A Caravan with Wings

Travelling in a caravan does not appeal to me. When we were younger we took a couple of family holidays in a campervan; after those trips I decided that sleeping in a bed on wheels was not for me.

When we travelled around Southern Africa several years ago we hopped from place to place in a bedless caravan, the Cessna Caravan, a rather basic aircraft. While I am not fond of one engine aircraft this plane got us safely from destination to destination more comfortably and quickly than the on road in a 4WD vehicle.

Our Caravan in Botswana

On our recent trek across Arnhem Land it was a relief to travel our last leg from Seven Spirit Bay to Darwin in a Cessna Caravan after eleven days of travel in an Outback Spirit Truck.

The terminal at Seven Spirit Bay

The pilot (centre) and ground crew prepare for the flight

The Caravan is ready for boarding

Fluffy seat covers add to the comfort, aisles are narrow
and leg room is minimal

Happy Caravanners

The views from this low-flying Caravan are spectacular

Upclose in the Garden

Although I appreciate our lovely, large front garden I don't often walk around and look at the various plants. Between the spring showers today I wandered down from our street frontage to the house with my phone in hand. As I did I took a few Upclose photos.

The camellias, gardenias and magnolia have lost their blooms but the azaleas and wisteria are bursting into bloom.

Looking down from the letterbox

The first row of azaleas

 A corner of cliveas

These azaleas match my hot pink glasses

Dainty groundcover is taking over

An orchis lives on a tree

An old slow coach has a sunny spot

The last of the camellias

Another clump of azaleas

Dainty and white ??

Yellow cliveas

These pretty blue things are coming up all over

The lavender is scraggly but the perfume perfect

No need to buy lettuce this week

Silver beet is doing well

The very first lemon on our tree ever

I think we'll be getting more lemons

Waiting to be planted out

I think this is a pest

Another old duck

Hedge in desperate need of a trim

Looking back up the drive to the letterbox