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Old wartime fuel tanks provide a canvas for graffiti/street artists

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 23 May

In bushland near Albany on West Australia’s south coast are seven abandoned wartime fuel tanks that were once vital wartime infrastructure. The towering concrete walls of these tanks are now providing a canvas for street/graffiti...

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Does anyone recognise this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Feb 23

I was going through a photograph album of our ‘Irish’ son’s and came across this photo. Does anyone recognise it? I think it might have been in Scotland or maybe France. Maybe I’ll need to ask our son when we visit, but in the...

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Coronavirus spurs local manufacturing

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar 20

It has always been a concern of mine that Australia produces very little in the way of manufactured products of any kind, be it food, appliances, machinery or anything else. Because of our relatively high wages, local products...

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To Breaksea Island in a basket

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Mar 20

Some time back, I read an interesting children's book called 'Light-House Girl' written by Dianne Walfer. Her story was the impetus for the visit to Perth, Western Australia, of the giant French puppets. On Breaksea Island just...

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Do you play the ukulele?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Mar 20

Our news service sometimes puts up a ‘human interest’ segment. Heaven knows it’s welcome, particularly now, after all the coronavirus special reports that we’ve been getting. Last night’s segment focussed on the continuing and...

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The year we rode 170 miles on horseback

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Dec 17

I have been going through some old photos and came across this one which I thought you might enjoy. When I was 22 my cousin and I rode our ponies from Albany on the south coast of Western Australia to our home town of Narrogin, a...

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Do you get what you pay for?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Apr 16

A couple of years ago we went to Albany, Western Australia, for the re-enactment of the leaving of the first fleet of soldiers to go to World War I from Australian shores. There were many things going on in the town and one of the...

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Motor-Bike Riding Oldies

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Apr 16

@Asylum just commented on @TheHorse's post (http://www.mylot.com/post/2913080/i-was-too-quick-to-judge) that 70-year-old motorbike riding men would be somewhat rare in England. While we were in Albany, Western Australia, recently...

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Remembering World War I

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Apr 16

Recently we visited the National ANZAC Centre in Albany on Western Australia's south coast. As part of our visit, we were each given a small card with personal details of a particular soldier who fought in World War I. By placing...

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There's No Place Like Home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Apr 16

We arrived home late this afternoon having been away from the Thursday before Easter. The last week we've spent at Denmark on the south coast of Western Australia. The weather has been mostly fine and we've had a relaxing time. We...

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