Some of Peter’s Pictures

We love the flowers of this Frangipani in front of our house

Peter showed me today some of his pictures and offered to install them in the drop box so that I could use them.

On Sunday the 11th of March 2018 Martin had planned to invite us to this farm to have lunch there in their cafe:

“Samaria Farm is located 24 kilometres from Benalla in the rolling hills, near Mt Samaria north-eastern Victoria. The farm is spread over 22 acres with orchards of damask roses, olives, lemons and lemon myrtle. . . .”

I wrote about it here: https://auntyuta.com/2018/03/11/sunday-11th-of-march-2018/

So to our regret we found out that the farm and its cafe was closed on that day. So we ended up at the Tatong Tavern:

http://www.tatongtavern.com.au/

We had a beer there and waited for a while so we could order some lunch. However it looked like they were awfully busy on that day. We thought it would probably take hours before we could be served some lunch. So we decided then to drive back to Benalla to have some lunch there. We made it for lunch at the Bowls Club Benalla just before it was lunch closing time!

http://www.tatongtavern.com.au/about

The Tatong Tavern

“The Tatong Tavern is an English Style Country Inn situated in the small community of Tatong only 25 kilometres drive from Benalla. Set in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range it’s the perfect place to stay, we’re perfectly positioned to enjoy local activities such as bushwalking & cycling, fresh water fishing, gem collecting and sightseeing on the Ned Kelly Trail.

The pub remains a focal point of village life and the plays a significant role in the local community.

A popular stopping point for travellers

It is also a popular stopping point for travellers who are exploring the Great Dividing Range, local wineries and Ned Kelly history. Many travellers heading south toward Melbourne and north into the High Country and beyond stay here in idyllic surroundings.

The Tatong Tavern has spacious grounds and a delightful beer garden set amongst mature gum trees that ensure shaded seating during the endless summer sunshine.”

The above about the Tatong Tavern is a copy , of course. So, I found Peter’s pictures from the Tatong Tavern. We had been having our beers in the beer garden. It was indeed a very pleasant place! To have lunch there seemed to be out of the question. How regrettable! Anyhow, these are Peter’s pictures:

This bread we bought in Benalla, and I asked Peter to take a picture of it with his camera because my camera did not work.

St Peters Church and Cemetery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peters_Church,_St_Peters

The following are copies from the Wikipedia:

“St Peters Anglican Church, St Peters, 187-209 Princes Highway, St Peters, is one of the oldest churches in the suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1] Designed by Thomas Bird,[2] the church is sometimes referred to as “St Peters, Cooks River,” as it is located in the Anglican Parish of Cooks River, New South Wales.

The Cooks River, named by James Cook in 1770 when he sailed into Botany Bay, is crossed by the Princes Highway, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south of the church. The suburb of St Peters, in which the church is located, was named as a result of the area’s proximity to the church.

The site contains three main buildings (St Peters Church and hall; a former rectory, built in 1906; and the present rectory, built in 1996) and a remnant graveyard.[3] The church building is unique in that it is built of sun-dried bricks with stuccoed finish forming the walls. The surface of the walls are expressed to simulate stonework and have attached buttresses supported on sandstone footings integrated into the sandstone footings of the walls.[3]

The church is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register[4] and the Register of the National Estate.[5]”

DSCN3781 — St Peters Church and cemetery. The spire and bell chamber were removed in 1963.

Cemetery

“The first burial in the graveyard, that of John Benfield, a soldier, took place on 4 March 1839,^[8] although the graveyard was not consecrated until 26 December 1840.^[9] The final burial, that of Sarah Ann Sargent, a widow, took place on 10 April 1896.^[8]

In February 1948 an Act of the New South Wales Parliament (Act No. 48 of 1968) was passed authorising the use of the cemetery land for purposes other than a cemetery, including use as a rest park, a garden area and a recreation area.^[8] However no action was taken at the time and, in 1979, a permanent conservation order was placed on all of the church property by the Heritage Council of New South Wales.^[8]

Since that time the congregation have undertaken voluntary maintenance of the cemetery grounds. A listing of all of the headstones was made in 1985 and photographs have been taken of many of the headstones.”

OUR STAY IN ST PETERS:

Our daughter’s wedding took place in Sydney on Saturday, the 17th of February 2018. The wedding ceremony was for 2 in the afternoon. We, that is our son Martin, Peter and I, booked into the Ibis Budget Hotel in St Peters for two nights on Friday already. The following day quite a few members of our family booked into the same hotel as well in order to attend the wedding on that Saturday.

https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2699-ibis-budget-st-peters/index.shtml

Opposite our hotel was the old St Peters Cemetery. Peter and I went there for a walk. This old cemetery is kept in perfect condition. It was a pleasure to walk there among the old grave sites and read some of the stories about graves from the 19th century!

