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The Cascades and Turpins Falls...

30/9/2018

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Forgive me dear reader for I have sinned. It’s been over a month since my last confession. I’ve been a bit busy this past month and after fulfilling the time quotas I have for being annoying to my better half, taking naps, inhaling popcorn and generally being lazy, there’s often no time for writing.
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But here I am, back to tell you about the time I went to Metcalfe and discovered The Cascades. I say “discovered”, but I don’t mean in the sense that a great explorer might have discovered an uninhabited island. Oh no....it was very clear someone had been here before me.  Picnic tables!
The Cascades | Catherine Bailey Photography
Well, this is mighty purty!

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Tieve Tara at Mt Macedon...

4/6/2018

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Right, well it's officially Winter. Ugh, I can feel my insides getting colder already.

​Garden wandering again....this time in Mount Macedon. You'd think by the number of posts on this blog that contain trees, leaves, flowers and other bits of organic-based tat, that I actually enjoy gardening. I don't particularly, and I know stuff-all about it, but I hated the back dirt we used to have so I thought I'd have a crack at growing stuff. I do like the fruits of my labours when I can walk out the back and pick some basil and capsicum, et viola! I'm halfway to dinner! This guy was so perfectly formed, it was almost a crime to eat him so I photographed him for prosperity. Or to show off. 
Red capsicum | Catherine Bailey Photography
Some people just eat them

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Naracoorte Caves and Bunjil's Shelter...

16/4/2018

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What's next I hear you ask? Well....it's Victoria Fossil Cave at Naracoorte in SA! Yaaaayyyy!!!  [And the crowd are going wild!] Yes, it appears that many moons ago, in the time before The Internet, people actually socialised with each other, and went outdoors and explored stuff. And some guys explored so much that they eventually found a cave with loads of fossils in it, and they got all excited and shouted “Victoria!” instead of “Eureka!” and that’s how the Victoria Fossil Cave was named.  Possibly.
Victoria fossil cave at Naracoorte Caves
Well, this looks nice...

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Kennett River...

25/2/2018

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The other week I took myself out of the People’s Republic of Moreland and ventured to The Coast. Being the pale skinned, sun allergic tragic that I am, this isn’t something that happens often. Or at all. But I was bored of watching hipsters drink coffee and eat watermelon, and some members of my family had stupidly put themselves within driving distance, so I set off to annoy them for a couple of days.
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Kennett River is about two and a half hours drive from my place. Unless someone decides they want to pull up a sizeable chunk of the Great Ocean Road in the guise of ‘roadworks’, in which case it takes about a week. Fortunately, I had brought pumpkin seeds and crisps, so I wouldn’t starve. It turned out that I wasn’t the only one who likes crisps.

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A month in which not much happened...

28/8/2017

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Well, that's not strictly true: 
  • I drove almost 500km to get to Goulburn Weir and back (don't ask...it's a skill);
  • Bestie's little bloke turned 2 (mmm...cake);
  • We had an ant plague;
  • I submitted photos to the International Color Awards (it's American based, hence the spelling; I know how to spell colour properly. See, I just did it then); 
  • Bestie's little bloke broke his leg good and proper;
  • New Steven Wilson album turned up (post office redeemed themselves by NOT hanging on to it for 2 weeks like they did with my last parcel that I had to make 5 visits to find...but I'm not bitter)
Goulburn Weir
Cake!
Ant plague
Orchid
Broken leg
Steven Wilson To The Bone
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Halls Gap Zoo...

16/3/2017

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Did you know Halls Gap has a zoo? Well it does, and it's definitely worth a visit. Go now. Well, at least go when it's open. And you have a spare couple of hours. It's got about 150 different species and lots of them are free range (not the ones that will kill you..obviously) and you can hand feed some of them.
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Melbourne Zoo...

16/5/2016

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​Went to the zoo to check out the new Lemur Island where King Julien and his minion lemurs are free range but oh so aloof! Lots of them were hanging around looking like they’re doing yoga or directing traffic or just plotting the demise of the entire human race.
Lemur at Melbourne Zoo
WTF are YOU lookin' at?!?!?
Lemurs at Melbourne Zoo
Humans on all sides...just ripe for attacking

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Furry friends...

