Archives: 2007 March

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The warm morning sun shines on the Bega Public School.
Did you ever make a mistake on election day? Well, I did. Here’s the story.
Last Saturday we had our state elections. In a bid to speed up the process of getting your name marked on the electoral roll, the electoral commission, for the first time, issued [...]

The Green Grasshopper – Murray Nichol, photographer
Murray Nichol is a young photographer making his mark, not only on the local scene in the Bega Valley, but also, to some degree, on the national stage.
With The Green Grasshopper, pictured, Murray Nichol has won the National Youth Week Snap It Talent Competition. His prize was the digital [...]

Best Western Bega Downs Motor Inn South Coast
Well, I came upon this website, Accommodation Line, that offers discount accommodation, worldwide. In fact, Accommodation Line offers discount accommodation in over 70 countries.
The page: www.accomline.com/hotels.reservations has a world map showing the continents serviced and an alphebetical list of all the countries in which discount accommodation is available.
Of [...]

Clay pan between parallel sand dunes in the arid region.
The photo shows just how dry and inhospitable the outback, wilderness, arid region of South Australia can be. This is six inch rainfall country.
My son, with his little family, lives in a mining town, Roxby Downs, an oasis in the desert. They are a family of [...]

Hey there Bega people and others! Traveling to Europe in the near future?
Well, I came across this website, Eurobookings.com, that provides information and bookings for 30,000 hotels in thousands of locations around the world.
While the emphasis seems to be on Europe and Great Britain, www.eurobookings.com provides more affordable luxury and budget hotel bookings worldwide, with [...]

Autumn Fashion at 2sassy boutique, Bega.
Black dress ready for the autumn cold, displayed, observed and photographed in the shop window of 2sassy boutique in Carp Street, Bega
With it’s V neckline and hip hugging stretch fabric, this fashion item is set to keep you warm while turning a few heads on a cool autumn day.
Available in [...]

Pear tree in blossom, out of season.
While much of Australia is still in the grip of a lasting drought, here in Bega we had good rain toward the end of summer.
It’s now early autumn and because of the soaking rain, coupled with the mild weather, this flowering pear tree in Littleton Gardens thinks it’s spring, [...]

Crepe Myrtle in the garden.
Crepe Myrtle doing well in Littleton Gardens, Bega, pictured in the early morning, autumn sun.
Crepe Myrtle responds well to pruning, stooling out to form a dense shrub.
A small tree perfect for suburban gardens is Crepe Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica. Believed to have originated in China, it is a tree for all seasons. [...]

Pink rose in Littleton Gardens.
Littleton Gardens in Bega. A small pink rose, delicate, petite, transient.
This year the roses have done well, no doubt the result of the drought with appropriate watering and ample application of blood and bone fertilizer.
Fulfilling their retirement dream, Marshall Campbell and his wife Hazel have put a lot into the gardens [...]

Dead snowgum near Cooma, NSW.
Digital Photography – A dead snowgum on a Monaro grazing property near Cooma, NSW.
Photographed with the rising sun backlighting the scene, this old snowgum might be rather a tangled mess to some, but to me it’s a grand old snowgum, with intriguing form and evidence of it’s tenacity over many a [...]