What... another week gone!

I just don't seem to be catching up.... hope everyone is doing well!

Here are some photos from Dorrigo National Park and Rainforest Centre.  They have a very long mosaic mural on their building, and a wooden walk out over the canopy.

This is on a plateau after a steep drive, on the Great Dividing Range, which runs most of the way down the East Coast of Australia...... that is the sea you can see on the horizon.

 This photo lookong along the plateau to the North.

I am joining with Smiling Sally for Blue Monday and also Susan at A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday this week.... lots of interesting posts at both these venues.

Love and hugs,
Jan

More Blue Monday

Blue Monday comes around so quickly.  To visit Smiling Sally and see what everyone is posting, click here.
Another scene from my recent trip. This is where I learnt to swim as a child. When I started High School at Coffs Harbour, we weren't allowed to do any other sport until we could swim, and the two teachers walked a number of 11-12 year olds down to this spot at Park Beach. It all looked very benign and calm at low tide recently, but it was a tidal creek only a couple of hundred yards from the sea, and I can't imagine it being done these days.

If anyone would like to see my 'blue' Christian banner that has kept me away from the computer this week, please look here.
Have a great Blue Monday and a pleasant week.
Hugs,
Jan

Blue Monday

Blue Monday again!  Do visit Smiling Sally to see what others have been up to!

While I was away last weekend I snapped some mosaic murals at Dorrigo, fortuitously with blue in them!  This one in the main street.

With love,
Jan

Blue Monday

Yes Blue Monday certainly omes around quickly.  Do visit Smiling Sally to check out all the posts.

We hope to go away for a few days later in the week, and I am looking forward to taking some photos.

Here is a day river trip I took last year.  We were heading upriver towards Mt Warning, named by Captain Cook in 1770, and the first spot to receive the rays of the sun each day.  The last photo shows us alighting for lunch at a riverside pub.

Happy Blue Monday and a happy week, everyone,
Love,
Jan

Blue Monday

 Do check out Smiling Sally's Blue Monday today, and a very Happy Valentine's Day!!

 We haven't been anywhere lately so I have chosen a pic from my file for today's post.

QUOTE : A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card. -----Farmer’s Almanac   

This is more a walking beach, my kind of beach!

Further along.

Happy Blue Monday and have a pleasant week!!

Hugs,

Jan

Blue Monday Tennis and more

Tennis resumed today, after the Christmas and January break.  It was a bit warm 27C  so we only stayed from 8am to 10am.  The players are mostly aged from about 60 to 85 so it isn't too strenuous.

Don't know why, but it reminded me of the old "Pushbike Song"... gotta laugh... some nice blue splashes of colour on the clip.



Do visit Smiling Sally for this week's Blue Monday.

Have a great week.
Love,
Jan

Holidays

Many Australians enjoy camping and motorhoming all year round as we have a suitable climate, and there are many venues from National Parks, State Forests to beachside caravan parks and resorts.

But what I am most familiar with is free camping. This was the view out the window of our RV on the Mary River in QLD, and we chatted on into the night with two other couples also enjoying the venue.

 Another spot in QLD, that's us on the left.  This was the starting point for forest walks.

We find these places in a popular book Camps Australia, and I'm sure you would find a copy in many a motorhome and caravan.  It has snaps of most of the spots, and a lot of information, the most important to us is whether it is dog friendly.

 

Pic from internet, we have an older copy. 

So how do you enjoy your holidays?  Our most popular is taking a trip to see family.

Linking up with Smiling Sally at Blue Monday where you'll find many interesting posts.

Have a great week,

Hugs,

Jan

Monday in song

A favourite group - Celtic Woman - in blue.

Do join Smiling Sally for Blue Monday  
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after the comment from 'Cafe au Lait' at It's Time to Laugh I saw  MUSIC MONDAY there, so I  posted there also.  Hope everyone happy with that.

Hugs,
Jan