My best places would not be as good as your ocean road Lexi.
The trip I told you of is one I have taken many on it is about 160klm, maybe a bit more.
I like the rain forest and stop to wander in.
Take photos of stag horns as wide as a car,and never tell any one how to find them.
QLD was great but not game to put some great places here they have changed no doubt.
Cathrine Hill bay and the park to the south of it? not likely to go back.
Bit difficult but in truth it has become a gay beat.
Now no comment on others sexual choices.
But if you stumble on a pair,and you will, you are told to go away its not your area.
Now that once favorite spot is best left alone.

Dear Belly,

You reminded me of even more memories that I
thought I had tucked away and forgotten.

I remember sailing on a P & O Cruise decades
ago - on our way to the US via Vancouver, Canada.
It was winter, the sea was rough and I was feeling
a bit sea-sick.
We were still out at sea - it was late at night
and I was standing on deck - when the fragrance
of pine filled the air. It was over powering and
took my breath away. I learned later that it was
the Forested Stanley Park that I could smell.
I've loved the various fragrances of trees every since.

Agde, on the Cap D'Agde in southern France. It's the oldest settled City in France, by the Greeks, in about 670 BC.
The City caters for seven million tourists a year. Has No crime. (only two policemen) One hotel holds 55000 people, one holds 44000 people two others that hold 22000 people each & the two camping areas (caravan Parks) hold 22000 people each. Oh, the Hotel rooms are not rooms, they are units. There are Banks, Shopping Centres, Supermarkets, Resturants & Night Clubs.
Oh, did I mention it's a Nudist Resort. Nobody wears clothes.

Dear JayB.,

Wow. Sounds great!

I've never been to a nudist resort.
Although I have been swimming in the ocean naked -
in my "salad days" (when I was fresh and green). ;-)

It was wonderful. Felt like velevet.

What a pleasant topic !

Believe it or not, my wife and I love Broken Hill. Best not to plan a visit during the height of summer. That said we found the town and environs really nice.

We both love Australian Art. I have little knowledge on the specific subtleties or the nuances of a particular artist, but we both know what we like, without understanding why we like it. And Broken Hill just happens to be the titular home of, the 'Brushmen of the Bush'.

Such names as Kevin (Pro) Hart, Jack Absolom, Howard Steer, and Eric (dec) and Roxanne Minchin, to mention just a few. These talented individuals manage to engage and capture the very heart and the singular beauty and magic of the Australian outback.

My wife and I, often we'd stand at the rear of the Silverton Pub, watching the setting sun. The kaleidoscopic colours are so, so, brilliant, as the sun settles slowly beyond the horizon. The many hued colours intensify, and then darken to a deep blue, then finally to an inky blue, black.

Yes folks, to many, I suppose Broken Hill could be determined tame. But to me, I think it's almost heaven on earth.

Dear o sung wu,

I can identify with you and your wife's love of
Broken Hill. And your love of Australian Art.
Pro Hart is a favourite of mine as is Norman
Lindsay. I love Lindsay's "The Spinx."
I bought a print of it from The Fine Art Gallery,
in Ballarat (a few years ago).

Some of my friends think I'm a bit quirky - but I love
visiting the less conventional museum - the "Old
Melbourne Gaol," a sullen bluestone building on the
corner of Russell and Franklin Street in Melbourne.

It opened in 1845 and was Melbourne's principal gaol
until the end of last century, when the authorities
decided to shift the palace of woes to Pentridge
Prison at Coburg. During its time as a penal institution
104 hangings took place in the Gaol, the most
notorious being that of bushranger Ned Kelly in 1880.

It's now a National Trust Museum, where you can see a
death mask of Kelly, as well as a suit of bushranger's
armour that is probably his, plus many other grim reapings
from Victoria's penal past.

I'm fascinated by our history - and each time I manage to
learn something new.