Love where you live Vox 2008-07-19T05:06:52Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00f48d13b0690001/ Be a tourist at home and share your experiences and discoveries here. Derby - and a little family history tag:vox.com,2008-07-19:asset-6a00d41432739c3c7f0100a7e9ca3f000e 2008-07-19T05:06:52Z 2008-07-19T05:06:52Z petermcc http://petermcc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Our trip to Derby was planned with 2 reasons in mind. I had heard of the 20 ft tides with boats left high and dry and a little of the McCarthy family history occurred up there. The mental image of the place was long sandy beaches with a little t...

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I am the person I am the bush I am the bare arch I am the garden I am the power lines I am the top of the tree I am the arbor I am the chain I am the flower I am the steps I am the corner I am Lavender I am the picket fence I am the wire I am the car I am the sign I am the leaves

shadows cool dark aloof comforting reducing objects to simple shapes flowers fences and people just a plain flat shape no complications, easy shadows are not harmed by being stomped upon they remain the same ambiguous shape most visible upon sun...

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I’m a little behind on the blog so this is from late last week when we started to head to Derby. Some of you may have seen it on the news. To make way for a road straightening in Kununurra, this magnificent boab tree had to be moved and being ...

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These are from our picnic near the beach in town. The friend we went with grew up in Wollongong so knew the best spots to go and where to buy the best fish and chips. We had originally planned to go and visit the science museum but the kids pre...

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et à fleur de colline.

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N'est pas dans le château orgueilleux dominant le village mais bien dans cette statue de la vierge à l'enfant placée prés des rives du lot

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Having arrived at Tom Price, I couldn’t resist heading out to Hammersley Gorge. It was a favoured place to go to on the only day off per week back then. Not that we went there often. At 70 k from town and on the dirt, you had to decide if you wa...

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This update has taken a while to get around to due to mixed emotions. I used to live in Tom Price back in the early 70’s, firstly planting lots of trees in the new town, and then I secured an Electrical Fitters Apprenticeship which I served at T...

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WOLLONGONG! Yes, that was the mystery location of the Chinese temple in my other photos. I took the kids on a little overnight trip down there. We had planned to holiday a bit further afield but my husband was unable to take leave from work b...

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]]> Et sous le pont d'Estaing coule le Lot tag:vox.com,2008-07-16:asset-6a00d09e8382fdbe2b00fad69a430b0005 2008-07-16T19:07:49Z 2008-07-17T18:55:19Z Sergio http://virtualvision.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Il y a de merveilleux petits jardins tenus par les habitants d'Estaing. On accède à ces jardins par des marches étroites sans rambarde posées en affleurement de la muraille de pierre.

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