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1. THE HOUSE …. A Handmade House vs. A Machine – Built House
External View
The motivation for building our hand-made house design
House Posts
Inside the House
OUR LAND OVERALL
ANTHONY, OUR SON, BUILDING HIS TREEHOUSE ON OUR LAND
Chambers Flat Neighborhood Study Project.
Land for Wildlife
Life Began In The Garden
Hand Built Houses vs. Machine Built Houses
2. THE WHOLE GARDEN
1. Front Entry to the House
2. Dipping Pool in April 2016
3. 2010: Front Garden in April, March and October
3. 2022: Front Garden in November
3. Flowers out and work done in July 2016 …..
Post 12: Birdsnest Sculpturing
Britz Van
Post 3: Posts used to Create the Edges of Garden Rooms
Post 1: The Outside Amphitheatre Garden Room
Post 2: The Front Garden Room
Post 4: The Rainforest Garden Room
Post 5: Subtropical Garden Room
Post 6: The Cottage Garden Room
Post 7: Permaculture Garden Room
Post 8: The Dry Australian Bush Garden Room
Post 9: Pots and Hanging Baskets used around the House and in the Garden
Post 10: Ponds in the Garden as Special Garden Rooms
Post 11: Animals and Birds on our Land
3. PAST PERSONAL STORIES
1949 – 2023: Personal History Of Ken Aitken
1950 – 1956: Wilsons Creek Packing Shed as House
1950’s and 1960’s: Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Blackbean Rd.
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Upper Wilsons Creek
1954: The Black Cotton Fishing Story
1960 – 1967: Pathfinder Club Experiences
1960’s: Dad and the Fence
1960’s: Insight Into Owen and Norma Aitken and Our Family
1960’s: Jack & Daphe Aitken Family
1960’s to 2018: The Birds Egg Collection
1960’s: Banana Growing in the 1960’s ….. with Owen & Norma Aitken & Family
1960’s: Brunswick Heads
1968: THE CAIRNS TRIP …… A student experience in 1968
1969: THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE: AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969 …..
1970 to 1974: The Wheels Story ….
1971/2: NORTH WEST ISLAND TRIPS No. 1 & 2
1974: FJ Holden Story
1975: Escort Panel Van
1979: Fraser Island
1980 – 2017: Our Family Growing up ….
1992: Alpine Landscape at Thredbo ….. in Southern Australia in December
1995: A life – changing situation in December
The Upper Room from 1972 – 1975
1997 – 1990: Claire’s Photographs …
1999: BAN MEATA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S VILLAGE in October
2006: Kendall Beach …. December
2007: Roma St. Parklands in Brisbane
2008: Browns House at Wilsons Creek as in January
2008: Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter in March ……
2008: Mt. Tamborine Beacons Rd. Lookout
2008: Rick Aitken Family Connections in January
Rex Lookout
2008: Robert & Tissa Hennig in May
2008: THE QUSDAS REUNION in August
2008: University of Queensland Gardens and Lakes in July
2010: Norma Aitken: My Mum’s House and Garden At Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales …. in January 2010
2011: Queensland: Boonah Farm Collection Day in August
2014: Numinbah Natural Arch … A Visit in August
2017: Wedding with Kieron Jarvis & Claire Aitken …. 24th June
2018: Alton Lodge at Coorangbong in January
2018: Post 1: Holiday in Bowen, North Queensland, Australia, 28th June – 7th July
2018: The Wood Shed, Ulumarra, NSW in August
2019: Hot Air Ballooning …. 8th November ….. via Canungra
2020: A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands in July …. Brisbane
2020: Atherton Tablelands: Post 8. Atherton Tablelands: Post 8. Kuranda
2020: Post 20: Crystal Cascades ….. Atherton Tablelands
2020: SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Best of All Lookout … July
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Fudge Cafe … July 2020
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Purlingbook Falls … July 2020
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Best of all Lookout … July 2020
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 3. Lake Eacham
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 4. Mount Hypipamee Crater
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 9. Barron Falls
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 1. B & B Accommodation Bed & Breakfast Unit On The Atherton Tablelands
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 10. Platypus
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 11. Snorkelling On the Barrier Reef
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 12. Yungaburra
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 13. Yungaburra Steam Sawmill
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 14. Fig Tree
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 15. Rotary Park
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 16. Innot Hot Springs
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 17. Millstream Falls
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 18. Cairns Botanical Gardens
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 2. The Teahouse Cafe on Lake Barrine
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 20. Thai Restaurant in Cairns
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 5. Trip on the Daintree River to look at crocodiles
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 6. The Rex Lookout
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 7. Palm Valley
2020. Atherton Tablelands: The Teahouse Cafe on Lake Barrine
2021: BEDARRA ISLAND in March
2021: Coochiemudlo Island in September
2021: Garden Cafe, Roma St. Parklands
2021: Wyaralong_Dam-Beaudesert
2022: BAROON POCKET DAM AND SECRETS BY THE LAKE in November
2022: CALOUNDRA BEACHES & RIVERS in November
2022: Our Holiday in Caloundra 24th November -1st December
2022: SOUTHBANK IN BRISBANE in August
2022/2. Glass House Mountains August 2022 (See Part 1 which gives a personal connection to the mountains).
A week at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia: 06th-12th August 2023
Exploring The Hiddeness Of Life … In the Mulch and Earth of Life
My Personal Background …..
Off Into The Ice Age …. Overcoming Impossible Odds…
Part 1: Glasshouse Mountains (See Part 2 as to the personal connection to the mountains in 1973).
PART 3. SPIRITUALITY… Christian Worldview as a Source of Life
PERTH 1: Day 1 = 15th September : The Train We Travelled On To Perth
PERTH 10: Day 10 = 23rd. September: Rendezvous Hotel
PERTH 2: Day 2 = 15th September: Barossa Valley Trip
PERTH 2/3: Day 2/3=16-17th September: Nullabor Plains and getting in towards Perth.
PERTH 3: Day 3= 17th September: Cook, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia
PERTH 5: Day 5 = 18th September: Riverside in Perth and the trip down the Swan River to Freemantle and back again.
