Urbanfood in Canberra

It was a long road trip to Melbourne and back. Down the coast road through Eden on the way then back up the Hume Highway home. Both ways had their great moments. Travelling is the journey not the destination. The trams in St Kilda were a cool way to get in and out of the city. Now we are home again.

What is beautiful

 Alex, Nick and Tom

 Sugarloaf Mountain, Castlecrag

 Nick, Avalon Beach

 Balmoral Beach

Sydney sunset skies and its an early Spring

13 Rooms at Pier 2/3 Hickson Rd Walsh Bay 11-21 April 2013

 the queue

 into this popular art exhibit was worth waiting in

 John Kaldor, Australia's most influential patron of the modern arts

 inside each room had its own white box and a door, some rooms had their own queues

 Thirteen Colourful Inside Jobs 2013 by John Baldessari

 Twins 1992 by Damien Hirst

 Georgia and Paris Taia - who spoke when asked questions to

We went to 13 Rooms curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach, the 27th Kaldor Public Art Project. There were lots of people queued up for this free event. One of the rooms was 45cm tall and had one person lying in it with a ceiling lamp. I didn't feel comfortable photoing this person in such an uncomfortable space. Another of the rooms I really liked as the artists were inside it on a small plinth - two young women - Sarah Clark and Nicole Beaumont - the artist was Clark Beaumont and the room called Coexisting 2013. The two women were twined around each other and spoke softly to one another. I thought that this room had a beautifully edged vulnerability and truth about it. This was my favourite room. I like the centreing effect of female energy.

Sydney Harbour from Milson's Point

Bebeah Gardens in Mount Wilson

 

 

On Easter Monday we travelled to Mount Wilson, to visit the Cathedral of Ferns and see one of the public gardens. We chose to visit Bebeah's 12 Acres of Magnificent Gardens, and they were magnificent. With walks and follies, a lake and a bridge. Maybe if you are in the Blue Mountains you can visit them for yourself. The cool climate of the Blue Mountains allows the early Autumn weeks to see in the first flush of autumn leaves and there is even a Turkish Bath House within the historical features of Mount Wilson. In the Church cemetary were the graves of past residents whose families listed the name of the properties they once lived in. The village is full of the trees of England and Scotland. Beyond the village is remnant Basalt capped soils leading to the rainforests surrounding this quietly beautiful place.

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Happy 72nd Birthday Dad, hope you have had a great day!!!

Anish Kapoor at MCA Sydney

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At the year's end

Hi everyone,
it wasn't the best year for my blog writing - hey, I was too busy out there living my life. However it was more technological you see I can't blog to possumhomeontherange with photos from my Iphone. Yes the awful truth about Apple's hold on inter app relationships as they prefer you to facebook, for which they no doubt receive $$. So that combined with my secondment to Oberon High School saw me only post to you when I finally got back onto the home PC. As those of you who follow my life know it was qualifying as a professional bush regenerator that shaped my life this year. Now field work is my favourite activity. However as soon as I have come back to my beloved Castlecrag for the holidays it has started raining, so its a good time to get out there and plant tube stock. Other than this it will be visits to Avalon Beach and Bookocinno with the odd side trip to the movies that keeps me going. I hope that you have a wonderful and amazing 2013!
love,
Terese

Best of 2012

 Guyoto monk creating the sand mandala at The Bondi Pavillion, Easter 2012 which will later be swept into the ocean at Bondi Beach in a gesture of impermanence

 Richard Blacklock won The Restoration Award in the Willoughby City Council Heritage Awards 2012 for his owner builder restoration of the Boatshed Cottage in Castlecrag

 The supermoon rising over Port Macquarie 2012. I travelled back to Sydney during its rising from the Nature Council Conference in Coffs Harbour, and went straight to TAFE CLM III class.

 Nicholas in the ECC Coastal Saltmarsh of Castlecrag where I did field work for my major TAFE assignment for which I was awarded a Distinction.

 The tidal flat in the mangroves, Sugarloaf Bay, Castlecrag.

 Tom's grafitti moniker - Morse

 Ancient lichen in Mowbray Park on tree trunk

 Cave grotto on Castlecrag Point

 Harold Reid Reserve from Sugarloaf Bay, Castlecrag at sunset

 Calistemon seed collected by Lilly Pilly Indigenous Landscapes 2012

 Blue duck egg at Tuscan Waters on National Trust bush regeneration site I worked on

 Female buddha in the Botanical Gardens

 Holding orphan wombat at Oberon High School in staff room

 Aerial shot of Castlecrag looking like a sea horse head

 Gemini moon over Harold Reid Reserve, morning Castlecrag

 Muhammad Ali painting by Year 9 St Josephs College, Oberon purchased at auction by me

 Rachel Sinclair, English/Drama teacher Oberon High School 2012 at Yr 12 grad

 Terese Hayward Learning Support Teacher Oberon High School at Yr 12 grad

 Nye Griffiths at Clarke Beach lookout, Byron Bay

 Me at said lookout

 Paul and Karola at Paul's 50th Birthday Byron Bay 2012

 David Braddon Mitchell and Kristie - he finally found her and he is so happy

 Oberon fields in Edith, taken by Matthew Keighery 2012

 Shanlei and Krissie Christian, Head Teacher of English

 Hannah Aldous, Heather Wiggins, Emily Cole

 Nicholas at Oberon High School Xmas Party at the OConnell Hotel

 James Lyell and family at Oberon High School Xmas Party

 Paula Hotham and Tara Weekes

 Phil Watkins and Rochelle Watkins

 Kylie McGrath and husband

 And to end the year Haven Carols 2012

 Kitty as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Santa's helper at Carols 2012

 Carol singers

 Tom

 Nick

 Alex

Terese and Jon Hayward