Judy Evans

@JudyEv (357414)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Hi there. My husband, Vince, and I live in a gated lifestyle village in Western Australia. One adult son lives in Melbourne, Victoria and the other in Ireland.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 7h

I wrote about the wildlife carer who fell from a balcony and was awakened by her pet magpie gently tapping on her forehead. It was interesting that in the middle of the article, there was a short paragraph saying that such...

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We visit a big hill - understatement for 'large monolith'

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 7h

One of the great things about travelling is what you come across that you’re not expecting. While on our travels last week, we realised we were close to what is touted to be the third largest monolith in Australia. It depends a...

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A magpie saves a life

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 19h

Another feel-good Western Australian story involves a lady from Esperance where we once lived. Sandie Gillard has been caring for wildlife for over 70 years but in a freak accident in 2020, she fell from a two-storey balcony,...

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A mural in a dying town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jul

The image shows a mural on the end of a building in Bencubbin. This town states it’s on the boundary between cropping country and station lands. However it appears to be dying although there is still a police station there. The...

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Anyone for Snakes and Ladders?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jul

We stopped for a coffee in one of the small towns we went through and came across this table in an outside area. Someone has made a Snakes and Ladders board using mosaic chips. Of course, you ‘d need a dice to play a game but...

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chittering museum

snakes and ladders

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An innovative lawn-mower

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jul

If you look carefully at the photo, I hope you can make out a pushbike with an old-fashioned lawnmower attached to the front. The notice is a tongue-in-cheek spiel about how appropriate this would be for the lady of the house....

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Forty cans entry fee

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jul

We’re travelling and I haven’t had internet for a few days. We’ll probably be away another two days so I won’t be posting much. But I thought I’d share another funny sign with us. We didn’t plan our stops but just thought we’d...

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Do you eat the parson's nose?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

We all have our favourite meat cuts and, when we have chicken, I like the thigh joint, just abovet the leg/drumstick. I also eat the ‘parson’s/Pope’s/sultan’s nose, which is what you can see in the photo. Edit: I've just realised...

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A crocodile and a ute

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

The vehicle in the photo was used in the film Crocodile Dundee starring Paul Hogan. Paul has also written his signature on the dashboard. Thankfully, the realistic-looking crocodile is not real. We call this type of vehicle a...

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crocodile dundee

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Here's the key and the code

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

While we were in Shackleton, a tiny town in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, we decided to view the historic display in their old hall. There was another couple there looking at the various exhibits and when they left...

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A very small bank

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jun

This quaint little building is touted as the smallest bank in Australia. It’s certainly very small and was first opened in the 1930s as a branch of the Bank of New South Wales, which incidentally is where Vince started his working...

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bank of new south wales

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After your sixth beer, maybe order a pizza

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jun

It’s time for another funny sign and this is one which we saw recently. Vince does almost all our cooking and he is not a big fan of barbecuing saying it’s been the ruination of many a good piece of meat. He will mostly cook...

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Tin horses draw the tourists

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jun

I’ve talked before about small towns trying to come up with a theme or some way of appealing to motorists to stop and spend some time, and preferably some money, in their town. Kulin in Western Australia run a picnic race meeting...

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picnic race meeting

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A grave for a returned serviceman

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jun

In the cemetery where my parents and brother are buried, we came across this grave for Private Charles Pritchard, Army Postal Service who died aged 51. What we found a bit unusual was the plaque at the base of the grave which...

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Popcorn anyone?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jun

The photo shows a mobile popcorn machine which was in the motor museum that we visited in York, Western Australia. It seems these are still readily available but this is a very old one although I’m not sure just how old it is....

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york motor museum

popcorn machine

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Six soups to choose from

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jun

Last night we attended a ‘soup night’ at our village. In the morning, I walked to my friend’s house and peeled about 5kg of potatoes while she cut up a heap of leeks as she had to provide 10 litres of potato and leek soup. Over...

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lifestyle village

baileys irish cream

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A cockatoo in a shopping centre

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun

I’ve seen a couple of feel-good stories lately and thought I’d share this one about a sulphur-crested cockatoo that managed to get itself inside a shopping centre in Cambelltown, New South Wales, Australia, but then couldn’t get...

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shopping centre

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Three-wheelers on display

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun

While in the car museum, I was taken by the number of three-wheeled vehicles on display. There was more than just these on display but I couldn’t make them all fit nicely on the collage. Unfortunately, I didn’t take photos of...

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york motor museum

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Acknowledging First Nations people

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun

York in Western Australia was the first inland town to be developed so there are some very old and historic buildings in and around the town and the area. Outside the Post Office is this sign. It’s the first time I’ve seen a...

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first nations people

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A bicycle for the space age

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357414) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun

One of the vehicles on display at the York Motor Museum in Western Australia was the Bowden Spacelander bicycle which you see in the photo. The prototype was designed in 1946 and manufactured in 1960. It was designed to...

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york motor museum

spacelander bicycle

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