PERTH 6a: Day 6a. = 19th September: New Norcia
PERTH 6b: Day 6b = 19th September: New Norcia Hostel
PERTH 6c: Day 6c = 19th September: The Pinnacles (Western Australia)
PERTH 9: Day 9=21st September: Wild Flower area in the Bush
PERTH 9: Day 9=22nd September: Maltida Bay
PERTH 9: Day 9=23rd September: Tea Area
PERTH 9: Day 9b=22nd September: Cape Leeuwin
PERTH 9: Day 9c=22nd September: Busselton
Perth: Day 1 – 3 = 14th – 16th September 2022 …. The Train We Travelled On For Three Days to Perth.
PERTH: Day 6a. = 23rd September: Perth City
PERTH: Day 9=20th September: Kings Park
PERTH: Day 9a = 22nd September: The Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company
Perth: Day 9b = 22nd September: Mammoth Cave.
Post 6: Bowen ….. Flagstaff Hill
Post 2: Keiron and Claire Jarvise’s Unit …. Bowen Australia
Post 3: Bowen ….. Collinsville’s Darkest Days
Post 4: Bowen Beaches
Post 5: Bowen ….. Murray Bay Walk
Post 6: Bowen ….. Davison Park BBQ
4. OUR TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD 2003 – 2018.
100 Best Things to Do in Australia
2004 ……. Trip 2: Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia
Amsterdam …. The Venice of the North in July 2013.
An International Perspective ….. Ken and Harriet’s Travel post from 2003 to 2018.
Ken and Harriet’s Travel posts from 2003 to 2018.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
Notes from Wendy Wu
Singapore: Trip 5 (2007) & Trip 14 (2015) & Trip 15 (2017)
Trip 10: Amsterdam to Budapest over Fourteen days. Scenic Tours in July 2013 as our Trip 10.
Trip 11: South African Trip in 2014
Trip 12: Post 1 … 2015 May 9th – 29th …. HOLIDAY OVERSEAS … Istanbul – Venice — Dubai = Overview
Trip 12: Post 12a …. Day 11 = 21st May ITALY … Ravenna
Trip 12: 2015 Post 13 …. Day 12 – 15th = 22nd to 25th May ITALY … Venice
Trip 12: Post 11 …. Day 10 =18th May : GREECE … Preveza
Trip 12: Post 12 ….. Day 12=20th May … Dubrovnik in Croatia
Trip 12: Post 14 …. SINGAPORE AIRPORT ….. on the way home
Trip 12: Post 9 …. Day 8 = 18th May Preveza … Arta 1 = 14th Century Church
Trip 12: Post 9 …. Day 8 =16th May GREECE … Athens
Trip 13: Post 7 …. Day 6 =14th May GREECE … Volos … Monasteries at Monteora in the Countryside
Trip 16: Post 12b …. Day 11 =19th May GREECE … Corfu
Trip 12: Post 2a ….. Day 1 = 9th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … Where We Stayed For Two Days
Trip 12: Post 2b … Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … The Public Garden Next Door
Trip 12: Post 2c ….. Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL Intercontinental Hotel + General Area
Trip 12: Post 2d …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 and 2 = 10 -11th May: Walking Around
Trip 12: Post 4 …… Day 2= 10th May ISTANBUL: Visiting the Blue Mosque or the SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE BLUE MOSQUE
Trip 12: Post 3 …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 =10th May: Topkapi Palace Museum
Trip 12: Post 6 …. GREECE: Day 4 = May 12th May … Dardanelles and Mt. Athos
Trip 12: Post 7a ….. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki
Trip 12: Post 7b …. Day 5 = 13th May GREECE …. Thessaloniki … the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Trip 12: Post 7c …. GREECE: Post 14: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki … The streets
Trip 13: 2015 …. November …. HAMILTON, TASMANIA
Trip 14: THE USA HOLIDAY For Six Weeks from 23rd September – 8th November 2016 .. general overview ….. Post 1
Trip 14: Post 3 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 14: Post 2 … THE USA HOLIDAY …. Philadelphia …. 24th -27th September 2016
Trip 14: Post 4b ….. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Central Park …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 14: Post 4d …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Ferry Trip …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 14: Post4a ….THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: General Overview …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c … THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Metropolitan Museum …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 16: 0a. An Alpine Adventure …. September 2018
0. Albatross tours ‘Alpine Tours Schedule’ Overview.
Day 1. An Alpine Adventure: Zurich in Switzerland ….. the old section: 1st/2nd September 2018
Day 10. An Alpine Adventure: Glacier Express … 10 – 11th September 2018
Day 10b. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Klosters …. 10 – 11th September 2018
Day 11. An Alpine Adventure: Klosters Alpina Hotel = 10th -11th September 2018
Day 11b. An Alpine Adventure: Cable Car at Klosters
Day 14b. An Alpine Adventure: Coffee at Garda on Lake Garda 13-14th September 2018
Day 15. An Alpine Adventure: 15th September 2018 …. Sirmione on Lake Garda
Day 15b. An Alpine Adventure: The Farm Winery Redaelli De Zinis Valtenesi in Lake Garda …. 16th September 2018
Day 16. An Alpine Adventure: Sforzesco Castle – (Sforza Castle)
Day 17a. An Alpine Adventure: Milan
Day 17b. ITALY: Milan …. The Dumo Cathedral ….. 17th September 2018
Day 17c. Milan…. the Old Shopping Centre ….. 20th – 21st September 2017
Day 2. An Alpine Adventure: Church and Courtyard
Day 3. An Alpine Adventure: CHAMONIX 2nd – 3rd September 2018
Day 4a. An Alpine Adventure: Mageve …. 5th September 2018
Day 4b. An Alpine Adventure: Annecy ….. 5th September 2018
Day 6a. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Grindelwald …. a cozy Swiss ski town
Day 6c. An Alpine Adventure: Grindelwald …. the Cable Car Ride
Day 7a. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Bern ….. A City in Switzerland …. 8th September 2018
Day 7b. An Alpine Adventure: Bern ….. The Capital City of Switzerland
Day 8. An Alpine Adventure: The Impressive Trümmelbach Falls near Lauterbrunnen
Day 9. An Alpine Adventure: Zermatt …. 9-10th September 2018
Hong Kong
Trip 16: Day 14. An Alpine Adventure: Verona in Upper Italy …. 15th September 2018
Trip 16: Day 14a. An Alpine Adventure: Verona in Upper Italy …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square …. 20th – 21st September 2017
Trip 17: Day 11a. An Alpine Adventure: Klosters Museum = 11th September 2018
Unknown Town
Day 14c: An Alpine Adventure: Copy 2 …. Coffee at Garda on Lake Garda 13-14th September 2018
Day 2. An Alpine Adventure: Geneva …. 2nd September 2018
Day 0b.3. An Alpine Adventure: The People on the Tour …. Albatross Tours to Europe
Day 5. An Alpine Adventure: Chillon Castle ….. 6th September 2018
Day 6. An Alpine Adventure: Gruyers ….. the medieval town
Day 6b. An Alpine Adventure: Grindelwald …. a cozy Swiss ski town
Day 6b. An Alpine Adventure: Hotel Grindelwalderhof ….. where we stayed for two days: 6th-7th September 2018
Day 10a. An Alpine Adventure: Chur …. Switzerland’s Oldest City …. Started in 3,000 BC.
