Category: A Little Further Afield
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Pharaoh at the NGV
Each year, the NGV puts on a Winter Masterpieces Show, sourcing exhibits from galleries and museums around the world. I went to their Picasso exhibition in 2022 and also Van Gogh in 2017. When they announced that this year’s exhibition would be Pharaoh—ancient Egyptian artifacts, I knew I had to go and see it. Like…
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Good things friday
I’ve feel like I’ve been a bit all over the shop this week and barely motivated to do my jobs, but we are fed, we have clean clothes, and the kitchen, toilets and basins are clean enough. Last weekend was full of good things, and this weekend is shaping up to be equally busy. Let’s…
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Hiking @ Ferny
I’ve mentioned before that my husband has moved to a 4-day work week and I work casual hours from home, so some weeks we can do some fun things during the week. Last Friday I wanted to hike, and G had been wanting to take me up to Ferny to show me the running trail…
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Lightscape 2023 – The Royal Botanic Gardens
Last year I was keen to see Lightscape at the Royal Botanic Gardens, but the tickets were sold out when I got myself organised. This year I vowed not to make the same mistake, so I decided we would go as soon as we had a good weather forecast. A flurry of messages in our…
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Victorian National Parks
At the start of the year, I made a goal to visit all 45 of Victoria’s National Parks, plus the Castlemaine National Heritage Park. I have already seen some of them in the past, but I’m keen to go back and see those again. I ticked off the Mornington Peninsula National Park while doing the…
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Friday Thoughts #4
Christmas was at our place this year. We had 16 people, and since it was a warm day, we had ten people sitting at our table inside and six outside with wide open doors. A sea breeze blowing through the courtyard and an umbrella kept things pleasant in the 30C heat. We were responsible for…
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Time – Rone Exhibition
For my birthday last week Hubby and I went to Time the Rone Exhibition at Flinders Street Station. Rone is a street artist and creates the most amazing multi-sensory installations featuring his signature female muses. This is the third Rone exhibition we have been to, and we have loved all of them. Each has its…
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Melbourne Street Art
Melbourne is apparently world-famous for its street art. I want to do a tour one day and learn more about it because I’m clueless, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying it. If I have time, when I go into the city, I like to scoot down some of the laneways and check out what’s…
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Black Swan Cygnets
Spotted on a run around Albert Park in September. Seen Saturday: several groups of cygnets of various ages.