Judy Evans

@JudyEv (363128)

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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Mission Accomplished

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 10h

I wrote about a white wattle-bird appearing in my brother-in-law’s garden. We drove there this afternoon and saw the bird as soon as we pulled up. It was feasting on a grevillea and we snapped photos of it for half-an-hour or so....

western australia

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We're on a mission

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 16h

Vince’s brother has quite an extensive garden, much of it planted to native species. It’s a haven for the local birds, who are attracted to the plants and to the several birdbaths. Yesterday, he sent up photos of what appeared...

western australia

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Hanging by a tiny patch of dirt

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 21h

I took this photo on top of Elachbutting Rock which I’ve already told you about – several times in fact. These pretty little plants were growing in almost no earth at all. I’m always surprised how plants will establish...

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elachbutting rock

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A bitter blow for a wildflower festival

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Sep

I am hoping I’ll be able to post a photo with this but I thought I’d like to tell you about what turned up on my news feed this morning. We used to live in Ravensthorpe in south-east Western Australia. Hopetoun was 30 miles away...

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wildflower festival

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A disgruntled farmer spreads the word

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Sep

We saw this sign on a farmer’s gate on our way to Beacon in Western Australia. On the way home, we stopped to get a photo of it. We felt really sorry for the farmer. He is obviously very upset about his Case tractor. These cost...

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Bowed but not beaten

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Sep

The area around Elachbutting Rock is quite different to some other areas. The tunnel I wrote about is a bit eerie and many of the trees are quite misshapen as though they’ve had a very tough life. There is no bright green foliage....

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elachbutting rock

misshapen trees

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Strip farming near Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

At Elachbutting Rock, we were able to drive to the top of it. From there, you could see for miles. My first surprise was to see the way the farming land was being used way over to the north-west. I took the above photo to try to...

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elachbutting rock

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The 'not what it seems' jigsaw

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

I started a new jigsaw today. I’ve put up the photos before. It’s one of those jigsaws where what you see on the box is not actually what you’re trying to create. I’m having a really good look at the photo I took of the finished...

complicated jigsaw

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Wombats moving into town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

George B Vieto (@deepizzaguy) writes good news stories here and when the story concerns wildlife, it is often mentioned that wildlife are losing much of their natural habitat. In the South Australian coastal town of Robe, wombats...

south australia

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I found some quandong nuts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

I was quite excited to see a quandong tree (Santalum acuminatum) while walking round Elachbutting Rock. I thought I took a photo of the fruits on the tree but somehow I missed the fruits and only have some branches. There were a...

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chinese checkers

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We paid a fifth of what we expected

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

I’m sure you don’t want a photo of the motor-home or a tyre so you’ve got more photos from the rocks we visited. We have a motor-home. It has dual wheels at the back and we haven’t been able to get to the valve of one of the...

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extension valve

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Photos from Monty's Pass

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

I’ve done a collage of photos taken in Monty’s Pass, a 30-metre tunnel at Elachbutting Rock near Beacon, Western Australia. I don’t know how the pass got its name. A huge slab of granite has broken away from the main rock to form...

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elachbutting rock

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Another big rock - Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

One of the reasons I wanted to go back to the Beacon area in Western Australia was to go to Elachbutting Rock. It’s not far from Beringbooding Rock which I’ve already written about. Elachbutting Rock is another large granite...

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elibachbuttting rock

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Disney on parade at a wind ensemble concert

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

About a week ago we went to a concert put on by the Darling Range Wind Ensemble in Western Australia. The theme was ‘Disney’ and many of the performers dressed up as Disney characters. Maybe some were just cartoon characters but...

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darling range wind ensemble

disney characters

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Photos from Berinbooding Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

I wrote about Berinbooding Rock recently. The granite slabs for the walls were formed by lighting a big fire on the surface of the rock. This was allowed to burn all night. When water was poured on the rock next morning the...

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berinbooding rock

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Berinbooding Rock - built by sustenance labour

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Sep

While we were away, we visited Berinbooding Rock again. I wrote about it in 2019 and 2020 but hopefully, if you’re like me, you’ll have forgotten. The rock is a short distance from Beacon. The rock is huge and during 1937 at the...

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berinbooding rock

sustenance labour

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A shout-out for ChatGPT

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

I know people have trouble with AI, (as in ‘artificial intelligence’ and not ‘artificial insemination’)! We use ChatGPT for getting information about a whole range of subjects. We know we need to check the reliability of its...

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Vouchers from Beacon, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

I’ve spoken before about small towns coming up with all sorts of ideas to entice visitors to their towns. Having said that, some of the more popular towns are finding themselves overwhelmed with tourists and just wish they’d all...

western australia

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Wyalkatchem Museum's pedal organ gets a workout

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

While we were in the Wyalkatchem Museum, my brother-in-law played a couple of hymns on the pedal organ that was there. I think the instrument could also be called a ‘harmonium’. This one had bellows which were operated by the foot...

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wyalkatchem museum

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'Free books' but not quite

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363128) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Sep

We’ve been away for a few days with Vince’s brother and his grandson. We visited two of the same museums that Vin and I visited on our last road trip. The grandson is about 14, on the autism spectrum and has ADHD. He couldn’t have...

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