Day 12a. An Alpine Adventure: Hotel Caesius Thermae and Spa Resort at Bardolino (Italy).
Day 13b. An Alpine Adventure: Coffee at Bolzano …… 13th September 2018
Day 13a. An Alpine Adventure: …. The Fort from 1277 A.D. …. 14th September 2018
Trip 16: 2017: MEDITERRANEAN SEA and ITALY
Trip 16: Assisi: The Cathedral = 18th September 2017
Trip 16: Assisi: The Hotel We Stayed In = 18th – 19th September 2017
Trip 16: Assisi: The Town = 18th -19th September 2017
Roof Tiles from Assisi
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. 22nd = Bellagio near Hotel Belvedere
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 = Hotel Belevedere
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Ferry to Varenna on the other side of the Lake …..
Trip 16: Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Varenna walking along the side of Lake Como for about a kilometre…..
Trip 16: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel
Trip 16: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square
Trip 16d: ITALY: Milan Streets … 2017: 23rd – 24th September.
Trip 3: 2005: The Italy Trip …. General Overview ……. Post 1
Aurelian Walls ….. Post 8
Trip 3: A history of flooding in the sinking city of Venice – in pictures = Post 7
Trip 3: EARLY ROME …. First Century = Post 3
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in CINQUE TERRE= Post 6
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. SORRENTO: The Valley Of The Mills = Post 2
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. POMPEII = Post 4
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. Ravello = Post 9
Trip 3: Leaning Tower of Pisa 2005 … Post 5
Trip 3: Winter in Venice …. from an email … Post 7
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 …. Stopover in Singapore Post 1
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. Rodin Museum = Post 3
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. France – Brittany Holiday = Post 2
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. MONT-SAINT-MICHEL and its Bay + Photos …. Post 4
Trip 4: CHATEAUX de VILLANDRY …. The Gardens on the East Side (Chateau of the Loire Valley) = Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: Post 1
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. Ayres Rock (Uluru): Post 8
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: …. In Central Australia: ….. Alice Springs: Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … Kakadu National Park: Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … The Olgas : Post 7
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006: In Central Australia ….. GUNLOM: Post 2
Trip 9: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KINGS CANYON …. Post 9
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KATHERINE GORGE …. Post 3
Trip 9: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: YELLOW WATER, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK : Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. In Central Australia: Bus Trip to AYRES ROCK (ULURU) …. Post 6
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver Sun Yat Garden: Post 2
Trip 7: Post 1: The New Zealand Travel Blog May 2010
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony: Post 8
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. Pacific Horizon …. Hired Camper Van: Post 1a
Trip 7: New Zealand, Akaroa and the Bays : 11 May 2010: Post 2
Trip 7: New Zealand, Geraldine: 11 May 2010 ….. Post 3
Trip 7: New Zealand, Lake Tepko: 11 May 2010 ….. Post 4
Trip 7: New Zealand, Ashburton: 11 May 2010 …… Post 5
Trip 7: New Zealand, Milford Sound: 11th May 2010 ….. Post 6
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. Larnach Castle, Dunedin ….. Post 7
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Lunch and Dinner as a Group
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … 13th October: Shanghai Generally
Trip 8: CHINA TRIP: DAY: 10th – 28th October = 19 days
Talk about a collapsed market ……
Trip 7: CHINA HOLIDAY in 6th October 2011: Yu Gardens
Trip 8 CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 20-21 ….. Heizee Hotel/Xian
Trip 8 CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 7…. Factory for the Terracotta Warriors
Trip 8: 2011 CHINA TRIP: DAY 7: Temple of Heaven
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 2 …. 13th October … Beijing Rickshaw Ride
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Days 16-17 … October 25-26th … Two days in Shanghai City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 11th 20th October … Xian
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 …. Summer Palace
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 ….. 21st October … Old Xian Wall
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 …… 20th October … Little Wild Goose Pagoda and Park
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12, 21st October … Tang Dynasty Performance
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Days 16-17 … Yu Garden ….. Shanghai City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY 2011: Day 4 …. Beijing = Forbidden City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … 13th October: Beijing Generally
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 14: Dengfeng
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 8 ……16th October: Wutaishan
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 8 ……17th October: Taiyan
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Bund
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. City at Night
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Museum
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Shanghai Airport
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 3 ……12th October ….. Beijing …….. Tiananmen Square
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 5 .. 15th October ……. The Great Wall of China …. the Badaling Section.