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BENALLA

Benalla is the place where our son Martin moved to last year. On our recent visit to Benalla we took some pictures of Martin’s outside area. We loved to sit outside there, especially we loved to watch the fish in the fishpond.

How to keep Track of Time?

How to keep Track of Time? Yes, how do you do this? Eighty + years of impressions, incidents and experiences, having seen so many different places, having met so many different people. Does it all become a blur in the end?

For young people time often seems to drag on slowly, slowly. But ask any elderly person, the answer is, that time passes awfully quickly. What is a week? A week, well, a week just flies away. I try to recall what we did last week, two weeks ago, three weeks ago, four weeks ago. Four weeks ago? Is it four weeks ago that we stayed in Sydney for a few days for our daughter’s wedding? Is it two weeks ago that we travelled to Benalla to stay there for a week with our son? What about doctor’s appointments? Did we have three different doctor’s appointments during the past week? Quite so. That is, I met another specialist for the first time last week, and Peter also met another specialist for the first time last week. Peter also saw his GP, the one that he has been seeing for many years. He was the first one who explained to Peter that according to some test results a ‘tumor’ ought to be investigated. Some 18 months later he looked at some other test results and concluded that there were some problems with his heart. And so it goes.

On one of Benalla’s Walking Tracks with son Martin

We left Benalla on Monday on the night train from Melbourne, arriving Tuesday morning back home. At 9 am on that day we left again for my doctor’s appointment in Wollongong, going to Wollongong by bus. We both felt rather tired after having spent a night sitting up on the train! Anyway, the following day, Wednesday, Peter saw his GP who is now in Corrimal (not in Dapto anymore). I went along with Peter. The visit at the Corrimal Medical Centre was over quickly. So well before lunchtime Peter drove us to the Leisure Coast fruit shop in Fairy Meadow where we did some serious shopping.

http://lcfruitanddeli.com.au/

Thursday would have been the day for my slow movement exercises here in Dapto. But I felt awfully tired and gave it a miss. I felt that it was really good for me not to have to do anything on that day! Peter however felt on that day well enough to locally do a bit of shopping to get the ingredients for a quark cheesecake. And in the afternoon he actually did bake this cake while I was resting in the bedroom. – This cake baking seems to have been a kind of relaxation for him.

Friday morning Peter found the time to go through the whole house with the vacuum cleaner. Then he went off to Wollongong to see the surgeon who may do a heart bypass operation on him. It turned out, before he is about to do this, Peter should go for some more scan tests!

I stayed home on Friday. After having done some wiping of the floors, I did get some lunch ready and I also made preparations for my afternoon visitors. It was my turn to have the four ladies over for our Friday afternoon games of Scrabble and Rummy. Also on Friday, our daughter Monika dropped in at 5,30 after work. Talking to our daughter about a lot of things was a good finish of the day.

And yesterday, Saturday, was a very good day too: Our daughter Caroline and son-in-law Matthew came to visit!

Is it only two more weeks to Easter Sunday? So it is, and I am looking forward to some family visits at Easter time!

Keto Diet & Gut Bacteria

KETOGENIC DIET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=-QO7UG5Hxvk

Researcher Discovers a New Non-toxic Approach to Cancer Management

Dr. Bramhall commented: The ketogenic diet as a potential non-toxic cancer treatment.

Jim Wood Trail in Benalla

https://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Benalla/2005/02/17/1108500206241.html

“Feb 17, 2005 – The ‘Jim Wood‘ trail starts near the old toll gates. It takes in local bushland and birdlife and leads past footbridges which provide access to Jaycee Island, Link Island and Little Casey Island which are situated within the river on the southern side of Bridge St. There is also a car parking area near the northern …”

https://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Benalla/2005/02/17/1108500206241.html

What it says about the ‘Jim Wood’ trail in the SMH from February 2005 is quite interesting. One morning Martin went with us for a walk there and Peter took these pictures:

“Sep 9, 2017 – Benalla Ensign News brings you the latest and breaking news surrounding Weed to seelake partially drained.”

Lake Benalla

http://www.benallaensign.com.au/2017/09/09/3811/weed-to-see-lake-partially-drained

http://www.benalla.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/News-Media…/Lake-Benalla-Drawdown

“Jan 30, 2018 – Water in Lake Benalla is being lowered in an effort to manage Cabomba, a highly invasive weed that grows quickly and that can be detrimental to native aquatic animals such as platypus that live in the lake.”

We were looking out for some platypus that morning but could not see any.

Street Art in Benalla

http://www.walltowallfestival.com/

We had gone to Benalla to see something of the Wall to Wall Street Art Festival that was on again last weekend.

On Friday a lot of young people were busy with creating new pictures on lots of walls. Walking with Martin through town we were able to watch some of them at work.