a Christmas Cactus on the porch, in a large pot, it must be nearly 3 feet in diamator and has been

Stonehenge in Australia

 There is a region of New South Wales, a plato of high country, which during the early days of the colonies was squatted, a term used here for the selection of land, in those days by migrants. The squatters were a mixture of Irish, Scottish and Cornish

Silver cup in the cold

  G'day. Middle of winter here and the cold weather has stopped us all this way from getting out and enjoying ourselves. My son Chris offered me the chance to go and watch him play ice the other night, so off we went down too Oakley rink where

Tigers and Devils

Just home from a little break in Tasmania, well we really needed a little break from the boys, its been such a long time since we had some time together on our own. We flew over to Hobart, its not a long flight, you know, like a trip to Amsterdam from

turning to winter

Well here we are, gradually going into winter down here in Melbourne, tonight its only 5 degrees, after a fine day which reached 21degrees around 3-00 O'clock this afternoon. Weve had one or two days with a little rain but not enough to really make the

Quite bazaar, wouldn't you say

  G'day mate.    Here in the land of the red sand dunes, you hear some funny things, don't you Sheila. I have a work mate, well hes a big fella a bikey, you know got himself a Harley. He was showing me some court papers , he'd received,

go on, lets give it to you.

   Beaut. weather here at the moment,,,,,, 25 C. today,,,, not a cloud in the sky and no wind, now thats what I call heaven here in Melbourne, I hate the wind if I can sit on the porch on a day like today and drink a cup of coffee and have a

Drivers #*!*

 Rebecca, Rebecca, just read your report "The Danger Drivers Gambling With Lives". Although I found myself a little confused in the presentation of the heading[:^)], I read the article and thought it very much like the driving conditions here

Sunday 2nd march 2008

Hi Mum.   Hope alls good back home, as everything seems to be here. Heard you had a earthquake back there in Norwich, Linda was speaking to her mum on the phone and she told us the noise woke her at 1 O'clock in the morning and it sounded

Saturday, 23/2/08

g'day.   Lindas cousin is visiting Oz at the moment and have arrived in Melbourne for four days on her way around the country. So after she rung us, to let us know she was here, we arranged to pick her up this morning and take her over

g' day

  Read your local news last night, shed a little tear for an icon of my memories, Dairyland and O what memories that brought flooding back to me. blue and white ice cream van turning around at the bottom of the road, in Mile Cross, mum getting

lets try again

  Seem to be haveing trouble getting through but will keep on trying. Well the weather cooler now, Linda must have brought the cooler weather home with her from Norwich.  Schools started back, after the summer holidays last week, the school

Catching grey water in Victoria

Linda arrived home, new years day from a holiday back home in Norwich, the temperature was 5 degrees as she left Norwich Airport, she returned to a very dry Victoria at 42 degrees, what a shock. Here we are still in the situation of a major drought,