Camping, photography and other ramblings
If you’ve read my previous post, Confessions of a novice beekeeper – Part 4, you’ll know we’ve procured our NUC of bees. So, after allowing them to orientate for a couple of days, it was relocation day, where we move Read More …
Ok, so I have a brand new, beautifully painted hive in the backyard but no bees. Unfortunately, beekeeping isn’t like Kevin Costner’s “Field of Dreams”. So, despite having an empty hive, it’s very rare for a population of bees to Read More …
I placed my order for a Flow Hive 2+, the third major iteration of the product, in May ’21, receiving my hive in June. It comes flat-packed in a couple of environmentally friendly protected boxes and the setup is very Read More …
What is, and why Flow Hive? To really understand what the Flow Hive is I suggest you check out the Flow Hive website or simply Google them. But, as a quick intro, the Flow Hive comes with a preformed plastic Read More …
Back in 2015, I came across an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign for a revolutionary new type of beehive, one that allowed you to harvest your honey by tap, called the Flow Hive. Although I’d never kept bees before or was even Read More …
As per the classic Cold Chisel song, we’re “back in Bow River” barring this being our first visit, but here we are at Waalitchup Farmhouse in Bow Bridge, approx. midway between Denmark and Walpole. A working beef and aquaculture farm, Read More …
If you follow our blog, you’ll know our recently planned caravanning trip from Perth to Qld lasted all of 1day, with only 150 of the 15,000kms completed. Read here for more info if interested. Well, what to do with two Read More …
Over 12months in the planning and preparation, anticipation high and we’re off! Thursday 29th July, Jules and I headed off on our long awaited 9week trip to Qld and back. Our long term travel buddy, Rod, had ordered a new Read More …
Yep, that’s right. This trip we headed off to the Big Apple, which all Sandgropers know, is Donnybrook, about 200kms south of Perth. Our long time camping buddy BJ recommended the Donnybrook Transit Park to us the other week and Read More …
A couple weeks back our youngest daughter Georgia had her 21st birthday and as part of her celebrations, she decided she wanted to go camping with our normal camping crew, down at Dryandra. Luckily for us, Dryandra is one of Read More …
My mate Rod invited me out on a day trip around the Dalwallinu area, approximately 230kms North East of Perth to explore and shoot some of the areas extraordinarily coloured salt lakes. He wanted to get some video of the Read More …
This time last year we were reviewing 2019 and wondering what 2020 would bring. We were also just starting to hear snippets of news about a virus in China but, like most people assumed it would never impact us…. We Read More …
It so happened that Jules’ birthday fell on the same weekend that the guys had booked to stay at Molloy Island for a short fishing trip so we decided to tag along. Molloy Island Caravan Park sits on the banks Read More …
So, for those that don’t know, I’m a little bit infatuated with Peacock Jumping Spiders and if you don’t know what I’m talking about I suggest you quickly check out this YouTube video before reading the rest of this blog.. Read More …
For a few months in 2013 I got into photographing water droplets and the little explosions they create when they splash into a pool of water. My first attempts were very hit and miss, but I eventually followed some internet Read More …