Category Archives: Places

Carey Bay, Places

Snippets de jour

5 April 2010 Carol McKay

I doubt you would get far in this boat..

backyard fungus

lunch time view

old boat

Toronto

water grass at the lake's edge — water grass at the lake’s edge

water grass in the lake

train station iris

Blackall's Park, Places

Blackall’s Park

3 April 2010 Carol McKay

It’s a park life …

grevillia flower

ground fungus

lichen

wood fungus

Maitland, Outdoor Plants, Places, Plants

Sunday afternoon

28 March 2010 Carol McKay

Maitland jazz festival and flowers at home.

old fashion street lamp

cleaning service — cleaning service courtesy of “the bird”

cleaning service — cleaning service courtesy of “the bird”

stand of bunya bunya trees

cassia flowers in our back yard

Blackall's Park, Places

Friday evening stroll

26 March 2010 Carol McKay

The Blackall’s Park of the suburb named after which.

sunset

pelican and boat house

ducks

one of three butcher birds

kookaburra

Places, Warners Bay

guava? tree outside bibina shop

25 March 2010 Carol McKay

Bibina at Warner’s Bay

guava? tree outside bibina shop

guava? fruit outside bibina shop

Croudace Bay, Places, Warners Bay

corellas, seagulls and plovers

25 March 2010 Carol McKay

Bird life at Warner’s Bay and Croudace Bay.

acrobatic corellas

corellas — what are YOU looking at?

bird couples — couples - seagulls and plovers

casurina tree

Newcastle, Places

A fairly typical outing in Newcastle

21 March 2010 Carol McKay

Strolling, and looking, and shopping, and eating, wOOOooOOO.

striped Newcastle skink

non-striped skink in our back yard

flowering paperbark tree

nom noms

health food shop (Carol's source of sheep's milk yoghurt) — health food shop (Carol’s source of sheep’s milk yoghurt)

second hand book shop (Ross' favourite shop in the whole wide world!) — second hand book shop (Ross’ favourite shop in the whole wide world!)

forground: art gallery; midground: laman street, civic park; background: city hall clock tower.

Is there a weekend in Newcastle when a wedding party ISN'T parking on Laman Street? — Is there a weekend in Newcastle when a wedding party ISN’T parking on Laman Street?

red berries

pretty red flowers (the golden arches an unhappy coincidence)

crows enjoying the Benjamina figs

Indian Grocer's Glebe Road, Adamstown — Indian Grocer’s Glebe Road, Adamstown

sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer's — sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer’s

sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer's — sport type activities going on across the road from the Indian Grocer’s

pretty lentils from the Indian grocer's — pretty lentils from the Indian grocer’s

soaps from the Thai grocer's (1st floral, 2nd herbal) and the Chinese grocer's (3rd rose, 4th sandlewood) — soaps from the Thai grocer’s (1st floral, 2nd herbal) and the Chinese grocer’s (3rd rose, 4th sandlewood)

soaps from the Thai grocer's and the Chinese grocer's — soaps from the Thai grocer’s (white floral & green herbal) and the Chinese grocer’s (pink rose & brown sandlewood)

Places, Wallsend

Wal Herd park, Wallsend

14 March 2010 Carol McKay

Wal Herd park, Wallsend

Blackall's Park, Places, Toronto

Sunday walk in Blackall’s Park and Toronto

7 March 2010 Carol McKay

Moving it, you know, that thing called exercise?

cute vine

A local identity, I don’t know his identity, but I’m sure he has one.

pink troll tree*

Roses for Mother

Fungi growing beside the wetlands walk between Blackall’s Park and Toronto

About to bloom, and finished blooming, but no blooming Banksia flowers

Roses for Mother

Lillipilly berries

nom nom

Places, Sugarloaf Mountain

Saturday outing at Sugarloaf Mountain

6 March 2010 Carol McKay

West Wallsend and Seahampton is on the way there.

Deer

On our way to Sugarloaf Mountain again

Seahampton

Kookaburra on the ground

Red fungi

Unusual trio

Fungi

Fungi

Fungi

A fern and moss doing their part to beautify the public toilet block

Fungi

Oh boy is it hot and humid – sheds bark

Orange tree

moss and lichen

cycad plants

View of Seahampton

The piggy that we meet, when we’re driving down the street in West Wallsend

Tibouchina or Lasiandra tree in West Wallsend

wonderful colours