Archives: Laurie

Nicky and I made the shearer’s quarters at Gum Woolshed on Pernatty Station, our base for a couple weeks of our April 2010 outback photography trip.
Les French and Col Greenfield – Former and New Owners of Pernatty Station
As it happened, Pernatty had been sold and the official handover was approaching. A harmonious arrangement between the [...]

This is a guest post by Lesley McArthur
We waited a long time, years, for the rains to come, and come they did.
This is a photo of the river at Frogs Hollow, taken in between storms and showers, with my Mamiya RB67 Medium Format Camera.
Everywhere was wet, with puddles and fast moving water, so had to [...]

The moment I saw this image of the River Queen, I felt ripped. So sad! The death of the River Queen.
It’s a photo by Lesley, taken a couple of days ago in the early morning light.
The River Queen is Bill Abram’s boat. It has been moored at Mogareeka on the Bega River for many years. [...]

Well, I’ve published photo stories before about baking bread in the Australian outback.
Generally, I use the camp oven (dutch oven), which is a cast iron pot with a cast iron lid, but this time I used a large aluminium pot. The reason? On this trip I took prepackaged bread mix that comes in 600gm packs, [...]

Well, I’ve gotta tell ya that Nicky, my grandson, was the best outback camping adventure mate you would hope for.

He hooked into the jobs such as setting up camp, getting the beds ready, collecting fire wood, packing up to move on in the morning, and he’s a pretty good one match fire lighter, too. Together, [...]

Well, I’ve got a few spare wheels and tyres ready for the coming outback Australia trip on the motorbikes: my Kawasaki Bayou KLF300B and Nicky’s Suzuki JR80.
Two spare wheels for the ute and one for the big trailer.
On my last trip I did a tyre on the ute on a rock on the road in [...]

We’re leaving in a week for our outback adventure trip. That is, my grandson Nicky will accompany me this time on his Suzuki JR80.
With good preparation, the things that may go wrong are kept to a minimum. A few new tools will give us good security.
A new tyre pump has made a difference already as [...]

Well, I’ve always been a bit worried about the ramps slipping during loading the ATV with just a small bit of timber screwed to the top underside to hold them in place.
So I did a rebuild; fairly common, huh!
Now I have a good, solid, non slip lip that won’t let me (or the quadbike) down, [...]

Well, we’ll find out on Friday if the judge at the Bega show thinks Lesley’s raspberry jam is a winner. I reckon, right now, it’s a winner!

Bega, lying in a horseshoe of the Bega River and opposite the junction with the Brogo River, is a town built around the river and river flats. Bega, built on the undulating hills that overlook the fertile dairy farming and cropping land, which to a great extent fuels the Bega economy.