Judy Evans

@JudyEv (358310)

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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The loss of a leg

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 11h

We watched an amazing two-part documentary showing the rescue of a 66-year-old Lithuanian white-water rafter, Valdas Bieliauskas, who slipped on a rock while negotiating the Franklin River in Tasmania. Valdas was travelling with a...

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Don't slide down the banisters

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 16h

We visited New Norcia on our recent road trip. It is named after Norcia in Italy where St Benedict and his twin sister, St Scholastica, were born. St Benedict founded the Benedictine monastic system and New Norcia is Australia’s...

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benedictine monks

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German backpacker found in the outback

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 18h

The big news in Western Australia over the last week has been the search for a German backpacker, Carolina Wilga. The 26-year-old was missing for ten days in rough country east of Beacon but was found Friday afternoon and is now...

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german backpacker

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The Ettamogah Hotel, Cunderdin, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jul

Australia once had a weekly paper called the Australasian Post. One of the features of the magazine was the cartoons penned by Ken Maynard. The cartoons featured a pub called the Etamogah, named after an area in New South Wales...

western australia

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Time for another funny sign

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jul

Wyalkatchem Museum was very impressive. There were four large sheds full of old tractors and farm machinery and other rooms holding household items and memorabilia. There was room for items to be spaced out and everything looked...

western australia

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Cars for kids

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jul

In the Chittering Museum, we saw these model cars that someone had made. All they need to make them go is a battery. Pedal cars are probably more common but imagine how kids would enjoy driving these around. The metalwork is very...

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chittering museum

battery operated model cars

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Getting messages to loved ones during the war

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jul

Apart from being in the same museum as the information below, the photo has nothing to do with the discussion. John Charles Peters was born in 1890 and taught in Muchea, Western Australia, for 21 years, before taking over the...

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chittering museum

short wave radio

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Oh for small towns and quiet roads

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Jul

We’ve recently had two short road trips. It’s winter in Australia and not really tourist season but we still get a lot of sunny weather. We headed east into the country areas, through small towns and countryside. It struck me...

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Living in the sticks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Jul

Ted, Annie Pergande and their only child, Teresa, lived in what many Australians would call ‘the sticks’, meaning well out of town in an isolated area. Ted went to an area out of Mt Marshall, Western Australia, in 1910 and his...

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edward pergande

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Not much left of what was once a happy home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul

I wrote about the sheep yards at Pergande’s farm at Mt Marshall. The Pergandes were very community-minded. Once Ted Pergande got the farm established, he and his wife created a swimming pool at the base of the rock. They then...

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edward pergande

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Do you know the name for this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul

The notice says that this model that shows the orbits of the sun, moon and earth is a tellurium. This one was in the Wyalkatchem Museum and was assembled by Richard Wilkinson, who was a scientist and teacher at Toodyay in Western...

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Using what's at hand - granite sheepyards

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul

While travelling, we took a ten kms detour out to some old sheep yards. It was a gravel road and quite rough but that’s okay. We were heading for an area of land at Mt Marshall that was taken up by Edward Pergande around 1910....

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edward pergande

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Small things amuse small minds

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jul

I had to take the photo above. I’ve seen similar patterns in the dirt many times and always marvel at time. Well, you know what they say – small things amuse small minds. The upper part of the photo is a rock which...

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The things they don't tell you at the time

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jul

The photo is of a kitchenette that was in the Chittering/Bindoon Museum but doesn’t have much connection to the following, just that it was in the same building. There were several rooms devoted to World War I and II. One map...

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chittering museum

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May I have this dance please?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jul

When we saw this board in the Shackleton Hall showing old-time dances, it took us back many years to the time Vince played drums in a dance band. The group called themselves the Evergreens and played for old-time dances. The...

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old time dancing

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Can you see the pattern in the cement?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jul

The image shows part of the netting and cement which the local people used to create the swimming pool at Gorge Rock. I wrote about Gorge Rock last discussion. Can you see the pattern of the wire in the cement? The pool was 68...

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rock formations

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Another of West Australia's hidden gems

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Jul

Gorge Rock is a natural rock formation just a few miles from Corrigin in Western Australia. Settlers in the area moved a hall from the goldfields region to Gorge Rock in 1920 and for the next ten years, regular dances were held...

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rock formations

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Australia's day of shame on the cricket pitch

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Jul

We’ve been on two road trips recently, both quite short. Soon after we set off on the first one, we realised we had very little cash with us. The only pin number Vin could remember was for Bendigo Bank. We weren’t likely to need...

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tin horse highway

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Decorous accommodation for respectable couples

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Jul

The historic town of York in Western Australia trades on its past in a way. Some shops have old-fashioned products on ancient shelving and signage has terminology more suited to the early 20th century. The image shows the...

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Have you ever been the cow's tail?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (358310) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Jul

Vince’s brother stayed with us last night. We always enjoy his company and last night was no exception. He always stays overnight if he comes for dinner. That way, we can all enjoy a wine without him having to worry about driving...

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