Outdoors
Ducks' bums
When the vibes are off, it's more important than ever to remember: ducks' bums.
Outdoors
Outdoors
Birthday at the zoo
For the second year in a row I spent my birthday at Melbourne Zoo. It's just about the perfect day out when one also has evening plans: cute and weird animals to look at, fresh air, and not taxing on one's energy for socialising. Adrian gave
Outdoors
Fungus heaven
Yesterday I took a drive out to Mount Macedon to investigate the possible existence of weird fruiting fungi. I can now confirm it exists. It was a much-needed trip, a distraction from the very recent passing of our beloved Lottie and to make good use of my last week of
Outdoors
Maribyrnong River Trail ride
A little local adventure, not quite to plan, but with lots of good bits. The original plan was to ride my bike along the Maribyrnong River Trail in the upstream direction from Footscray Park to Brimbank Park and explore the trails there. I took my first wrong turn just after
Outdoors
Getting ready for fungal season
Last year I decided to get into fungus. I bought a copy of Bruce Fuhrer's A field guide to Australian fungi, signed up to iNaturalist and started looking. I did not have to look far. My local area is absolutely bursting with weird, colourful, tenacious fungi. I love
Motorcycle
Tiny motor club
My downstairs neighbour Sam just bought herself a new scooter, a very nice little Lambretta V-Special 200. I have no idea what the '200' in the name signifies as it's 169 cc. So today we took our tiny bikes out for a ride and to practice
Outdoors
A boat ride in Western Port
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to go for a boat ride around Western Port as a guest of the Victorian National Parks Association, along with a bunch of other people. For the uninitiated, Western Port is a bay that sits between Port Phillip Bay and Wilsons Promontory on the