Ye Old York

Last week, Leah and I set off early in the morning on our adventure to York. We wandered round the museum grounds, found many squirrel friends, bought jam and chutney at the market, were awestruck by the (foyer of) Minster, discovered the quaint Shambles and drank tea and ate cake in Betty's. All in all a brilliant day, and makes me think how much we're gonna miss our Aussie.

Australia Day

Lamington's by me. Anzacs by Leah. Vegemite and beetroot cob. Curried egg on bread. Our Australia day feast!

Move Places

Another day, another video. Fiona showed me this yesterday and I can't say anything more than it is SO good. The places depicted and the slick interchange makes it a great short film.

Video: MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Oz Oz Oz

The last two books I have read are to do with Australia. A Town Like Alice gave a really interesting insight into the life in the outback after WWII and so following that I decided to read Down Under by one of my favourites, Bill Bryson. I have to be careful not to laugh out loud on the train when I read one of his. I came across on Flickr the State Library of New South Wales collection, showing photographs of life during the gold rush, cattle and sheep farming as well as more urban life in the 20th Century. 

Images from Flickr 1: Grape pickers 1930s  2: Knitting for "Our Boys" c1914  3: Cherry pickers c1900  4: Royal Agricultural Show 1937  5: Sheep shearers c1896