Pitstop

@pitstop (15048)

Australia

Joined myLot 19 years ago

Drifting through the wwworld with purpose

Discussions (1552)

Pitstop's Discussions

How Shakespearean are you?

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 30 Apr

I saw this little printout at work (wonder who has the time to do this!) that listed a whole lot of phrases that were apparently created or made popular by Shakespeare. I was surprised as some of them are really common ones we use...

shakespeare

quotes

english

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7 people

Have you been to a maze before?

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 29 Apr

We went to this fun Maze, which is a hedge lined maze that you can get in and have to find your way to the centre and then out. I've posted an aerial pic from their Facebook page, but it was tougher than it seemed. We spent nearly...

maze

fun

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8 people

What does plant based chai (tea) mean? Isn't all tea plant based?

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 28 Apr

I saw this pack of tea at work today and it claimed to be plant based chai (tea). How is that different from all other tea? Isn't all tea (and coffee) got from plants? I wonder if this was a marketing ploy or there was something...

tea

food

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10 people

An interesting tree

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 27 Apr

We went to a hedge maze on Sunday and this was the tree at the entrance. It was obviously maintained and sculpted into that tree, but I loved its shape. I wonder what type of tree it is. Have you seen any interesting trees?

trees

nature

maze

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5 people

Graffiti on a fallen tree trunk

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 26 Apr

We did a walk by a little creek this afternoon and came across several intersting sights. There were fallen tree trunks along the way. While most of them were just left as they were, some had some art on them - like this tree...

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5 people

A sunrise with hills, valleys and kangaroos

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 25 Apr

On our little getaway 2 weeks ago, we stayed at an Airbnb that had such lovely views of the hills and the valleys. Kangaroos hopped around the property and there was no traffic noise at all. Don't you love such blissful...

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10 people

Are these delicious?

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 24 Apr

As delicious as these look, they are not edible! They may pass off as chocolate brownies or cookies, but are actually used coffee grounds that are ready to be thrown. They just look good. I've heard that they can be used in the...

coffee

morning

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7 people

A kite flying festival on Easter Weekend

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 23 Apr

Every Easter weekend, there's a kite flying festival at a beach half an hour away. It was very windy and the first day got rained out. There were lots of kites when we went and a few of them were elaborate. The entire beach was...

kites

beach

australia

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7 people

The three sisters

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 21 Apr

In our visit to the Blue Mountains we saw this sandstone formation called "Three Sisters". You can see the three projections that depict this. Australia has a rich cultural heritage from the Aboriginals and there is a spiritual...

australia

nature

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Valley views last week

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 20 Apr

We did a little escape to the Blue Mountains and spent some awesome time on mountains with valley views and spectacular sunrises. We wished we could have taken a longer break! I'll post a few pics - this one is a view into the...

mountains

australia

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7 people

A not-so-sunrise Easter Morning

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 19 Apr

We met with a few families at the beachside park for an early morning Easter service and the weather did not play nice. After a warm few days, it decided to be cloudy, cold and very windy. The sea and beach looked a little drab....

easter

morning

weather

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7 people

Apples, apples everywhere

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 19 Apr

We spent a couple of hours at an Apple Orchard yesterday. We could pick apples there and pay for what we picked. The apples we plucked off the trees were much juicer and tastier than what we get at the supermarkets - doesn't come...

apples

fruits

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10 people

The inside of the Opera House at Sydney

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 12 Apr

Although most people will recognize the iconic Sydney Opera House from the outside, the inside is just as spectacular. This is the main Concert Hall with one of the largest pipe organs in the world and a capacity of 2000. There...

sydney

australia

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6 people

The Sydney Harbour Bridge by night

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 12 Apr

I had a short touristy visit to Sydney and managed to spend the afternoon and evening in the area with the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Now back in the hotel and ready to leave tomorrow. It's been more than 10 years since...

sydney

australia

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5 people

Flying over the Aussie Outback

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 7 Apr

outback

australia

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6 people

My tryst with coffee art and twisted hearts continues

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 4 Apr

Coffee is best when it's in your mouth or in your tummy. But there is a brief time when it needs to be in a cup and it doesn't really matter how good it looks in the cup - unless you've paid a fortune for it at a coffee shop and...

coffee

morning

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9 people

A bit of modern kids art

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 1 Apr

The school certainly does well in getting the children to try different ways of expressing art. The other day they did this and all the kids stuck their art on the hallway to let the parents see them. My daughter was pretty...

art

kids

school

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8 people

A murky sunset through a dirty car window

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 31 Mar

Well, any sunset is pretty. And this murky little sunset last evening which I observed through my dirty car window was still beautiful. I had an hours wait before my daughter finished her 'tumbling' class and this was my view. The...

sunset

evening

car

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6 people

The layers of coffee

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 31 Mar

I made coffee in a glass tumbler today. I started with milk in the glass that I frother and then let the machine pour the coffee over it. Guess what - it layered like this. The white milk froth floated on top and the clearing...

coffee

milk

art

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8 people

Is it too early to open this coffee?

Pitstop @pitstop (15048) • Australia 29 Mar

The newest coffee beans I bought seemed to be specially brewed for the Easter long weekend which is still 3 weeks away. I ran out of beans this weekend and decided to open it. Have I committed a crime by not waiting for the long...

easter

coffee

weekend

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10 people