25. A board game - Outdoor Chess in Melbourne
We have several board games at home and i was pondering an interesting photo but then remembered this iamge taken in Melbourne's Federation Square a couple of years ago. Our family enjoys Chess and I have taught all my grandchildren to play
24-APR-2017
26. Your currency - Australian Money
All our banknotes and coins. We no longer have one or two cent coins in use. Famous Australians are featured on the banknotes and the only one to display Queen Elizabeth II is the $5. All silver coins have the Queen's head on the face and feature Ausralian animals on the reverse, but the $1 coin has five kangaroos on the reverse, while the "smaller" $2 coin features an Aboriginal head. However there are often special editions of the coins to celebrate important people or events and the reverse will have a different feature.
This display of money totals TODAY AUD $188:85
The exchange rate for other currencies TODAY is 121:52 Euro, 111:52 British pounds and US$ 142:66
All the worse for we Australian travellers!!
08-JUN-2014
27. Something sweet - Belgian Waffles
Seen in Bruges in 2014 .... a very popular treat in Belgium, offered with a choice of deliciously wicked fillings!
13-NOV-2012
28. A hand - Scribe, Kyoto, Japan
Careful and experienced hands at work. We watched this woman at work in one of the temples in Kyoto. I think she was demonstrating, with a brush and ink, Japanese lettering. Sometimes other scribes wrote prayers or votives to be rolled and placed in a special area within the temple grounds. We saw smaller rolls tied to branches, or, on other occasions, wooden plaques with messages written by various visitors and hung on strings. Many were in English and were intriguing to read.
29. Something sticky - Jam Bubbling on Stove
Every year I make plum jam from a tree load of Cherry Plums, ripe before Christmas. The finished jars of jam make good gifts for various people.
20-APR-2017
30. A tree - Mountain Ash Forest
On a recent drive east of Melbourne through Healesville and to Toolangi we saw many areas of Mountain Ash forest.
"Eucalyptus regnans, known variously as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum, is a species of Eucalyptus native to Tasmania and the state of Victoria in southeastern Australia. It is the tallest flowering plant and one of the tallest trees in the world, second to the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)." - guide
