Another landfall is imminent near Cape Shield as Cyclone #Narelle wraps up its trek across the Gulf of Carpentaria. bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/

21st March 2026 Excitement today in our own backyard!! Clyve found that an echidna (adult) had “parked” between our bins. We gave him some time and he neatly reversed out and then wandered under the gate and into the backyard. Watching him scratch was funny. #lifeinacountrytown

20th March 2026 Autumn colour and collecting dinner on the way home. Look at the size of that mushroom - yes it is a mushroom.

19th March 2026 A local bee pauses for a drink from our birdbath on at hot afternoon.

18th March 2026 Flocking and getting ready to fly down the range to warmer parts for the winter.

17th March 2026 These 2 looked like they’ve been sprung!!!

16th March 2026 One of the larger local “garden ornaments” we get here in Trentham. Male Eastern Grey Kangaroo who has to be at least 2mtrs/6’+ tall!!

15th March 2026 The amazing difference in color when eucalyptus leaves are backlit by the sun. Iphone17Pro Edit LR

14th March 2026 Australian rural art.

13th March 2026 Old pub in Ballarat - the way it might have looked back in the 1800s

12th March 2026 47 days before this……

11th March 2026 Approaching cold front.

10th March 2026 Playing with a different way of ‘seeing’ with the iPhone.

9th March 2026 Polly’s got his cracker lol. Sitting there supervising us cooking dinner while nibbling delicately. That beak has a bite force of 250-350 psi!!!!

8th March 2026 Soon!!!!

7th March 2026 Autumn morning in Trentham.

6th March 2026 We ventured into Melbourne to a friend’s apartment for the afternoon. Such a difference to our little village of 1200 people!!

5th March 2026 A restful day. Coffee, a walk back home along the creek and catching up on some reading. Delightful!!

4th March 2026 The beautiful details in gardens this autumn.

3rd March 2026 Tonight's total lunar eclipse. Had to battle the cloud as totality arrived but pretty happy with handlheld shots at 400mm and then cropped. Trentham, Victoria

2nd March 2026 47.4mm of rain. The ducks, the frogs and these guys, are delighted.

1st March 2026 The “Labradors of the Sky” descended upon us today. Someone told them there was wholewheat pasta in the offing.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms extending across northern VIC and southern NSW, as an upper trough interacts with the tropical air mass over central Australia.

28th February 2026 The art of the hydrangea. End of summer.

27th February 2026 The penultimate day of our Australian summer. We went stormchasing W and SW of Trentham.

26th February 2026 We went exploring the new train tunnel in Melbourne today.

25th February 2026 When the local ducks take over your driveway!!!! #livinginacountrytown

24th February 2026 Must admit we did enjoy a good lightning show!!!! SW of Kyneton, Victoria.

23rd February 2026 Love, love, love our Australian bush, and this is in the middle of our little town along the creek. Zoom in for amazing detail!!!

22nd February 2026 Photography. Just images I loved taking.

21st February 2026 Autumn is tiptoeing ever closer….

20th February 2026 The perks of living in a village in Australia. All of these images taken on my walk home from the supermarket.

19th February 2026 Australians will put a mural anywhere they can find. It’s wonderful!!!! In the carpark of an electrical store in Kyneton, Victoria

18th February 2026 One of our wild cockatoos dropped in for the first time in a couple of weeks. Photo through 2 windows.

17th February 2026 A morning of medical tests. After not being able to eat for 24 hours, any food tasted wonderful. Currently demolishing a block of chocolate.

Looking west among the Twelve Apostles (or now seven & a half of them) In Victoria. A long exposure image has calmed the waves here but it’s still a wild, windswept shipwreck coastline.

16th February 2026 Trentham streets on a late summer morning stroll.

15th February 2026 Soon!!! ChasingtheWeatherUSA2026

14th February 2026 Back in my own bed for the first time in 4 months. Everyone we’ve hosted has gone.

13th February 2026 Dropped our US friend at the airport and had donuts in the way home.

12th February 2026 Heading home. Peaceful back here behind 2 front seat chatterers

11th February 2026 Down along The Great Ocean Road to the Twelve Apostles.

10th February 2026 Apollo Bay, Victoria. Playing with iPhone, watching waves, chasing koalas.

9th February 2026 Rock patterns Apollo Bay.

8th February 2026 We chased a storm after having dinner in Kyneton this evening.

7th February 2026 Spotted on our way into Melbourne early this morning.

6th February 2026 Remember the Australian movie/series “Picnic at Hanging Rock”? I climbed it today with our US visitor.

5th February 2026 We explored Melbourne through new eyes with an American friend. Eureka Tower at 935’ was a favourite.

4th February 2026 Hanging Rock north of Mt Macedon, Victoria

3rd February 2026 Looking down on Melbourne from the hills. I used to drive this road to and from work in Melbourne every day. 100km/60miles each way. Enjoyed the drive. Don’t miss getting up at 4.45am each day though.