Walks
I love finding new places to walk, not too far from home or where I happen to be staying at the time. Thanks to the internet and satellites (I’m thinking Google Maps) my partner and I have found interesting tracks and trails to walk along. This is not difficult. We live in Berwick, a short drive from many parts of the Dandenongs and Gippsland.
High Country
The first Tuesday in November, a Melbourne holiday for an iconic horse race, is an opportunity for those of us not champing at the bit for race day to take Monday off and enjoy a four-day weekend. Hello high country, the Victorian Alps, a 400-kilometre drive from home. A rule about trekking in hill country…
Nature
Nature is a great leveller. There was a time when I sought its might and majesty to derive comfort from the relative insignificance of humanity. Nature had that delightful capacity to reduce the most boastful, opinionated and intimidating among us to fragility, vulnerability and helplessness. Nature is still a great leveller, but I don’t see…
Mount Fuji
Even when the above photo was taken, I had not made up my mind to climb. Mount Fuji, on a clear late afternoon at the Fifth Station, did not look too daunting. Perhaps that swayed me. My partner said he would be climbing no matter what I ended up doing. That swayed me too. I…
Gerry Roberts 
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