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Peking Opera
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: 13th October …. Hanging Monastery
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: 16th October …. Yungan Grottoes
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 9 …. October …. Shanghai …… Xintiandi
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 9…. Pingyao
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 6th October 2011: Daton
Trip 8: CHINA TRIP: DAY 10: 10th – 28th October …… Silk Factory ….. Shanghai City
Trip7: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 7…. 16th October …. Wutaishan
Trip 9: 2012 ……The Kimberleys in Western Australia ….. for two weeks
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY ….. in May 2003 ….. Overview …. Post 1
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. STONEHENGE May 2003 …. 1st week ….. Post 4
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: Devon generally ….. Post 2
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: STOURHEAD GARDEN ….. Week 2: Post 3
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. CITY OF LONDON May 2003 …. 4th week ….. Post 5
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA: 2015 27th November – 13th December
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA: 2015, 27th November – 13th December
Trip 16: Post 1a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. 16 Days to Discover Japan ….. 05 – 19th April 2017
Peace Garden
Trip 15: Harriet’s Photos … Japan
Trip 15: Post 11b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11b (Harriet’s Photos) of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11c … OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Traditional Tea Ceremony in city of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 15th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11d …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kimonos Display with models …. Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11e ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Togetsu Bridge in the City of KYOTO= Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 13 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. NARA – KYOTO: Temple Todaiji with deers …. Day 13 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 14b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Shitenno Ji Temple in KYOTO …. Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 15 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Temple Kiyomizo dera in the City of KYOTO … Day 13 of 16:16th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 3 ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Teien Gardens in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 4c ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Asakusa Kannon Temple in the City of TOKYO = Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 7a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Bullet Train from Tokyo to Nagano …. Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Gotemba Peace Park
Trip 15: Post 7b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Nangano to Matsumoto = Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 7c …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Umedas Sky Building in Osaka …. Day 7 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 9a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hida Folk Village in the City of Takayama = Day 9 of 16: ….12th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 9b ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Takayama Festival Matsuii Museum …. Day 9 of 16: 12th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 2: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Singapore …. Day 1 of 16: 5th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 3: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Cruise on the Sumida River in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April 2017
Trip 15: POST 3b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Gardens in TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 3c: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Sjinjuku Municipal Observation Building …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 5: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN: Cherry Blossom season just starting in early April in Japan ….. 05 – 19th, April 2017
POST 3d: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Meiji Jingu Garden in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 4a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO …. Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
POST 4b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 4 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Oshino Hakkai = Day 5 of 16: 8th April, 2017
POST 10: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kenroku-en Garden in the city of KANAZAWA …. Day 10 of 16: 13th April, 2017
POST 11a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
POST 14a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Osaka Castle = Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Post 1
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Granville Island in Vancouver … After our return to Vancouver: Post 9
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …….. NIAGARA FALLS …. Post 11
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….Toronto: Dinner With Yolanda: Post 10
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Niagara Falls in 1911, 2014 & 2015 = Post 13
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PEI ….The Serendipity Bed and Breakfast Inn: Post 17
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – Anne of Green Gables: Post 16
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. in NORTHERN ALASKA: Post 3
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. To JUNEAU in ALASKA: Post 4
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. JUNEAU in ALASKA ….. The Walk to the Mendenhall Glacier: Post 5
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. SKAGWAY in ALASKA : Post 6
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. LIARSVILLE in SKAGWAY in ALASKA: Post 7
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Glacier Bay in Alaska … Our return to Vancouver: Post 8
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Niagara Falls … the parks of Niagara City: Post 12
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Lunch with the Zielonkos: Post 18 ….. A post for Claire our Daughter
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Ontario Pioneer Camp in Eastern Canada: Post 15
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Quebec City: Post 14
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Brockville Harbour: Post 20
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: the Diner we went to on Prince Edward Island: Post 19
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. VENICE: The 500 year old City
5. MY PAST WORK
Fischer Garden Brookfield Brisbane ….
Greenmount Beach Resort 1980 – 2008
McAnalen Pool from 1982, Brisbane, Daisy Hill ….
Richardson Garden Runaway Bay, Gold Coast in 2009 ….. 16 years on from when the garden was built.
Sheehan Garden in October 2007 (1984 – 2007)
Slinger Garden 1988
6. PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
40 pieces of advice you may benefit by for the rest of your life …..
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
Against All Odds
Are We Listening? …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Are You a Reason, Season or Lifetime Person?
Attitude Of The 92-year Old Lady …..
Biblical Creationism vs. Secular Creationism by Evolution and Chance ….
The nature of DNA illustrates the creatorship of God …..
Very interesting – The human body …..
Human Compassion…..What a wonderful example!
Never too busy for a friend!
SPIRITUALITY FROM JESUS CHRIST AND THE CREATION
Spirituality is quite different to Religion
The Cab Ride
The Dam
The Garden of Life …..
The Glass Of Milk
The Old Phone: “Information Please” …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality.
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Sustainable Life is a life of wholeness ….
The Value of Affirmation …… Via my friend Chip Hedges
Title 7% ….. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Top 50 Ways to Make Someone’s Monday
Top 50 Ways to Make Someone’s Monday …. not Friday when you leave work ……
Understanding Postmodernism
7. The Recycled Man ….…. who had two lives as at July 2023
8. KEN AND HARRIET’S PLACE ….. Funny Stories
At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
Billy Connolly’s 13 things I hate about people …..
DIARY OF A NEW BRIDE
Do you think English is easy?
Extreme fatuousness in marketing
From Brisbane to Sydney.
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED …..
How some business is done! …. via Tim Wilbur
I Hope You Dance Via Theo Catsoulis …… My friend in Australia
Just for fun …. CHANGE ONE LETTER OF THE BOTTOM WORD POSTED AND SEE WHO GETS STUCK AND CAN’T CONTINUE!
Lessons from the Geese …. via Ria Strong
Railroads – The Power of Engineering Logic
Subject: FW: A short quiz. Good one!
THE BRICK …..
The Dam via Chip Hedges
The Meaning of Life is but one’s perspective! ….. via Janifer Cronk
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Power of Creativity ….
The Simple Glass Of Milk …..
The Train Story … A student experience in 1969
9. POINTS TO PONDER ….
10. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE
1. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September. Garden No. 1
2. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September …. Garden No. 2
3. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September …. Garden No. 3
B. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September: Botanical Gardens.
i. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September = Springtime in Queensland Australia in 2015…. Introduction
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Mt.Tamborine …. the Knoll for lunch and a walk 07.03.19
Palm Grove, Mt. Tamborine, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
The Cottage Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
The Possum …..
The Rainforest Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
11. Past Sent E-mails …..
A heart warming story …. A TRUE ACT OF KINDNESS ….
Home
1. THE HOUSE …. A Handmade House vs. A Machine – Built House
External View
The motivation for building our hand-made house design
House Posts
Inside the House
OUR LAND OVERALL
ANTHONY, OUR SON, BUILDING HIS TREEHOUSE ON OUR LAND
Chambers Flat Neighborhood Study Project.
