Victoria
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The Bittern Wetlands and the missing submarine
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Part One: The Wetlands This wetland’s actually named after the bittern – The Bittern Wetlands. The Australasian Bittern is a rare bird that lives here, and it’s protected by the government. The… Continue reading
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Napoleon in The Briars
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского “The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.”… Continue reading
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Puffing Billy
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Puffing Billy – that’s the name of the narrow-gauge railway up in the Dandenong Ranges, not far from Melbourne. These days, the Dandenongs are a favourite spot for tourists and retired hippies.… Continue reading
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A lousy prophet and some pretty photos
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского A long, long time ago in Moscow, one good person once told me this joke: “Mountains, fog, cold… An alpinist is climbing up a cliff. He struggles up to a somewhat… Continue reading
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Lightfall and Beach No 16
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского It all kicked off at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, over in London. Christmas 2013, they put on this really cool night-time event. They set up a trail winding… Continue reading
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Pirianda Garden
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Yeah, it’s that same garden I wrote about in my last post. I got heaps of positive feedback on it. Clearly, people liked the story of the Ansell company and the photos.… Continue reading
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Rubber and Japanese Maples
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Let’s start with rubber. The brand Ansell is well known across Australia. You’ll find a wide range of Ansell rubber products in just about any supermarket – kitchen gloves, condoms, you name… Continue reading
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Devilbend reservoir – colours of autumn
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Not far from Melbourne, there’s a place called Devilbend Reservoir. I never quite figured out where the name comes from. Even the all-knowing AI, Grok, could only tell me that it’s a… Continue reading
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Beach life
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Australia’s pretty famous for its beaches. A nice sandy beach is right up there with kangaroos, the Sydney Opera House, and Ayers Rock as an Aussie icon. Most folks think of… Continue reading
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Things get a bit weird out East, or how kookaburras catch their z’s
Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского After my little trip out west of Melbourne, I decided to head way out east — and I mean properly far east. So far, in fact, we had to make it… Continue reading
