Just Looking has moved - packed up all posts from the past 3 years and gone over to
http://justlookingthankyou.wordpress.com/
Hope you can drop in - may even have a little glass of something for you or an exotic tasty colourful snack to nibble while you check out the new accommodation.
(Thank you for your house, Blogger - we have done a good moving-out cleanup for you.)
December 21, 2012
December 17, 2012
Where To Eat?
Eating out is a treat at the Ming Court Licensed Restaurant. Eat-in or take-away (BYO saucepan).
The best Chinese in town - in fact the only Chinese in town. The closest - 300kms down the highway to the east.Comfortably air-conditioned - (close the doors after you - keeps out the heat!)
Just please notice the "!" after "Licensed" ... might that mean "you want a licensed restaurant, you pay for it"? Not just any old Chinese cafe, y'know ...
December 16, 2012
Hello Mosquito
Summer is paradise time for mosquitoes all over the world, since before the beginning of time.
Mosquitoes are fond of me but I do not return the compliment.
Please enjoy these pics and choice TV ads while your local mosquitoes are sizing you up ....
December 11, 2012
Horses' big weekend #3: The Helpers
While the horses and riders are resting up for their early start - the Helpers are Helping.
While the horses and riders are trotting along the red-dust tracks and through the bush - the Helpers are Helping. What's needed? Food, warmth, and very importantly, correct timing, veterinary checks and Continuously Endlessly Correct Records!
YAY FOR THE HELPERS!!
Way up there #1
Of course "Just-Looking" loves flying and loves looking out the window.
The best "looking" is always from a smallish plane, flying lowish...
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| Big lumbering friendly beast |
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| Look! It's a cauliflower? A big brain? |
December 6, 2012
Cats Can Dance
In case you were wondering ... cats always dance to the music playing in their fiendish little brains. Here are Exhibits A, B and C.
CAT #1: photobucket.com/user/henry1817/
CAT #2: photobucket.com/user/photos4dave
CAT #3: 'Woman Dancing with her Cat': © Meyer Ostroff/Corbis 2002
Horses' big weekend #2: Before the event
It's the sport called Endurance Riding - well named!
A big weekend for horses, riders and helpers.
Rides are held every couple of months in the cool season. Riders & horses often come out to Charleville from far afield, arriving for the event after maybe two days of driving.
For some, this is a serious business. A good performance means the horse has value as breeding stock - and that can mean BIG money from Dubai sheiks.
For others, it's a challenge of fitness for themselves and their horses and a chance to catch up with mates.
And this time there are also the backpacker travellers from France, Italy, Germany and the UK - all horse-riders at home - taking the chance to really see the "outback" from the back of their borrowed horses.
Saturday 2pm:
Loading - always a special strategy for this horse
("No! I don't wanna, don't wanna .... oh OK ... if you push me ...")
Loading - always a special strategy for this horse
("No! I don't wanna, don't wanna .... oh OK ... if you push me ...")
Ready to go - only a 5-minute drive to the ride base.
Horses and humans get fed and settled in for the night, before tomorrow's early start.
Sunday 8am:
Now really ready to go - some smiley starters waiting for "Go!" at the start of their 40 kms 4-hour ride.
Now really ready to go - some smiley starters waiting for "Go!" at the start of their 40 kms 4-hour ride.
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