Land for Wildlife
Life Began In The Garden
Hand Built Houses vs. Machine Built Houses
2. THE WHOLE GARDEN
1. Front Entry to the House
2. Dipping Pool in April 2016
3. 2010: Front Garden in April, March and October
3. 2022: Front Garden in November
3. Flowers out and work done in July 2016 …..
Post 12: Birdsnest Sculpturing
Britz Van
Post 3: Posts used to Create the Edges of Garden Rooms
Post 1: The Outside Amphitheatre Garden Room
Post 2: The Front Garden Room
Post 4: The Rainforest Garden Room
Post 5: Subtropical Garden Room
Post 6: The Cottage Garden Room
Post 7: Permaculture Garden Room
Post 8: The Dry Australian Bush Garden Room
Post 9: Pots and Hanging Baskets used around the House and in the Garden
Post 10: Ponds in the Garden as Special Garden Rooms
Post 11: Animals and Birds on our Land
3. PAST PERSONAL STORIES
1949 – 2023: Personal History Of Ken Aitken
1950 – 1956: Wilsons Creek Packing Shed as House
1950’s and 1960’s: Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Blackbean Rd.
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Upper Wilsons Creek
1954: The Black Cotton Fishing Story
1960 – 1967: Pathfinder Club Experiences
1960’s: Dad and the Fence
1960’s: Insight Into Owen and Norma Aitken and Our Family
1960’s: Jack & Daphe Aitken Family
1960’s to 2018: The Birds Egg Collection
1960’s: Banana Growing in the 1960’s ….. with Owen & Norma Aitken & Family
1960’s: Brunswick Heads
1968: THE CAIRNS TRIP …… A student experience in 1968
1969: THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE: AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969 …..
1970 to 1974: The Wheels Story ….
1971/2: NORTH WEST ISLAND TRIPS No. 1 & 2
1974: FJ Holden Story
1975: Escort Panel Van
1979: Fraser Island
1980 – 2017: Our Family Growing up ….
1992: Alpine Landscape at Thredbo ….. in Southern Australia in December
1995: A life – changing situation in December
The Upper Room from 1972 – 1975
1997 – 1990: Claire’s Photographs …
1999: BAN MEATA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S VILLAGE in October
2006: Kendall Beach …. December
2007: Roma St. Parklands in Brisbane
2008: Browns House at Wilsons Creek as in January
2008: Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter in March ……
2008: Mt. Tamborine Beacons Rd. Lookout
2008: Rick Aitken Family Connections in January
Rex Lookout
2008: Robert & Tissa Hennig in May
2008: THE QUSDAS REUNION in August
2008: University of Queensland Gardens and Lakes in July
2010: Norma Aitken: My Mum’s House and Garden At Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales …. in January 2010
2011: Queensland: Boonah Farm Collection Day in August
2014: Numinbah Natural Arch … A Visit in August
2017: Wedding with Kieron Jarvis & Claire Aitken …. 24th June
2018: Alton Lodge at Coorangbong in January
2018: Post 1: Holiday in Bowen, North Queensland, Australia, 28th June – 7th July
2018: The Wood Shed, Ulumarra, NSW in August
2019: Hot Air Ballooning …. 8th November ….. via Canungra
2020: A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands in July …. Brisbane
2020: Atherton Tablelands: Post 8. Atherton Tablelands: Post 8. Kuranda
2020: Post 20: Crystal Cascades ….. Atherton Tablelands
2020: SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Best of All Lookout … July
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Fudge Cafe … July 2020
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Purlingbook Falls … July 2020
SPRINGBROOK NATIONAL PARK: Best of all Lookout … July 2020
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 3. Lake Eacham
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 4. Mount Hypipamee Crater
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 9. Barron Falls
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 1. B & B Accommodation Bed & Breakfast Unit On The Atherton Tablelands
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 10. Platypus
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 11. Snorkelling On the Barrier Reef
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 12. Yungaburra
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 13. Yungaburra Steam Sawmill
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 14. Fig Tree
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 15. Rotary Park
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 16. Innot Hot Springs
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 17. Millstream Falls
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 18. Cairns Botanical Gardens
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 2. The Teahouse Cafe on Lake Barrine
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 20. Thai Restaurant in Cairns
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 5. Trip on the Daintree River to look at crocodiles
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 6. The Rex Lookout
2020. Atherton Tablelands: Post 7. Palm Valley
2020. Atherton Tablelands: The Teahouse Cafe on Lake Barrine
2021: BEDARRA ISLAND in March
2021: Coochiemudlo Island in September
2021: Garden Cafe, Roma St. Parklands
2021: Wyaralong_Dam-Beaudesert
2022: BAROON POCKET DAM AND SECRETS BY THE LAKE in November
2022: CALOUNDRA BEACHES & RIVERS in November
2022: Our Holiday in Caloundra 24th November -1st December
2022: SOUTHBANK IN BRISBANE in August
2022/2. Glass House Mountains August 2022 (See Part 1 which gives a personal connection to the mountains).
A week at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia: 06th-12th August 2023
Exploring The Hiddeness Of Life … In the Mulch and Earth of Life
My Personal Background …..
Off Into The Ice Age …. Overcoming Impossible Odds…
Part 1: Glasshouse Mountains (See Part 2 as to the personal connection to the mountains in 1973).
PART 3. SPIRITUALITY… Christian Worldview as a Source of Life
PERTH 1: Day 1 = 15th September : The Train We Travelled On To Perth
PERTH 10: Day 10 = 23rd. September: Rendezvous Hotel
PERTH 2: Day 2 = 15th September: Barossa Valley Trip
PERTH 2/3: Day 2/3=16-17th September: Nullabor Plains and getting in towards Perth.
PERTH 3: Day 3= 17th September: Cook, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia
PERTH 5: Day 5 = 18th September: Riverside in Perth and the trip down the Swan River to Freemantle and back again.
