REFLECTIONS
A reflective Crooked River this morning. To pause, take a breath, reflect on natural beauty ... life-giving. photo courtesy of Kent Ladkin
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THE DARK SIDE OF CHOCOLATE
These kids love their chocolate, but children on the Ivory Coast have never tasted the chocolate made from the cocoa beans they collect....
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HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY ...
... until the floods came. One of my favourite rides from Berry to Two Figs Winery along Backforest Rd. Usually this is a beautiful green...
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CAN YOU SOLVE THIS MYSTERY?
My wife discovered these two intriguing objects hidden away in a drawer and we have no idea what they are. They are both made of brass...
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HOW MANY FACES CAN YOU SEE?
Bev Doolittle is one of America's most collected artists, creating paintings of the American West, featuring themes of Native American...
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WHAT'S BEHIND THE SPIKE?
This graph tells a story. It’s the evidence of my ride along Seven Mile Beach to Shoalhaven Heads yesterday. So what’s the spike of the...
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THE POWER OF NATURE
Captured the approach of this storm at Gerroa a few minutes ago in a 30 sec video. The disturbance on the surface of the sea shows its...
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SEVEN MILE BEACH SPEEDWAY
For more than 100 years, horses, cars and motorbikes staged races at low tide on this beautiful stretch of sand which since has fallen...
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