10 Australian pieces on my ipod

1. Friday on my mind The Easybeats (Number 2 in Top 100)
2. The Carnival Is Over The Seekers (Number 37 in Top 100)
3. Torn Natalie Imbruglia (Number 51 in Top 100)
4. Down Under Men At Work (Number 65 in Top 100)
5. Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden (Number 89 in Top 100)
6. You're the Voice The Alan Parsons Project (Number 90 in Top 100 ie John Farnham version)
7. Weather With You Crowded House (Not in Top 100 though other Crowded House soings are)
8. All The Lovers Kylie Minogue (Not in Top 100 though another Kylie song is)
9. I'll Never Find Another You The Seekers (Not in Top 100)
10. Maroubra Bay Edgar Froese (Maroubra Beach is in Sydney)

10 Australian Deserts

1. Great Victoria Desert (348,750sq.km)
2. Great Sandy Desert (267,250sq.km)
3. Tanami Desert (184,500sq.km)
4. Simpson Desert (176,500sq.km)
5. Gibson Desert (156,000sq.km)
6. Little Sandy Desert (111,500sq.km)
7. Strzelecki Desert (80,250sq.km)
8. Sturt Stony Desert (29,750sq.km)
9. Tirari Desert (15,250sq.km)
10. Pedirka Desert (1250sq. km)

Midweek Meeting September 9 2026

For the third week running I was in the prayer meeting at Kogarah Bible Church. Again we were around twenty but not the same twenty for various reasons. The full time elder, Andrew Harrison, led. A bkessing to be there once again. One of the burdens for prayer was the war affected lands of Sudan, South Sudan and Lebanon.

Penguins, St Kilda's Beach, Melbourne

One of the highlights of the trip to Melbourne was seeing the fair penguins. Brilliant.

Welsh Church, Melbourne

One of the things we saw in Melbourne was the Welsh church. Like most Welsh churches outside Wales (and many within) it is a cultural draw rather than a spiritual force but interesting nevertheless. We wer ekindy shown around by their new caretaker.

VR06 Sydney

And another, one of at least two here in Sydney

Protestant Minister by Willem Key 1563

Willem Key Public Domain Via Wikipedia

Today in the NSW Art Gallery here in Sydney we saw this portrait by wealthy Antwerp based painter Willem Key (c 1515-1568). Painted 1563, it is a portrait of an unknown Protestant Minister of Religion. Done in oil on oak board, it has no signature. The text, in Dutch, that he holds is 1 Timothy 6:7-9 We brought nothing into the world, nor shall we carry anything out; so if we have food and clothing at our disposal, let us be content all our days. For those who wish to become rich as they please fall into temptations and evil desires; but you, godly people, shun this snare - pursue righteousness and stand firm in the faith, so that you may enter into the joy of the Lord.

The artist has added This was done in the year '63; at that time I was forty-eight years old (the sitter or the artist?)

Australian Pic 7

 

They love their Tim Tams

Australian Pic 6

 Some sort of fig tree in Sydney

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Australian Pic 1

 

And another

 An ibis in Sydney