15/11/2015

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People often given their pets odd names. If I had a cat, I'd call it Ferris Mewler. Does that make me odd?

These are Bestie's fur kids. Check out their names and judge for yourself.
Maine Coon cat
Duke Nukem*
Picture
Falkor*
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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Sunny day in Melbourne...

5/11/2015

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Me and Nic Granleese (www.nicgranleese.com) went on another walk around Melbourne one morning on a reccy for an upcoming job for a utility company. It didn't rain.
Bird on drinking fountain
Birds get thirsty too
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Behind the scenes session at Melbourne Zoo...

26/3/2013

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This is Silva, an Australian Fur Seal, at Melbourne Zoo. Silva’s keepers explained that she’d lost her partner of many years and in order to combat depression, they were trying to keep her busy by teaching her to paint.
Australian Fur Seal | Catherine Bailey Photography
"If you'd just autograph it here, Ms Silva..."

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A day at the zoo...

24/3/2013

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A ramble around Melbourne Zoo on a stinking hot March day, hanging out with friends, eating ice cream, bonding with a seal - what's not to like about that?
Meer Cat | Catherine Bailey Photography
Whatchoo lookin' at?

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Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary...

15/3/2013

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After spending a couple of hours by the pool drinking cocktails, Flashie and I had an idea that we might hire a driver again the next day and nick off to the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary. Because who doesn't love a Sanctuary in the middle of big cat country? Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but the Sanctuary is apparently a jungle resort set among rollings hills, and the area is supposedly frequented by panthers, leopards and swamp lynx so hopefully we wouldn't get ambushed by a trilogy of felines with a hankering for human kibble.

We filled up with a decent breakfast and headed out towards Ponda and into the mountains to have a walk around the Bondla Zoo Circuit. It’s not a big place; you can get around it in an hour easily enough but calling it a sanctuary is a fair stretch.
Snow Leopard | Catherine Bailey Photography
"That human over there looks tasty.."

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Dawn over Mandrem Beach Pt II ...

4/3/2013

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Dawn/sunrise beach happenings. Yoga, running....some people are just too energetic in the morning. It's easy enough to be upright at dawn when the weather's warm but I can't see the appeal during winter. Wait, but it's winter in Goa now! Perhaps I wouldn't sleep at all if it was summer time. 

I walked for 2 and a half hours so I had two breakfasts that morning. That’s normal, right??
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Monkeys and temples...

23/2/2013

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If you had a competition for best big temple-like structure in Hampi and it was judged by monkeys, which one would win?
Group of monkeys in Hampi | Catherine Bailey Photography
"Oooh...what are they building over there?!?"
I have to confess, I totally love the ramshackle corrugated tin number. A for effort, surely?
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Creatures

23/12/2012

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Rabbit (in the shade), fairy wren (in the scrub), echidna (in the bush), duck (in the pond).
Rabbit | Catherine Bailey Photography
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Echidna | Catherine Bailey Photography
Duck | Catherine Bailey Photography
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Northern Territory, 2012 - Critters

9/7/2012

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​This poor turtle was trying to cross the road towards a swamp on a 35+ day and it was being dive bombed by a magpie with a bad attitude. I considered his options for as long as it took to take his picture: magpie’s lunch, squashed by a bus full of tourists (there was one coming) or human intervention?
Turtle on roadway | Catherine Bailey Photography
"It's not bad enough that the road's scorching and this leaf is really heavy...and now the paparazzi turn up."

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CERES Harvest Festival

23/3/2012

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Every autumn, the CERES Community Environment Park in East Brunswick has a Harvest Festival which involves lots of fresh fruit and vegies, demonstrations of all things green, musicians and storytellers, roaming chooks, face painting (not just for kids!), a cake competition, people riding tall bikes, compost making activities (mostly for kids) and the odd pig.
CERES Harvest Festival sign | Catherine Bailey Photography
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Ramble in the Dandenongs...

15/2/2012

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B​efore uni started again and before my French buddy Eva left to go travelling her way back to Europe and beyond, we went to the Dandenong Ranges for the day. With the same intention as our trip to the 12 Apostles last November, we just rambled and photographed whatever we wanted to, just for the hell of it.

​And we fed cockies!
Cockatoo | Catherine Bailey Photography
Ere! Have you got food?
Cockatoos | Catherine Bailey Photography
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