Jeff & I ducked out yesterday for a drive to visit our cousins Fiona and Paul. One of their sons Beau is (hopefully) house sitting for us when we go for our hike across Cradle. They are keen bushwalkers and campers and have kindly lent us a few very handy items. (Bushwalking tent for one which will cut down on weight and volume significantly!)
They have a beautiful bit of land – lots of natural bush, plenty of wildlife and peace and quiet!
Such a lucky find! A Black Cockatoo feather!!! Fiona found it but gave it to me! I love the Black Cockatoos… they fly over us often and they are loud and funny. I think they always must be having a great time with life!
One day I will get a more decent photo – like, with the bird attached!
Love the huge manferns!
A good walk through the bush is refreshing for body and soul! We saw lots of great plants, sniffed some ‘pungent’ ones and found fungi, berries and bird nests!
This is kind of cool and kind of sad – Vines grow on some of the trees and wrap around trunks and branches. Sometimes the branches grow around the vines giving it this twisted shape. Sadly, eventually the vine strangles the tree
Back to the house and we had to go see the new little black lamb before we left…
It was nice to get way out of the house for a change – seems like a while since we escaped!
Hope your weekends were fabulous!
Cheers
Lisa, do you know the name of the tree that the lovely firewood came from? What beautiful wood that is!!
Hi Pat – Its really similar to Tasmanian Blackwood, but I will have to ask Paul & Fiona again as I think they said it was something slightly different. Jeff did a bit of carving with it and polished it up with linseed – wow, its gorgeous! Will get back to you on it tho! 🙂
Thank you, Lisa. My husband has done some carving as well. I even tried my hand at it. We have used California Red Wood, and are always on the outlook for interesting wood. Tim has carved loose faces and sometimes birds. In the past we have found some interesting wood that has drifted on our beaches. We are about 1 1/2 hours away from the Oregon’s Pacific Ocean. All sorts of treasures to be found if u look close.?
I love picking up unusual wood/rocks etc. I bet the California Red Wood is gorgeous!