Life Trove: parrot

21 December 2019

World of Birds, Camps Bay

I wanted to get some nice owl photos for my web site. Most of the owls were a bit motley but one made up for it with some beautiful poses. The highlight? The monkeys of course as usual. So cute!

17 December 2018

Jervis Bay camping

A relaxing weekend with Truc, Tony, Mattie, Grace and Matt. The highlight was swimming in the beautiful sea and getting close to a stunning red parrot.

21 October 2014

I spent a wonderful three days exploring the world heritage-listed rainforests of Barrington Tops, about 250 km's from Sydney. The first two days was with a Meet Up group (Sydney Explorers), the third day by myself.

Highlights included:

The great place where we stayed (Wangat Lodge) set in the tranquil forest, teaming with wildlife.
Ken, the wonderfully friendly, passionate and knowledgeable proprietor of the lodge who took us on some stunning walks, and regaled us with some great stories. Ken had a gorgeous little daughter, and their close, loving relationship was beautiful to watch.
The lovely, chilled out group.
The first day hike (22 km) to the top of Carey's Peak through misty forests and our elation when the mist magically cleared for a little while at the top so we could enjoy the vista.
The gorgeous flowers and leaves along the way and the changing vegetation as we gained altitude.
A bracing swim after the hike that felt more potent than a trip shot of espresso coffee!
A really fun game of table tennis with Maj-Britt.
An early morning hike on the second day which was a bit like a treasure hunt as we searched for bottle tops to show our way.
Ian's great navigation skills.
The beautiful reflections in the river, along the way.
A freezing, but exhilarating swim in a forest pool that I don't think had ever felt the sun. I screamed like a little girl when I hit the water!
Great fellowship and conversation around the fire in the evenings and on the tranquil patio during the day.
Some lovely heart to hearts with Elna, a fellow South African.
Adrian and Rudi, wonderful characters, who made me laugh a lot.
Great spiritual discussions and some wonderful laughs with Maj-Britt.
A fun hike guided by Ken. The highlight was the enormous fig tree in the forest, which some intrepid adventurers decided to climb.
Lying on the helipad at night as a group, and looking out into the vast night sky, filled with awe at the beautiful stars. On the final night, when I was alone, I went back and spent hours doing the same.
A fantastic discussion with Ken on my last night over a glass of port, about life and death, religion and spirituality, music and poetry, nature and wonder. Ken gave me a collection of poetry by his recently deceased friend and it's inspired me to start writing poetry again.
A fantastic hike at the Williams River on the final day, through pristine rain forest. The highlight was sighting of Regent's Bowerbird. I've only seen it once before.