I love fireworks and the best shows are always on New Years Eve
Month: December 2017
2017 a year of many adventures, many places and many miles-a pictorial summary
2017 has been a year of many adventures in amazing places
It maybe marks a progress from a piecemeal adventurer to a more full time one
The purchase of the Mighty Breva II in the UK opening up a whole new realm of touring
February in Tasmania
Queenstown
Ride stop
Looking down from the central highlands
March in the Australian Alps
Bonang Highway
Alpine National Park
View over Omeo
April trip to SE Queensland
Queen Mary Falls
Queen Mary Falls
Mount Glorious
June/July in England and the Mighty Breva II
Stoke on Trent
The Bursway
John O’Groats
West Scotland
July Into Northern Europe
Ferry Newcastle to Amsterdam
Norway
Dutch/German border
Camped in Denmark
August through Scandinavia and Germany
Viking Museum
Near Trondheim
Geiranger Fjord
Sweden
Through Germany
Germany
And into Switzerland
September in Northern Italy and Southern France
October back in Australia sailing and camping
And a quick blast back to Northern NSW
November a walk in beautiful Springbrook National Park, SE Queensland one of Natures Gardens
December a blast through central Victoria good food and good company
It truly has been an amazing year and 2018 holds the promise of more wonderful adventures. Life can be just wonderful.
Happy New Year to all
Scenes from a bicycle ride, Williamstown
After a couple of days of hot summer weather
Cool rain
Still breezes
And on the bicycle for a ride by the bay
In the cool of the evening
Last sprinkles of rain
My loop of the Williamstown peninsula
I feel like I’m in the twilight period of 2017
The sun setting on a year of wonderful adventures and discoveries
Excited about the coming of 2018
New adventures
New directions
Round the world stopover Melbourne
Volvo Round the World Racing Yachts
After the long sail from Cape Town
Powering down wind,
Surfing across the Southern Ocean
Resting now in the calm waters of Docklands, Melbourne.
Seasons Greetings to all
There are times to focus on peace and happiness
Jesus my have been the son of God or just a good bloke
It all depends on your perspective.
But he did try and spread a message of peace.
We often focus on the differences in humanity
Differences in religion and beliefs
Differences in race and skin colour
Differences in culture.
In nature there are also difference
As the solstice passes
At one end of the world there is endless night
At the other endless day
As it was nudging a sweltering 38 degrees in Melbourne recently.
My friends reported – 5 and snowing in Stoke on Trent.
So this is an opportunity to forget the differences.
Forget the distances between us.
And though at one end of the world it is dark and the other end light.
Accept
It is one world.
And though there are many religions and races and cultures
There is one humanity.
I wish you all peace and happiness.