by editor | Nov 16, 2022 | Places
Faded photos I still keep Into the past I often creep To recreate from what I see The environment that moulded me. © Jim Low November 2022 For my first twenty-two years, I lived with my family in flat 4, one of five, large living spaces that made up Ulleswater. The... 
by simplyoz | Feb 14, 2019 | Places
Luna Park is situated at Lavender Bay on the northern foreshores of Sydney Harbour. It occupies the site where the Sydney Harbour Bridge workshops originally stood during the 1920’s and the early 1930’s. You cannot visit Luna Park without being aware of... 
by simplyoz | Jun 8, 2018 | People
Alexandra's Pictures by Jim Low https://www.simplyaustralia.net/audio/Alexandras-Pictures.mp3 Alexandra Alexandrovna Asovtseff emigrated to Australia with her husband in August 1954, the year that the new Queen of England visited. Although of Russian descent,... 
by Jim | May 9, 2018 | History, Places
In 1963 I drew a picture, using black ink and water, of the view from the back window of my High Street home in North Sydney. My drawing featured a partial view of Careening Cove as it joins Sydney Harbour. Private yachts are scattered around Careening Cove at safe... 
by Jim | Apr 29, 2018 | Environment, History
Our Blue Mountains bushland property splits into three levels as it gently tumbles from a ridge and descends into a valley. I have never taken this place where I live for granted. Beyond our back border, the bushland soon comes to a large rock shelf, under which...