Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Remembering Wars In Goulburn

It seems every town in Australia has a war memorial and perhaps a war themed museum. Little Goulburn in New South Wales has both sites right next to each other.

The Memorial Museum entrance with a captured WWI German Howitzer artillery gun out front.

WWI rifle line up. Choose your killing machine. Strategic map of the WWI Pacific theater.

A Vietnam war exhibit. The war will be televised, behind the velvet rope of your living room.

Details of fighting, a humble sewing kit and Vietnam war era anti-war buttons and National Service protest handouts.

Just down the road from the museum, an impressive stone tower, dedicated to ANZAC and WWI.

Monday, 13 July 2026

Seeing Spring Blooms At Tulip Top

Ahh, spring. Nature wakes up and shows its beautiful colors. Canberra has a couple of nice gardens that overflow with flowers in the spring and a great place to go see blooms is a relaxing place about half an hour from the city, Tulip Top.

The garden is in the middle of rolling hills, a colorful oasis among bored cattle.

And the tulip blooms are out, way out.

A little picnic under the cherry blossoms.

Water feature, more blooms. Flower gazing, a hobby for all ages.

Oof, enough with the beautiful flowers, time to head to the well placed pop up wine bar!