{"id":2254,"date":"2014-03-10T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T04:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2014-03-10T14:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T04:32:59","slug":"a-catch-up-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"A catch up post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all….<\/p>\n

It has certainly been a while since I have added to my blog. Even though the blog has been quiet, we certainly havn’t been, never seeming to have enough hours in the day !!!!<\/p>\n

We have been continuing our work on our “bush block”, always finding something more to do to improve it.<\/p>\n

I sadly lost my beautiful Dad in January. He passed away, after having an incredible life of 92 years, knowing he had achieved so much. His final goal was having his biography published just prior to passing away.<\/p>\n

We have spent more time traveling and exploring Tassie, boating on the Derwent River and enjoying nights on the boat. I will let my photos show some of our movements. We especially enjoy staying over in the protective waters of Bruny Island .Bruny Island has a population of around 620 and is deceptively large, being about 100 km’s in length. Bruny is made up of a North and South Island which are separated by a narrow isthmus, “the neck”. North Bruny Island, drier than the south, is made up largely of open pastures and light bushland, whilst South Bruny is hilly, heavily timbered and includes large rainforest areas. At the far south of the Island is the Famous Cape Bruny Lighthouse overlooking some of the highest sea cliffs in the southern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

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We love walking regularly on our beach at home….”Goats Beach”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A jetty at Bruny Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The beaches near home are beautiful and very peaceful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A regular visitor to our weather vane on one of our sheds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Our rooster has grown and spends all his time guarding his chooks… a night time photo (a bit fuzzy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A sailing boat drifted onto the sand overnight last week while we were sleeping on our boat at Bruny Island. Mal is in his little tender boat in the picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rock faces with sheer drops into the ocean… Bruny Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"A<\/a>
A larger boat came to the rescue, to tow the marooned boat off the sand and oyster shells.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"These<\/a>
These swans visited us regularly on Bruny…obviously very tame as they ate from our hands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bruny<\/a>
Bruny Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A very soft sunset one evening from the boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Watching<\/a>
Watching Wild Oats win the Sydney to Hobart race again this year… I don’t know who enjoyed it the most, Molly, Mal or Michael !!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A bit hazy…. Wild Oats with media helicopter coming up the Derwent River near home… left click on photo for a clearer image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Molly<\/a>
Molly is a very gentle and NOW happy dog after being rescued from a shocking cruel life in Grafton NSW (she had been tied up permanently, beaten and not fed very often. She suffered with very bad malnutrition.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hobart<\/a>
Hobart from the top of Mount Wellington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boating<\/a>
Boating under the Tasman Bridge Hobart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A peaceful night on the boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hi all…. It has certainly been a while since I have added to my blog. Even though the blog has been quiet, we certainly havn’t been, never seeming to have enough hours in the day !!!! We have been continuing our work on our “bush block”, always finding something more to do to improve it. … Continue reading A catch up post<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tasmania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2273,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}