PERTH 6a: Day 6a. = 19th September: New Norcia
PERTH 6b: Day 6b = 19th September: New Norcia Hostel
PERTH 6c: Day 6c = 19th September: The Pinnacles (Western Australia)
PERTH 9: Day 9=21st September: Wild Flower area in the Bush
PERTH 9: Day 9=22nd September: Maltida Bay
PERTH 9: Day 9=23rd September: Tea Area
PERTH 9: Day 9b=22nd September: Cape Leeuwin
PERTH 9: Day 9c=22nd September: Busselton
Perth: Day 1 – 3 = 14th – 16th September 2022 …. The Train We Travelled On For Three Days to Perth.
PERTH: Day 6a. = 23rd September: Perth City
PERTH: Day 9=20th September: Kings Park
PERTH: Day 9a = 22nd September: The Cheeky Monkey Brewing Company
Perth: Day 9b = 22nd September: Mammoth Cave.
Post 6: Bowen ….. Flagstaff Hill
Post 2: Keiron and Claire Jarvise’s Unit …. Bowen Australia
Post 3: Bowen ….. Collinsville’s Darkest Days
Post 4: Bowen Beaches
Post 5: Bowen ….. Murray Bay Walk
Post 6: Bowen ….. Davison Park BBQ
4. OUR TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD 2003 – 2018.
100 Best Things to Do in Australia
2004 ……. Trip 2: Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia
Amsterdam …. The Venice of the North in July 2013.
An International Perspective ….. Ken and Harriet’s Travel post from 2003 to 2018.
Ken and Harriet’s Travel posts from 2003 to 2018.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
Notes from Wendy Wu
Singapore: Trip 5 (2007) & Trip 14 (2015) & Trip 15 (2017)
Trip 10: Amsterdam to Budapest over Fourteen days. Scenic Tours in July 2013 as our Trip 10.
Trip 11: South African Trip in 2014
Trip 12: Post 1 … 2015 May 9th – 29th …. HOLIDAY OVERSEAS … Istanbul – Venice — Dubai = Overview
Trip 12: Post 12a …. Day 11 = 21st May ITALY … Ravenna
Trip 12: 2015 Post 13 …. Day 12 – 15th = 22nd to 25th May ITALY … Venice
Trip 12: Post 11 …. Day 10 =18th May : GREECE … Preveza
Trip 12: Post 12 ….. Day 12=20th May … Dubrovnik in Croatia
Trip 12: Post 14 …. SINGAPORE AIRPORT ….. on the way home
Trip 12: Post 9 …. Day 8 = 18th May Preveza … Arta 1 = 14th Century Church
Trip 12: Post 9 …. Day 8 =16th May GREECE … Athens
Trip 13: Post 7 …. Day 6 =14th May GREECE … Volos … Monasteries at Monteora in the Countryside
Trip 16: Post 12b …. Day 11 =19th May GREECE … Corfu
Trip 12: Post 2a ….. Day 1 = 9th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … Where We Stayed For Two Days
Trip 12: Post 2b … Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … The Public Garden Next Door
Trip 12: Post 2c ….. Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL Intercontinental Hotel + General Area
Trip 12: Post 2d …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 and 2 = 10 -11th May: Walking Around
Trip 12: Post 4 …… Day 2= 10th May ISTANBUL: Visiting the Blue Mosque or the SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE BLUE MOSQUE
Trip 12: Post 3 …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 =10th May: Topkapi Palace Museum
Trip 12: Post 6 …. GREECE: Day 4 = May 12th May … Dardanelles and Mt. Athos
Trip 12: Post 7a ….. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki
Trip 12: Post 7b …. Day 5 = 13th May GREECE …. Thessaloniki … the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Trip 12: Post 7c …. GREECE: Post 14: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki … The streets
Trip 13: 2015 …. November …. HAMILTON, TASMANIA
Trip 14: THE USA HOLIDAY For Six Weeks from 23rd September – 8th November 2016 .. general overview ….. Post 1
Trip 14: Post 3 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 14: Post 2 … THE USA HOLIDAY …. Philadelphia …. 24th -27th September 2016
Trip 14: Post 4b ….. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Central Park …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 14: Post 4d …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Ferry Trip …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 14: Post4a ….THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: General Overview …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c … THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Metropolitan Museum …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 16: 0a. An Alpine Adventure …. September 2018
0. Albatross tours ‘Alpine Tours Schedule’ Overview.
Day 1. An Alpine Adventure: Zurich in Switzerland ….. the old section: 1st/2nd September 2018
Day 10. An Alpine Adventure: Glacier Express … 10 – 11th September 2018
Day 10b. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Klosters …. 10 – 11th September 2018
Day 11. An Alpine Adventure: Klosters Alpina Hotel = 10th -11th September 2018
Day 11b. An Alpine Adventure: Cable Car at Klosters
Day 14b. An Alpine Adventure: Coffee at Garda on Lake Garda 13-14th September 2018
Day 15. An Alpine Adventure: 15th September 2018 …. Sirmione on Lake Garda
Day 15b. An Alpine Adventure: The Farm Winery Redaelli De Zinis Valtenesi in Lake Garda …. 16th September 2018
Day 16. An Alpine Adventure: Sforzesco Castle – (Sforza Castle)
Day 17a. An Alpine Adventure: Milan
Day 17b. ITALY: Milan …. The Dumo Cathedral ….. 17th September 2018
Day 17c. Milan…. the Old Shopping Centre ….. 20th – 21st September 2017
Day 2. An Alpine Adventure: Church and Courtyard
Day 3. An Alpine Adventure: CHAMONIX 2nd – 3rd September 2018
Day 4a. An Alpine Adventure: Mageve …. 5th September 2018
Day 4b. An Alpine Adventure: Annecy ….. 5th September 2018
Day 6a. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Grindelwald …. a cozy Swiss ski town
Day 6c. An Alpine Adventure: Grindelwald …. the Cable Car Ride
Day 7a. An Alpine Adventure: Bus to Bern ….. A City in Switzerland …. 8th September 2018
Day 7b. An Alpine Adventure: Bern ….. The Capital City of Switzerland
Day 8. An Alpine Adventure: The Impressive Trümmelbach Falls near Lauterbrunnen
Day 9. An Alpine Adventure: Zermatt …. 9-10th September 2018
Hong Kong
Trip 16: Day 14. An Alpine Adventure: Verona in Upper Italy …. 15th September 2018
Trip 16: Day 14a. An Alpine Adventure: Verona in Upper Italy …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square …. 20th – 21st September 2017
Trip 17: Day 11a. An Alpine Adventure: Klosters Museum = 11th September 2018
Unknown Town
Day 14c: An Alpine Adventure: Copy 2 …. Coffee at Garda on Lake Garda 13-14th September 2018
Day 2. An Alpine Adventure: Geneva …. 2nd September 2018
Day 0b.3. An Alpine Adventure: The People on the Tour …. Albatross Tours to Europe
Day 5. An Alpine Adventure: Chillon Castle ….. 6th September 2018
Day 6. An Alpine Adventure: Gruyers ….. the medieval town
Day 6b. An Alpine Adventure: Grindelwald …. a cozy Swiss ski town
Day 6b. An Alpine Adventure: Hotel Grindelwalderhof ….. where we stayed for two days: 6th-7th September 2018
Day 10a. An Alpine Adventure: Chur …. Switzerland’s Oldest City …. Started in 3,000 BC.
