Judy Evans

@JudyEv (278746)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 7 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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What would 'Dieback Area' mean to you?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 14h

I put up a photo of a Californian couple who stayed with us as couch-surfers. I explained that they unloaded their bikes from the plane when they landed in Sydney, assembled them in the airport then took off west towards Perth. At...

western australia

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Not so many days on my own after all

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 21h

Vince, my husband, rang this morning to say he will be home late tonight. If you read my previous post/s, you’ll know he and his brother went off for a couple of days providing support to the brother’s grandson who was attempting...

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I want Praze/Praise

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun

I wrote that my brother-in-law lost his wife just over twelve months ago. They were a devoted couple and he cared for her so patiently and so well over the last few months. Nurses in Australia can be of any nationality and one of...

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Work your way home, Sam

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jun

I’ve just come home from our retirement village clubhouse after watching Man on a Ledge starring Sam Worthington. Sam grew up in the suburb next to where we are now so I was keen to see the film. It’s always nice when a local lad...

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sam worthington

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I'm on my own for a couple of days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun

I am on my own for two nights. Vince left early this morning to meet up with his brother. They’ll be heading for Norseman which is seven to eight hours driving without stops. His brother’s grandson is riding a pushbike from Perth...

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A monument to member of Z Force Special Unit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Jun

On the naval base HMAS Stirling on Garden Island off the coast of Western Australia, is a memorial to the elite Z Special Unit. This small joint Allied unit operated during World War II, predominantly on Borneo and the islands of...

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What’s the meaning of careening?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jun

On our recent visit to the Garden Island Naval Base in Western Australia, Careening Bay was pointed out to us. Now, I didn’t know this but ‘careening’ has a meaning. It is/was used when a boat/ship needs work done on the hull...

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Sinking a ship to extinguish a fire

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jun

On our recent visit to the Garden Island Naval Base in Western Australia, we had morning tea in Kwinana on Kwinana Beach. ‘Kwinana’ means ‘young woman’ or ‘pretty maid’. The beach and city are named after the SSS Kwinana. SSS...

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Foliage or flowers - do you have a preference?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jun

We visited my sister today and I took these photos in her garden. She has some really lovely variegated plants which I’ve used for three of the images. With such pretty leaves, not all plants really need flowers. However, who can...

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variegated foliage

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Passing on the weight

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Jun

I meant to post this before the last one but never mind. It shouldn't make much difference. When we visited Western Australia’s naval base recently, we spent some time in the museum. Shown in the photo is one of the items there...

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A sad dedication at our Garden Island naval base

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jun

In front of the museum at Western Australia’s naval base is the life-boat shown in the photo. The lifeboat belonged to Westralia II that I wrote about a day or two ago and there is an interesting story as to how it is where it is....

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garden island naval base

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Prince William was our guide - but don't get too excited

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jun

We’ve just returned from a bus trip to HMAS Stirling on Garden Island, just off the coast of Western Australia. HMAS Stirling sounds like it should be a ship but it is a naval base which is connected to the mainland but a 4.2 km...

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A Simple Explanation

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jun

Sometimes we can come across something that might be a bit unusual and come up with all sorts of explanations for the phenomenon. What we saw was pretty simple really. There were lots of parked cars and others still looking for...

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staff changeover

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The Shirley Club at Gnomesville

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jun

At Gnomesville in Western Australia that I wrote about recently, there are perhaps twenty gnomes in a group that are all alike. They are girl gnomes and have numbers printed on their hats. The Shirley Club placed them there on one...

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A thirty-eight-a-pede

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jun

Warning: If you don’t like creepy-crawlies, you might like to skip this. I snapped this centipede on a trip we did once on the Holland Track in quite an isolated region. However, he is not a centipede but a thirty-eight-a-pede....

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creepy crawlies

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A blast from the past

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jun

I've been trying to organise my photos a bit better as I am running out of space on my computer. I'm now going through my Gnomesville file and thought I'd write about them as it's been a while since the last post that mentions...

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Mini kangaroos - the tammar wallaby

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jun

I mentioned tammar wallabies (Notamacropus eugenii) in my last post so thought I’d tell you a bit more about them. They are among the smallest of their genus and are pretty much like mini kangaroos. They are about 18 inches (45cm)...

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We're going to a naval base on Thursday

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jun

Do you have Probus clubs in your country? I guess they are a bit like Rotary. I don’t know if they do ‘good deeds’ but mostly they seem to be a social club that has guest speakers at their meetings. They often arrange outings here...

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We're staying home this weekend

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jun

This weekend, there is an endurance ride being held at Dwellingup in Western Australia. We would normally take photos but Friday and the weekend are going to have a lot of rain which isn’t conducive to taking photos so we’re...

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Counting the blasts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (278746) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jun

I’ve just finished reading a Reader’s Digest condensed version of Jenny’s Mountain by Elaine Long. Originally published in 1987, it’s set in the mountains of Colorado where, after her husband becomes too traumatised to work their...

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