Category Archives: Travels

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

Posted on September 12, 2014 by jbwye

Thought you might like a break from Australia for a week – so let’s go over to London for a change, where I spent the day last Saturday with our walking group. London never fails to fascinate me and I … Continue reading →

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Snakes Alive!

Posted on September 5, 2014 by jbwye

The road turns the Ute into a rattletrap as I navigate the corrugations which bring me to the start of the Contos circuit. I remember as a child in Kenya when we drove to the coast for our annual holiday, my … Continue reading →

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Like a Giant Turtle I Crawl Crabwise

Posted on August 29, 2014 by jbwye

Gnarabup.  Is it really a fortnight since I last walked? I have been to a couple of bird hides in Busselton and Bunbury in the meantime, though. It is 9km from Gnarabup down to Redgate. The weather has turned cool … Continue reading →

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No Room to Dodge the Kangaroos

Posted on August 22, 2014 by jbwye

No pictures this week. The scenery is so vast, so dramatic, it is difficult to capture in a photograph. I prefer to walk, letting my thoughts come and go at will, as I commune with nature. February 2002 Wilyabrup.  This time … Continue reading →

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I Still Manage to Swallow Two Flies

Posted on August 15, 2014 by jbwye

It is New Year 2002, and I am enjoying the solitary freedom of my coastal walks. The family are planning a visit to Ellensbrook House, a WA Pioneers’ Museum, so I get them to drop me off at the north point of Cowaramup … Continue reading →

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Around and About on Ailsa’s Birthday

Posted on August 12, 2014 by jbwye

This is a great birthday present from Jane. I always like coming to visit on her blog and as tomorrow is my birthday she has let me run mad with my imagination. The Birthday Fairy is going to grant me … Continue reading →

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Back-pack On The Ground Please, Ma’am

Posted on August 8, 2014 by jbwye

Colin and I travel on different flights from Sydney to Perth because for some reason Quantas refused to change our tickets – all the more annoying as there is a vacant seat beside me. When checking in, the Xray “tings” my back-pack. … Continue reading →

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How Spoilt We Were in Africa

Posted on August 1, 2014 by jbwye

On my return from Toowoomba, I call in for tea with Alastair and Caroline Pickering. Eleven acres of rolling paddocks grazed by ponies for the disabled, and a spacious house overlooking wild forest land, with farms way down the valley. … Continue reading →

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Half-way Round The World – And Thirteen Years On, I’m still Talking About It

Posted on July 25, 2014 by jbwye

Before reading on about Fraser Island and its dingoes, here’s a link to my interview with Allison Fear on BBC SUSSEX RADIO yesterday. My bit starts at 2.43.42 pm and ends at 2.58 pm, and there’s a nice bit of Adam Faith … Continue reading →

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An Off the Page Event

Posted on July 18, 2014 by jbwye

This Saturday (19th July) is the day of the University of Southern Queensland’s first ever Bookcase – an off the page event showcasing the power of the written word. And a copy of my book has winged its way there … Continue reading →

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