Day 12a. An Alpine Adventure: Hotel Caesius Thermae and Spa Resort at Bardolino (Italy).
Day 13b. An Alpine Adventure: Coffee at Bolzano …… 13th September 2018
Day 13a. An Alpine Adventure: …. The Fort from 1277 A.D. …. 14th September 2018
Trip 16: 2017: MEDITERRANEAN SEA and ITALY
Trip 16: Assisi: The Cathedral = 18th September 2017
Trip 16: Assisi: The Hotel We Stayed In = 18th – 19th September 2017
Trip 16: Assisi: The Town = 18th -19th September 2017
Roof Tiles from Assisi
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. 22nd = Bellagio near Hotel Belvedere
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 = Hotel Belevedere
Trip 16: Bellagio … Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Ferry to Varenna on the other side of the Lake …..
Trip 16: Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Varenna walking along the side of Lake Como for about a kilometre…..
Trip 16: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel
Trip 16: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square
Trip 16d: ITALY: Milan Streets … 2017: 23rd – 24th September.
Trip 3: 2005: The Italy Trip …. General Overview ……. Post 1
Aurelian Walls ….. Post 8
Trip 3: A history of flooding in the sinking city of Venice – in pictures = Post 7
Trip 3: EARLY ROME …. First Century = Post 3
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in CINQUE TERRE= Post 6
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. SORRENTO: The Valley Of The Mills = Post 2
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. POMPEII = Post 4
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in ….. Ravello = Post 9
Trip 3: Leaning Tower of Pisa 2005 … Post 5
Trip 3: Winter in Venice …. from an email … Post 7
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 …. Stopover in Singapore Post 1
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. Rodin Museum = Post 3
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. France – Brittany Holiday = Post 2
Trip 4: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. MONT-SAINT-MICHEL and its Bay + Photos …. Post 4
Trip 4: CHATEAUX de VILLANDRY …. The Gardens on the East Side (Chateau of the Loire Valley) = Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: Post 1
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. Ayres Rock (Uluru): Post 8
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: …. In Central Australia: ….. Alice Springs: Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … Kakadu National Park: Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … The Olgas : Post 7
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006: In Central Australia ….. GUNLOM: Post 2
Trip 9: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KINGS CANYON …. Post 9
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KATHERINE GORGE …. Post 3
Trip 9: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: YELLOW WATER, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK : Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. In Central Australia: Bus Trip to AYRES ROCK (ULURU) …. Post 6
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver Sun Yat Garden: Post 2
Trip 7: Post 1: The New Zealand Travel Blog May 2010
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony: Post 8
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. Pacific Horizon …. Hired Camper Van: Post 1a
Trip 7: New Zealand, Akaroa and the Bays : 11 May 2010: Post 2
Trip 7: New Zealand, Geraldine: 11 May 2010 ….. Post 3
Trip 7: New Zealand, Lake Tepko: 11 May 2010 ….. Post 4
Trip 7: New Zealand, Ashburton: 11 May 2010 …… Post 5
Trip 7: New Zealand, Milford Sound: 11th May 2010 ….. Post 6
Trip 7: The New Zealand …. Larnach Castle, Dunedin ….. Post 7
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Lunch and Dinner as a Group
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … 13th October: Shanghai Generally
Trip 8: CHINA TRIP: DAY: 10th – 28th October = 19 days
Talk about a collapsed market ……
Trip 7: CHINA HOLIDAY in 6th October 2011: Yu Gardens
Trip 8 CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 20-21 ….. Heizee Hotel/Xian
Trip 8 CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 7…. Factory for the Terracotta Warriors
Trip 8: 2011 CHINA TRIP: DAY 7: Temple of Heaven
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 2 …. 13th October … Beijing Rickshaw Ride
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Days 16-17 … October 25-26th … Two days in Shanghai City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 11th 20th October … Xian
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 …. Summer Palace
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 ….. 21st October … Old Xian Wall
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12 …… 20th October … Little Wild Goose Pagoda and Park
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Day 12, 21st October … Tang Dynasty Performance
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: Days 16-17 … Yu Garden ….. Shanghai City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY 2011: Day 4 …. Beijing = Forbidden City
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … 13th October: Beijing Generally
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 14: Dengfeng
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 8 ……16th October: Wutaishan
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Day 8 ……17th October: Taiyan
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Bund
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. City at Night
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Museum
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … October: Shanghai ….. Shanghai Airport
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 3 ……12th October ….. Beijing …….. Tiananmen Square
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 5 .. 15th October ……. The Great Wall of China …. the Badaling Section.
