farfly: sandra's travels

Tasmania: Hobart and the coast

skelch — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:02:10 +0000

: Hobart coast

: View of downtown Hobart

: Afternoon sail on the Lord Nelson boat

: The Hobart School of Art

: Mt. Wellington

: Mt.Wellington waterfall

The Hall, Allison and Smith family

: Penny and John Smith

: John and Penny’s house

: Christmas festivities

: Nice picture of Pat and Di…

: Sloop Campground, Bay of Fires, Tasmania

: Amazing view from campsite!

: Bay of Fires, Tasmania

With Artists Jerzy Michaelski (left) and Peter Adams (right) watching the winner come in from the Sydney Hobart yacht race

: Peter Adams sculptures

: Peter’s bench overlooking view on his Nubeena property

: Amazing view from Peter’s Windgrove property, Nubeena

: left view from property

: Gordon Harrison-Williams and Sarah Day with Beautrice and Violet

peacock looking through bedroom window

Savoring the last few moments of the trip!

Melbourne

skelch — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:00:47 +0000

Melbourne's Chinatown

Mira Gojak @ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Ben Nicholson @ NGV

Sean Scully @ NGV

Great Picture of Donald's, @ NGV

Matthew Rogers painting

Samantha Everton, photograph

New Guinea mask---love it!

Coastal Drive: Canberra to Melbourne

skelch — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:57:11 +0000

Donald with friend, Sally

Sally's dim sum hot tub (DF design)

Tuross Head

Gorgeous water here!

Coastal Camping at Aragannu

View of beach from Aragannu Campsite, Mimosa Rocks

Amazing sky our first night at the beach

Ah, the sabbatical life!

Surprise visit from a wallaby

then her estranged teenager showed up to check out the menu

we saw a 2 foot Goanna on a trail

then Donald saw a wombat

The Crimson Rosellas loved Donald's cookies

Blue Bottles wrap themselves around you and sting you in the ocean!

Cute guy at Pambula Beach

Pambula beach

Hiking through the sand dunes

Sand Dunes at Point Hicks

Time to take a shower, Donald

went on a 30 mile hike to/from a lighthouse at the tip

arrived at the Wilson's Prom lighthouse

view from the lighthouse

enjoying beautiful Wilson's Prom

burnt trees from fires, Wilson's Prom

Sydney, Blue Mts., and Canberra

skelch — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:42:42 +0000

The Mad Hatters

Camping in the Blue Mountains with Kerry and Grahm

Dinner with author, Linda Javin

Textile artist, Liz Williamson and Tony Stirton

Glass artist Richard Whitely and wife Anne, Canberra

With artists Tony Twigg and Gina Fairley

Dinner with glass artist Nick Mount, Pauline and Peta

Sculptors David Jenz and Wendy Teakel

Bert Flugelman @ Art Gallery of NSW

Strand Shopping Arcade, Sydney

Dobell Drawing Prize Finalist, AGNSW

Early Ben Nicholson @ AGNSW

Sydney, Australia

skelch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:27:08 +0000

View of the Sydney Opera House from the Botanical Gardens

Close up of Opera House

Sydney Harbor

Sydney College of Art (moved into an Insane Asylum--how perfect!)

Cousin Anna and hubby Gordon

Cousin Jess with daughter Ellie and Trevor

Cousin Becky is 4 months pregnant with twins!

Cousin Sam with girlfriend Sophie

Gorgeous Bondi Beach, Sydney

Bondi Pool overlooking the ocean--how beautiful is this?!

"Sculpture by the Sea" installation

MCA Art Exhibit, Sydney

MCA Art Exhibit

Textile Show, Sydney

Heron Island, Australia

skelch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:25:11 +0000

Heron Island is a small wildlife research island, located near Gladstone at the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef

great trees!

There are birds everywhere here--the noise is intense!

"Noddy Turns" birds make crappy nests--bad design...

nice morning walks: 4:30 am search for turtles, 5:30 am watch the sunrise

Donald found a turtle burying eggs one morning (then back to the water)

The trail back into the water (before the tourist come!)

Donald caught a shark going by in the water behind the turtle

lots of sting rays "skates" in the shallow water in the afternoons

Sharks AND stingrays in the shallow water makes it hard for wimps like me to swim

Sunrise at 6am

Sundown

Turkey Music Tour

skelch — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:33:27 +0000

Tour leader and KALW DJ, Dore Stein, and Turkish singer Sumru Agiryuruyen

Sumru and Cenk Erdogan

Roma Gypsy clarinetist, Selim SeslerSelim's band performance

Nancy, Kent and Turkish friend

Okay Temiz in his studio

Okay Temiz's studio

Hillary plays the water instrument

Donald making noise with Dore

Hillary, Nancy and Brenda

Lunch with the tour group

architecture history tour

We love Istanbul

skelch — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:16:01 +0000

The social scene at the Bosphorus

Staying in the Sultanamed neighborhood

The Ayasofya mosque

Ayasofya interiordetail

The Spice Bazaar

Turkish Delight everywhere!

Kitchen view at the Galata Restaurant

Banksy sighting?

Beautiful wall mural

The Istanbul Biennalle was great

Faces of Istanbul

skelch — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:14:10 +0000

Vienna: 3 days

skelch — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:28:33 +0000

Donald united with brother, Chris

Chris and Ingrid

Schöenbrunn Palace, Vienna

Schöenbrunn Palace grounds, Vienna

Train from Vienna to Istanbul