Leonie Dukes
Spring has brought lots of work to be done in the garden. With new beds being installed and cleared for summer planting the overall garden is a bit barren, but there are touches of colour and vibrant new growth appearing. A few lights have been installed to brighten the evenings,
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Today I took advantage of a sunny winter’s day to take a walk along the Yarra River in Melbourne. I started off in Richmond, walking from the Railway Station across Gosch’s Paddock to the river. Then I walked west along the north bank of the river until there was nowhere
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I spent a few hours today walking around Melbourne and taking some photos of some of the parks and buildings.
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The main building of Jamala Lodge includes a very impressive aquarium, which you walk through to get to the dining room. The day started off with another impressive breakfast, and some free time to walk around the zoo again. The highlight of the day was a walk with a cheetah.
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The second day at Jamala Lodge included another tour, some free time around the zoo, and of course, more great food. In the afternoon we moved to the giraffe treehouses where we would spend the night. The highlight was feeding the giraffes from the balcony. The giraffes spend the evening
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Mum and I headed up to Canberra and spent the night at the Avenue Hotel, in the heart of Canberra. Dinner was at the hotel restaurant, Marble & Grain, where I had beautiful melt-in-your-mouth slow braised beef cheeks. For breakfast we headed across the road to Gather Cafe, which was
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I did a workshop on glass plate making with Jenie Yolland. It was an enjoyable afternoon and I was very pleased with the finished result. The plate is made by cutting and piecing together the glass pieces, which are then finished in a kiln for you to pick up later.
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