Winning horse

Christmas in South Austalia

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December 31st 2012
We were surprised by the absence of flies when we arrived at our B&B at the Spring Wood horse farm until I saw the silver thread of spider’s webs cast with the wind between two bushes. Yes I’m sure there were lots of happy fat spiders living in the foliage around our very comfortable flat. We stayed five days enjoying the peace interrupted by the occasional neighing of horse, quacking of geese ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Murray Bridge

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more