The world’s oldest operating picture garden. It is National Trust heritage listed and still showing multiple movies each night.

Sunset in Broome at Gantheaume Point

Egyptomania in Broome at the Japanese Cemetery.

Coffee in Broome!

The northern end of the Ningaloo World Heritage area plus some secret squirrel stuff for submarine comms.

Three whales at Exmouth/Ningaloo, heading north on their migration, slapping the water together with their pectoral fins. These whales swam alongside, then in front of, the catamaran we were on yesterday afternoon, as we headed back to Tantabiddi Boat Ramp. Photo taken by hubby, Victor Clarke.

Tree and termite mound on the road to Exmouth, Western Australia, 19 June 2026, just before sunset

If you’re into Space History, you know the importance of this radio telescope to Apollo 13. Clue: Carnarvon, WA!

Headed to Monkey Mia

Francois Peron National Park.

Lunch with a view and chilled music. What more could I want?

The Old Pearler Restaurant in Denham, constructed from Seashells! It’s next door to the place we’re staying in.

On the road to Denham in Western Australia to experience the wonders of Monkey Mia, Francois Peron National Park and the Shark Bay UNESCO listed world heritage area.

Kalbarri National Park, Nanda Country, on Western Australia’s Coral Coast.

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Time to sample one of the jewels in WA’s crown….WA rock lobster. So a new take on fish and chips: half lobster (at market price) and chips with a glass of something lovely from WA’s Margaret River.

Look who’s joining me for brekkie.

Rest in Peace, Professor Richard Scolyer, former Australian of the Year, cancer advocate and all round good person. Our country is the poorer for losing you. Thinking of your family, friends and colleagues. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

The view for Sunday lunch on Rottnest.

Strategies for keeping Quokkas at bay: shoes required @ Isola on Rottnest.

A quokka doing quokka things.

Headed to the Quokka capital of the world.

06:00 departure from Sydney! Planes queued up now that the curfew is over for the day (there’s a curfew because Kingsford Smith is essentially in the centre of Sydney). International flights touch down from 05:30.

A Shared Table with Yotam Ottolenghi (m.c. Poh Ling Yeow). Just YUM. The headline event for Vivid Sydney’s food aspect.

Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate Eid al-Adha. Wishing you, your families and friends much happiness and joy.

Origin 1, 2026

Vivid Sydney 2026 - Sydney Opera House

At Barrie Cassidy & Friends discussing the state of the nation at #SWF

Changed my social media profile header today to show everyone Gebel Qatrani, about 6 km from Widan el-Faras, where the basalt for the floor of Khufu's mortuary temple was quarried.

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

May be of interest: Greece introduces new law to tackle art forgery www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/09/g...

The new Glasshouse Theatre in BrisVegas ahead of The Last Ship featuring Sting.

May be of interest. A Cambridge Element on Archeoastronomy has been published. It is available to download until 2 April 2026: Archaeoastronomy. Data Collection and Analysis by A. César González-García (2026) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

A reminder that ancient Egyptians had some very similar concerns to us today. We see them through the Letters to the Dead. An article by Maarten Hoogland looks at these fascinating communications: arce.org/resource/the... 1 of 2

We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note

May be of interest. New publication in the Cambridge Elements Series: Elements in the Archaeology of Food available to download for free until 16 March 2026. Hunting and Eating Symbols by Associate Professor Nerissa Russell, 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/element... 1/

New publication in the Cambridge Elements series: Ancient Egypt in Context available to download for free until 20 March 2026: Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt by Dr Daniela Candelora (2026). www.cambridge.org/core/element...

An interesting piece archive.mlst.ai/read/why-cre...

Some house p0rn

Ramadan Kareem to all who celebrate.

Where was I when I took this photo? Wong answers only.....you know the rules.....

Egypt appoints new culture minister: Egyptologist Gihane Zaki. www.dailynewsegypt.com/2026/02/10/p...

A new article on metallurgy in the Old Kingdom using a philological lens: Decoding Ancient Egyptian Metalworking: A Textual Analysis of Old Kingdom Iconography in Enki & Ptah 1: 179-199 by Ahmed Mansour, Director, Writing and Scripts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina 1/

C.W. Child burials in the ancient Egyptian archaeological record. Whilst people are very familiar with the Egyptian love of life and the wish to continue it after death, albeit in a different way, we often forget about the littlest members of the community: children. 1/

A scene reconstructed from relief fragments of Queen Ankhenespepy II with Bastet. From the GEM. Carved in limestone. Accession numbers GEM 82728-9. I only merged the photos in the last day or so... Photos taken on 3 December 2025.

Newish (2025) UNESCO Publication — Mural Paintings at the Tomb of Amenhotep III: 20 Years of Conservation in Ancient Thebes The story of conserving the tomb of King Amenhotep III. The tomb is open to visit by special permission and the cost is high, 1 of 2

For all those who wonder what riches could have been in a king's burial, have a look at some of the burial equipment of Queen Hetepheres, wife of Sneferu, the first king of Dynasty 4 and mother of Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. 1/

can’t see federal Labor politicians dressed in the colours of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to express their solidarity and collective outrage at this terrifying attack at a First Nations event. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... It's good to see hate laws being applied equally to Jewish haters as well. This clown would only stir up trouble, further divide us and put both our Jewish and Muslim Communities at risk due to his vile hate.

For fans of hieratic, additional components of the translation of Georg Möller's works into English have been posted on EEF at: www.egyptologyforum.org/bbs/Stablefo...