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011 … Peking Opera
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: 13th October …. Hanging Monastery
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: 16th October …. Yungan Grottoes
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 9 …. October …. Shanghai …… Xintiandi
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 9…. Pingyao
Trip 8: CHINA HOLIDAY in 6th October 2011: Daton
Trip 8: CHINA TRIP: DAY 10: 10th – 28th October …… Silk Factory ….. Shanghai City
Trip7: CHINA HOLIDAY in 2011: Day 7…. 16th October …. Wutaishan
Trip 9: 2012 ……The Kimberleys in Western Australia ….. for two weeks
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY ….. in May 2003 ….. Overview …. Post 1
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. STONEHENGE May 2003 …. 1st week ….. Post 4
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: Devon generally ….. Post 2
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: STOURHEAD GARDEN ….. Week 2: Post 3
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. CITY OF LONDON May 2003 …. 4th week ….. Post 5
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA: 2015 27th November – 13th December
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA: 2015, 27th November – 13th December
Trip 16: Post 1a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. 16 Days to Discover Japan ….. 05 – 19th April 2017
Peace Garden
Trip 15: Harriet’s Photos … Japan
Trip 15: Post 11b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11b (Harriet’s Photos) of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11c … OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Traditional Tea Ceremony in city of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 15th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11d …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kimonos Display with models …. Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 11e ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Togetsu Bridge in the City of KYOTO= Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 13 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. NARA – KYOTO: Temple Todaiji with deers …. Day 13 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 14b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Shitenno Ji Temple in KYOTO …. Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 15 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Temple Kiyomizo dera in the City of KYOTO … Day 13 of 16:16th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 3 ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Teien Gardens in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 4c ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Asakusa Kannon Temple in the City of TOKYO = Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 7a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Bullet Train from Tokyo to Nagano …. Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Gotemba Peace Park
Trip 15: Post 7b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Nangano to Matsumoto = Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 7c …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Umedas Sky Building in Osaka …. Day 7 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 9a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hida Folk Village in the City of Takayama = Day 9 of 16: ….12th April, 2017
Trip 15: Post 9b ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Takayama Festival Matsuii Museum …. Day 9 of 16: 12th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 2: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Singapore …. Day 1 of 16: 5th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 3: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Cruise on the Sumida River in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April 2017
Trip 15: POST 3b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Gardens in TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 3c: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Sjinjuku Municipal Observation Building …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 5: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN: Cherry Blossom season just starting in early April in Japan ….. 05 – 19th, April 2017
POST 3d: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Meiji Jingu Garden in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 15: POST 4a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO …. Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
POST 4b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 4 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Oshino Hakkai = Day 5 of 16: 8th April, 2017
POST 10: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kenroku-en Garden in the city of KANAZAWA …. Day 10 of 16: 13th April, 2017
POST 11a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
POST 14a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Osaka Castle = Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Post 1
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Granville Island in Vancouver … After our return to Vancouver: Post 9
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …….. NIAGARA FALLS …. Post 11
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….Toronto: Dinner With Yolanda: Post 10
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Niagara Falls in 1911, 2014 & 2015 = Post 13
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PEI ….The Serendipity Bed and Breakfast Inn: Post 17
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – Anne of Green Gables: Post 16
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. in NORTHERN ALASKA: Post 3
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. To JUNEAU in ALASKA: Post 4
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. JUNEAU in ALASKA ….. The Walk to the Mendenhall Glacier: Post 5
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. SKAGWAY in ALASKA : Post 6
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. LIARSVILLE in SKAGWAY in ALASKA: Post 7
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Glacier Bay in Alaska … Our return to Vancouver: Post 8
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Niagara Falls … the parks of Niagara City: Post 12
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Lunch with the Zielonkos: Post 18 ….. A post for Claire our Daughter
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Ontario Pioneer Camp in Eastern Canada: Post 15
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Quebec City: Post 14
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Brockville Harbour: Post 20
Trip 5: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: the Diner we went to on Prince Edward Island: Post 19
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. VENICE: The 500 year old City
5. MY PAST WORK
Fischer Garden Brookfield Brisbane ….
Greenmount Beach Resort 1980 – 2008
McAnalen Pool from 1982, Brisbane, Daisy Hill ….
Richardson Garden Runaway Bay, Gold Coast in 2009 ….. 16 years on from when the garden was built.
Sheehan Garden in October 2007 (1984 – 2007)
Slinger Garden 1988
6. PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
40 pieces of advice you may benefit by for the rest of your life …..
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
Against All Odds
Are We Listening? …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Are You a Reason, Season or Lifetime Person?
Attitude Of The 92-year Old Lady …..
Biblical Creationism vs. Secular Creationism by Evolution and Chance ….
The nature of DNA illustrates the creatorship of God …..
Very interesting – The human body …..
Human Compassion…..What a wonderful example!
Never too busy for a friend!
SPIRITUALITY FROM JESUS CHRIST AND THE CREATION
Spirituality is quite different to Religion
The Cab Ride
The Dam
The Garden of Life …..
The Glass Of Milk
The Old Phone: “Information Please” …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality.
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Sustainable Life is a life of wholeness ….
The Value of Affirmation …… Via my friend Chip Hedges
Title 7% ….. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Top 50 Ways to Make Someone’s Monday
Top 50 Ways to Make Someone’s Monday …. not Friday when you leave work ……
Understanding Postmodernism
7. The Recycled Man ….…. who had two lives as at July 2023
8. KEN AND HARRIET’S PLACE ….. Funny Stories
At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
Billy Connolly’s 13 things I hate about people …..
DIARY OF A NEW BRIDE
Do you think English is easy?
Extreme fatuousness in marketing
From Brisbane to Sydney.
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED …..
How some business is done! …. via Tim Wilbur
I Hope You Dance Via Theo Catsoulis …… My friend in Australia
Just for fun …. CHANGE ONE LETTER OF THE BOTTOM WORD POSTED AND SEE WHO GETS STUCK AND CAN’T CONTINUE!
Lessons from the Geese …. via Ria Strong
Railroads – The Power of Engineering Logic
Subject: FW: A short quiz. Good one!
THE BRICK …..
The Dam via Chip Hedges
The Meaning of Life is but one’s perspective! ….. via Janifer Cronk
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Power of Creativity ….
The Simple Glass Of Milk …..
The Train Story … A student experience in 1969
9. POINTS TO PONDER ….
10. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE
1. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September. Garden No. 1
2. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September …. Garden No. 2
3. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September …. Garden No. 3
B. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September 2019 = Springtime in Queensland, Australia in ……… 27th September: Botanical Gardens.
i. Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September = Springtime in Queensland Australia in 2015…. Introduction
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Mt.Tamborine …. the Knoll for lunch and a walk 07.03.19
Palm Grove, Mt. Tamborine, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
The Cottage Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
The Possum …..
The Rainforest Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
11. Past Sent E-mails …..
A heart warming story …. A TRUE ACT OF KINDNESS ….
Personal Experiences
Trip 16: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel
