Ken Aitken: Personal Experiences
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1. THE HOUSE
External View
Inside the House
Our Family Growing up …. 1980 – 2017
OUR LAND OVERALL
Anthony’s Tree House as of September 2016 …
Land for Wildlife
Life Began In The Garden
Hand Built Houses vs Machine Built Houses
2. THE WHOLE GARDEN
2010 Front Garden in April, March and October
Dipping Pool in April 2016
Flowers out and work done in July 2016 …..
Front Entry to the House
Post 12: Birdsnest Sculpturing
Britz Van
Post 1: The Outside Amphitheatre Garden Room
Post 2: The Front Garden Room
Post 3: Posts used to Create the Edges of Garden Rooms
Post 4: The Rainforest Garden Room
Post 5: Subtropical Garden Room
Post 6: The Cottage Garden Room
Post 7: Permaculture Garden Room
Post 8: The Dry Australian Bush Garden Room
Post 9: Pots and Hanging Baskets used around the House and in the Garden
Post 10: Ponds in the Garden as Special Garden Rooms
Post 11: Animals and Birds on our Land
3. PAST PERSONAL STORIES
A life changing situation
A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands …. Brisbane
Alpine Landscape at Thredbo ….. in Southern Australia in 1992
Banana Growing in the 1960’s …..
Browns House at Wilsons Creek as in January 2008
Brunswick Heads
Claire’s Photographs 1997 – 1990…
Exploring The Hiddeness Of Life … In the Mulch and Earth of Life
FJ Holden Story from 1974
Fraser Island 1979
Glasshouse Mountains
Insight Into Owen Aitken and Our Family in the 1960’s ….
Ken’s Egg Collection from the 1950’s and 1960’s …..
Kendall Beach …. December 2006
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Mt. Tamborine Beacons Rd. Lookout in 2008
My Personal Background …..
Norma Aitken: My Mum’s House and Garden At Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales …. ….
NORTH WEST ISLAND TRIPS No. 1 & 2
Numinbah Natural Arch … A Visit in August 2014
Pathfinder Club Experiences from 1960 – 1967 ….
Personal History Of Ken Aitken
Post 1: Holiday in Bowen, North Queensland, Australia, 28th June – 7th July 2018
Queensland: Boonah Farm Collection Day = 27.08.11
Rick Aitken Family Connections in January 2008
Roma St. Parklands in Brisbane in 2007
The Birds Egg Collection from the 1960’s to 2018
The Black Cotton Fishing Story
THE CAIRNS TRIP …… in 1968 … A student experience in 1968
The Wheels Story …. 1970 to 1974
The Wilsons Creek Packing Shed House 1950 – 1956
THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE: AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969 …..
University of Queensland Buildings and Gardens July 2008
University of Queensland Gardens and Lakes in July 2008
Wedding with Kieron Jarvis & Claire Aitken …. 24th June 2017
Wilsons Creek Packing Shed as House 1950 – 1956
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Blackbean Rd.
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Upper Wilsons Creek
Post 2: Keiron and Claire Jarvise’s Unit …. Bowen Australia
Bowen Beaches
4. OUR TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD 2003 – 2017
Ken and Harriet’s Travel posts from 2003 to 2017.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
Trip 11: 2012 ……The Kimberleys in Western Australia ….. for two weeks
Trip 13: South African Trip in 2014
Trip 14: Post 1 … 2015 May 9th – 29th …. HOLIDAY OVERSEAS … Istanbul – Venice — Dubai = Overview
Trip 14: 2015 ….. Day 12 – 15th = 22nd to 25th May ITALY … Venice
Trip 14: Day 11 = 21st May ITALY … Ravenna
Trip 14: Day 11 =19th May GREECE … Corfu
Trip 14: Day 8 = 18th May Preveza … Arta 1 = 14th Century Church
Trip 14: Post 10 …. Day 10 =18th May : GREECE … Preveza
Trip 14: Post 12 ….. Day 12=20th May … Dubrovnik in Croatia
Trip 14: Post 9 …. Day 6 =14th May GREECE … Volos … Monasteries at Monteora in the Countryside
Trip 14: Post 9 …. Day 8 =16th May GREECE … Athens
Trip 14: SINGAPORE AIRPORT ….. on the way home
Trip 14: Post 2a ….. Day 1 = 9th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … Where We Stayed For Two Days
Trip 14: Post 2b … Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … The Public Garden Next Door
Trip 14: Post 2c ….. Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL Intercontinental Hotel + General Area
Trip 14: Post 2d …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 and 2 = 10 -11th May: Walking Around
Trip 15: Post 4 …… Day 2= 10th May ISTANBUL: Visiting the Blue Mosque or the SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE BLUE MOSQUE
Trip 11: Post 3 …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 =10th May: Topkapi Palace Museum
Trip 11: Post 7 …. May 11- 22: The Ship We Went With Vogages To Antiquity: AEGEAN ODYSSEY
Trip 11: Post 6 …. GREECE: Day 4 = May 12th May … Dardanelles and Mt. Athos
Trip 11: Post 7a ….. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki
Trip 11: Post 8 …. GREECE: Day 5 = May 15th … Kens Birthday on the Ship
Trip 11: Post 7b …. Day 5 = 13th May GREECE …. Thessaloniki … the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Trip 11: Post 7c …. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki … The streets
Trip 15: Post 1 …. THE USA HOLIDAY For Six Weeks from 23rd September – 8th November 2016
Trip 15: Post 3 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 15: Post 2 … THE USA HOLIDAY …. Philadelphia ….24th -27th September 2016
Trip 15: Post 4 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4a ….THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: General Overview …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4b ….. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Central Park …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c … THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Metropolitan Museum …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Ferry Trip …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 17: 2017: MEDITERRANEAN SEA and ITALY
Trip 17: Assisi: The Cathedral = 18th September 2017
Trip 17: Assisi: The Hotel We Stayed In = 18th – 19th September 2017
Trip 17: Assisi: The Town = 18th -19th September 2017
Tiles from Assisi
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. 22nd = Bellagio near Hotel Belevedere
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 = Hotel Belevedere
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Ferry to Varenna on the other side of the Lake …..
Trip 17: Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Varenna walking along the side of Lake Como for about a kilometre…..
Trip 17: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel
Trip 17: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square
Trip 2: 2004 …. Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005
Trip 3: A history of flooding in the sinking city of Venice – in pictures
Trip 3: 2005: The Italy Trip
Trip 3: EARLY ROME …. First Century
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. SORRENTO: The Valley Of The Mills
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. CINQUE TERRE
Trip 3: Leaning Tower of Pisa 2005
Trip 3: Winter in Venice …. from an e-mail …
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. VENICE: The 500 year old City
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: Post 1
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KINGS CANYON …. Post 9
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KATHERINE GORGE …. Post 3
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: YELLOW WATER, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK : Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. Ayres Rock (Uluru): Post 8
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: …. In Central Australia: ….. Alice Springs: Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … Kakadu National Park: Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … The Olgas : Post 7
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006: In Central Australia ….. GUNLOM: Post 2
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. In Central Australia: Bus Trip to AYRES ROCK (ULURU) …. Post 6
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. Rodin Museum
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. France – Brittany Holiday
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. MONT-SAINT-MICHEL and its Bay + Photos
Trip 3: CHATEAUX de VILLANDRY …. The Gardens on the East Side
Trip 9: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: October 10th – 28th … an Overview
Talk about a collapsed market ……
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA : 2015 27th November – 13th December
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA : 2015, 27th November – 13th December
Trip 16: Post 1a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. 16 Days to Discover Japan ….. 05 – 19th April 2017
Peace Garden
Trip 16: Harriet’s Photos … Japan
Trip 16: Post 11b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11b (Harriet’s Photos) of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11c … OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Traditional Tea Ceremony in city of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 15th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11d …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kimonos Display with models …. Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11e ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Togetsu Bridge in the City of KYOTO= Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 12 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Temple Kiyomizo dera in the City of KYOTO … Day 13 of 16:16th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 13 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. NARA – KYOTO: Temple Todaiji with deers …. Day 13 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 14b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Shitenno Ji Temple in KYOTO …. Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 3a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Teien Gardens in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 4c ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Asakusa Kannon Temple in the City of TOKYO = Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 7a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Bullet Train from Tokyo to Nagano …. Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Gotemba Peace Park
Trip 16: Post 7b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Nangano to Matsumoto = Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 7c …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Umedas Sky Building in Osaka …. Day 7 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 9a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hida Folk Village in the City of Takayama = Day 9 of 16: ….12th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 9b ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Takayama Festival Matsuii Museum …. Day 9 of 16: 12th April, 2017
POST 2: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Singapore …. Day 1 of 16: 5th April, 2017
POST 3: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Cruise on the Sumida River in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April 2017
POST 3b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Gardens in TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 3c: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Sjinjuku Municipal Observation Building …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN: Cherry Blossom season just starting in early April in Japan ….. 05 – 19th, April 2017
POST 3d: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Meiji Jingu Garden in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 4a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO …. Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
POST 4b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 4 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Oshino Hakkai = Day 5 of 16: 8th April, 2017
POST 10: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kenroku-en Garden in the city of KANAZAWA …. Day 10 of 16: 13th April, 2017
POST 11a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
POST 14a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Osaka Castle = Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 4:1. CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Post 1
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Granville Island in Vancouver … After our return to Vancouver: Post 9
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver Sun Yat Garden: Post 2
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver: Granville Island: Post 9
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …….. NIAGARA FALLS …. Post 11
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….Toronto: Dinner With Yolanda: Post 10
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Niagara Falls in 1911, 2014 & 2015 = Post 13
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PEI ….The Serendipity Bed and Breakfast Inn: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – Anne of Green Gables: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. in NORTHERN ALASKA: Post 3
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. To JUNEAU in ALASKA: Post 4
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. JUNEAU in ALASKA ….. The Walk to the Mendenhall Glacier: Post 5
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. SKAGWAY in ALASKA : Post 6
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. LIARSVILLE in SKAGWAY in ALASKA: Post 7
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Glacier Bay in Alaska … Our return to Vancouver: Post 8
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Niagara Falls … the parks of Niagara City: Post 12
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Lunch with the Zielonkos: Post 17 ….. A post for Claire our Daughter
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Ontario Pioneer Camp in Eastern Canada: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Quebec City: Post 14
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Brockville Harbour: Post 17
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: the Diner we went to on Prince Edward Island: Post 15
Trip1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY ….. in May 2003 ….. Post 1
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: Devon generally ….. Post 1
ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: STOURHEAD GARDEN ….. Week 2: Post 2
ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. CITY OF LONDON May 2003 …. 4th week ….. Post 4
5. MY PAST WORK
Fischer Garden Brookfield Brisbane ….
Greenmount Beach Resort 1980 – 2008
McAnalen Pool from 1982, Brisbane, Daisy Hill ….
Richardson Garden Runaway Bay Gold Coast ……
Sheehan Garden in October 2007 (1984 – 2007)
6. PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
40 pieces of advice you may benefit by for the rest of your life …..
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
Against All Odds
Are We Listening? …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Are You a Reason, Season or Lifetime Person?
Attitude Of The 92-year Old Lady …..
Biblical Creationism vs. Secular Creationism by Evolution and Chance ….
The nature of DNA illustrates the creatorship of God …..
Very interesting – The human body …..
Human Compassion…..What a wonderful example!
Never too busy for a friend!
SPIRITUALITY FROM JESUS CHRIST AND THE CREATION
Spirituality is quite different to Religion
The Cab Ride
The Dam
The Garden of Life …..
The Glass Of Milk
The Old Phone: “Information Please” …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality.
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Sustainable Life is a life of wholeness ….
The Value of Affirmation …… Via my friend Chip Hedges
Title 7% ….. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Top 50 Ways to Make Someones Monday
8. KEN AND HARRIET’S PLACE ….. Funny Stories
`THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE’ …. AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969′
At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
Billy Connolly’s 13 things I hate about people …..
DIARY OF A NEW BRIDE
Do you think English is easy?
Extreme fatuousness in marketing
From Brisbane to Sydney.
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED …..
How some business is done! …. via Tim Wilbur
I Hope You Dance Via Theo Catsoulis
Just for fun …. CHANGE ONE LETTER OF THE BOTTOM WORD POSTED AND SEE WHO GETS STUCK AND CAN’T CONTINUE!
Lessons from the Geese …. via Ria Strong
Railroads – The Power of Engineering Logic
Subject: FW: A short quiz. Good one!
THE BRICK …..
The Dam via Chip Hedges
The Meaning of Life is but one’s perspective! ….. via Janifer Cronk
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Power of Creativity ….
The Simple Glass Of Milk …..
The Train Story … A student experience in 1969
9. POINTS TO PONDER ….
10. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE
A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands …. Brisbane
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September = Springtime in Queensland Australia in 2015 ….
Palm Grove, Mt. Tamborine, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
The Cottage Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
The Possum …..
The Rainforest Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
11. Past Sent E-mails …..
Home
1. THE HOUSE
External View
Inside the House
Our Family Growing up …. 1980 – 2017
OUR LAND OVERALL
Anthony’s Tree House as of September 2016 …
Land for Wildlife
Life Began In The Garden
Hand Built Houses vs Machine Built Houses
2. THE WHOLE GARDEN
2010 Front Garden in April, March and October
Dipping Pool in April 2016
Flowers out and work done in July 2016 …..
Front Entry to the House
Post 12: Birdsnest Sculpturing
Britz Van
Post 1: The Outside Amphitheatre Garden Room
Post 2: The Front Garden Room
Post 3: Posts used to Create the Edges of Garden Rooms
Post 4: The Rainforest Garden Room
Post 5: Subtropical Garden Room
Post 6: The Cottage Garden Room
Post 7: Permaculture Garden Room
Post 8: The Dry Australian Bush Garden Room
Post 9: Pots and Hanging Baskets used around the House and in the Garden
Post 10: Ponds in the Garden as Special Garden Rooms
Post 11: Animals and Birds on our Land
3. PAST PERSONAL STORIES
A life changing situation
A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands …. Brisbane
Alpine Landscape at Thredbo ….. in Southern Australia in 1992
Banana Growing in the 1960’s …..
Browns House at Wilsons Creek as in January 2008
Brunswick Heads
Claire’s Photographs 1997 – 1990…
Exploring The Hiddeness Of Life … In the Mulch and Earth of Life
FJ Holden Story from 1974
Fraser Island 1979
Glasshouse Mountains
Insight Into Owen Aitken and Our Family in the 1960’s ….
Ken’s Egg Collection from the 1950’s and 1960’s …..
Kendall Beach …. December 2006
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Mt. Tamborine Beacons Rd. Lookout in 2008
My Personal Background …..
Norma Aitken: My Mum’s House and Garden At Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales …. ….
NORTH WEST ISLAND TRIPS No. 1 & 2
Numinbah Natural Arch … A Visit in August 2014
Pathfinder Club Experiences from 1960 – 1967 ….
Personal History Of Ken Aitken
Post 1: Holiday in Bowen, North Queensland, Australia, 28th June – 7th July 2018
Queensland: Boonah Farm Collection Day = 27.08.11
Rick Aitken Family Connections in January 2008
Roma St. Parklands in Brisbane in 2007
The Birds Egg Collection from the 1960’s to 2018
The Black Cotton Fishing Story
THE CAIRNS TRIP …… in 1968 … A student experience in 1968
The Wheels Story …. 1970 to 1974
The Wilsons Creek Packing Shed House 1950 – 1956
THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE: AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969 …..
University of Queensland Buildings and Gardens July 2008
University of Queensland Gardens and Lakes in July 2008
Wedding with Kieron Jarvis & Claire Aitken …. 24th June 2017
Wilsons Creek Packing Shed as House 1950 – 1956
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Blackbean Rd.
Wilsons Creek where Ken Aitken Grew Up in the 1950’s and 1960’s ….. Upper Wilsons Creek
Post 2: Keiron and Claire Jarvise’s Unit …. Bowen Australia
Bowen Beaches
4. OUR TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD 2003 – 2017
Ken and Harriet’s Travel posts from 2003 to 2017.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
Trip 11: 2012 ……The Kimberleys in Western Australia ….. for two weeks
Trip 13: South African Trip in 2014
Trip 14: Post 1 … 2015 May 9th – 29th …. HOLIDAY OVERSEAS … Istanbul – Venice — Dubai = Overview
Trip 14: 2015 ….. Day 12 – 15th = 22nd to 25th May ITALY … Venice
Trip 14: Day 11 = 21st May ITALY … Ravenna
Trip 14: Day 11 =19th May GREECE … Corfu
Trip 14: Day 8 = 18th May Preveza … Arta 1 = 14th Century Church
Trip 14: Post 10 …. Day 10 =18th May : GREECE … Preveza
Trip 14: Post 12 ….. Day 12=20th May … Dubrovnik in Croatia
Trip 14: Post 9 …. Day 6 =14th May GREECE … Volos … Monasteries at Monteora in the Countryside
Trip 14: Post 9 …. Day 8 =16th May GREECE … Athens
Trip 14: SINGAPORE AIRPORT ….. on the way home
Trip 14: Post 2a ….. Day 1 = 9th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … Where We Stayed For Two Days
Trip 14: Post 2b … Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL: InterContinental Istanbul Hotel … The Public Garden Next Door
Trip 14: Post 2c ….. Day 2 = 10th May ISTANBUL Intercontinental Hotel + General Area
Trip 14: Post 2d …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 and 2 = 10 -11th May: Walking Around
Trip 15: Post 4 …… Day 2= 10th May ISTANBUL: Visiting the Blue Mosque or the SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE BLUE MOSQUE
Trip 11: Post 3 …. ISTANBUL: Day 1 =10th May: Topkapi Palace Museum
Trip 11: Post 7 …. May 11- 22: The Ship We Went With Vogages To Antiquity: AEGEAN ODYSSEY
Trip 11: Post 6 …. GREECE: Day 4 = May 12th May … Dardanelles and Mt. Athos
Trip 11: Post 7a ….. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki
Trip 11: Post 8 …. GREECE: Day 5 = May 15th … Kens Birthday on the Ship
Trip 11: Post 7b …. Day 5 = 13th May GREECE …. Thessaloniki … the Museum of Byzantine Culture
Trip 11: Post 7c …. GREECE: Day 6 = 13th May …. Thessaloniki … The streets
Trip 15: Post 1 …. THE USA HOLIDAY For Six Weeks from 23rd September – 8th November 2016
Trip 15: Post 3 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 15: Post 2 … THE USA HOLIDAY …. Philadelphia ….24th -27th September 2016
Trip 15: Post 4 …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. Washington …. 27th September -1st October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4a ….THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: General Overview …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4b ….. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Central Park …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c … THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Metropolitan Museum …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 15: Post 4c …. THE USA HOLIDAY …. New York: Ferry Trip …. 1st October – 6th October 2016
Trip 17: 2017: MEDITERRANEAN SEA and ITALY
Trip 17: Assisi: The Cathedral = 18th September 2017
Trip 17: Assisi: The Hotel We Stayed In = 18th – 19th September 2017
Trip 17: Assisi: The Town = 18th -19th September 2017
Tiles from Assisi
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. 22nd = Bellagio near Hotel Belevedere
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 20th – 21st September 2017 = Hotel Belevedere
Trip 17: Bellagio … Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Ferry to Varenna on the other side of the Lake …..
Trip 17: Lake Como = 22nd September 2017 = Varenna walking along the side of Lake Como for about a kilometre…..
Trip 17: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel
Trip 17: Verona = 20th – 21st September 2017 …. General Pottering from our Hotel …. Market Square
Trip 2: 2004 …. Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005
Trip 3: A history of flooding in the sinking city of Venice – in pictures
Trip 3: 2005: The Italy Trip
Trip 3: EARLY ROME …. First Century
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. SORRENTO: The Valley Of The Mills
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. CINQUE TERRE
Trip 3: Leaning Tower of Pisa 2005
Trip 3: Winter in Venice …. from an e-mail …
Trip 3: ITALY HOLIDAY in March / April 2005 ….. VENICE: The 500 year old City
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: Post 1
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KINGS CANYON …. Post 9
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: KATHERINE GORGE …. Post 3
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006 …. In Central Australia: YELLOW WATER, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK : Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. Ayres Rock (Uluru): Post 8
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: …. In Central Australia: ….. Alice Springs: Post 5
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … Kakadu National Park: Post 4
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006: In Central Australia … The Olgas : Post 7
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in June 2006: In Central Australia ….. GUNLOM: Post 2
Trip 4: NORTHERN TERRITORY TRIP in 2006 …. In Central Australia: Bus Trip to AYRES ROCK (ULURU) …. Post 6
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. Rodin Museum
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. France – Brittany Holiday
Trip 5: FRANCE HOLIDAY in May 2007 ….. MONT-SAINT-MICHEL and its Bay + Photos
Trip 3: CHATEAUX de VILLANDRY …. The Gardens on the East Side
Trip 9: CHINA HOLIDAY …. 2011: October 10th – 28th … an Overview
Talk about a collapsed market ……
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA : 2015 27th November – 13th December
Trip 13: AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY / TASMANIA : 2015, 27th November – 13th December
Trip 16: Post 1a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. 16 Days to Discover Japan ….. 05 – 19th April 2017
Peace Garden
Trip 16: Harriet’s Photos … Japan
Trip 16: Post 11b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11b (Harriet’s Photos) of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11c … OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Traditional Tea Ceremony in city of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 15th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11d …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kimonos Display with models …. Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 11e ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Togetsu Bridge in the City of KYOTO= Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 12 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Temple Kiyomizo dera in the City of KYOTO … Day 13 of 16:16th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 13 …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. NARA – KYOTO: Temple Todaiji with deers …. Day 13 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 14b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Shitenno Ji Temple in KYOTO …. Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 3a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Teien Gardens in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 4c ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …… Asakusa Kannon Temple in the City of TOKYO = Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 7a …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Bullet Train from Tokyo to Nagano …. Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Gotemba Peace Park
Trip 16: Post 7b …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Nangano to Matsumoto = Day 7 of 16: 10th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 7c …. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Umedas Sky Building in Osaka …. Day 7 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 9a ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hida Folk Village in the City of Takayama = Day 9 of 16: ….12th April, 2017
Trip 16: Post 9b ….. OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Takayama Festival Matsuii Museum …. Day 9 of 16: 12th April, 2017
POST 2: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Singapore …. Day 1 of 16: 5th April, 2017
POST 3: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Cruise on the Sumida River in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April 2017
POST 3b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Hama-rikyu Gardens in TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 3c: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. OBSERVATORY Sjinjuku Municipal Observation Building …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN: Cherry Blossom season just starting in early April in Japan ….. 05 – 19th, April 2017
POST 3d: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Meiji Jingu Garden in TOKYO …. Day 3 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 4a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO …. Day 4 of 16: 7th April, 2017
POST 4b: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Yanaka City in the City of TOKYO (Harriet’s Photos) …. Day 4 of 16: 6th April, 2017
POST 5a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Oshino Hakkai = Day 5 of 16: 8th April, 2017
POST 10: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Kenroku-en Garden in the city of KANAZAWA …. Day 10 of 16: 13th April, 2017
POST 11a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Castle Nijo-Jo in the City of KYOTO = Day 11 of 16: 14th April, 2017
POST 14a: OUR HOLIDAY IN JAPAN …. Osaka Castle = Day 14 of 16: 17th April, 2017
Trip 4:1. CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Post 1
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Granville Island in Vancouver … After our return to Vancouver: Post 9
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver Sun Yat Garden: Post 2
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Vancouver: Granville Island: Post 9
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …….. NIAGARA FALLS …. Post 11
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….Toronto: Dinner With Yolanda: Post 10
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Niagara Falls in 1911, 2014 & 2015 = Post 13
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PEI ….The Serendipity Bed and Breakfast Inn: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – Anne of Green Gables: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. in NORTHERN ALASKA: Post 3
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. To JUNEAU in ALASKA: Post 4
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. JUNEAU in ALASKA ….. The Walk to the Mendenhall Glacier: Post 5
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. SKAGWAY in ALASKA : Post 6
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. LIARSVILLE in SKAGWAY in ALASKA: Post 7
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Glacier Bay in Alaska … Our return to Vancouver: Post 8
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 ….. Niagara Falls … the parks of Niagara City: Post 12
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Lunch with the Zielonkos: Post 17 ….. A post for Claire our Daughter
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Ontario Pioneer Camp in Eastern Canada: Post 16
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: Quebec City: Post 14
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008 …. Brockville Harbour: Post 17
Trip 4: CANADIAN HOLIDAY in May 2008: the Diner we went to on Prince Edward Island: Post 15
Trip1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY ….. in May 2003 ….. Post 1
Trip 1: ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: Devon generally ….. Post 1
ENGLAND HOLIDAY in May 2003: STOURHEAD GARDEN ….. Week 2: Post 2
ENGLAND HOLIDAY …. CITY OF LONDON May 2003 …. 4th week ….. Post 4
5. MY PAST WORK
Fischer Garden Brookfield Brisbane ….
Greenmount Beach Resort 1980 – 2008
McAnalen Pool from 1982, Brisbane, Daisy Hill ….
Richardson Garden Runaway Bay Gold Coast ……
Sheehan Garden in October 2007 (1984 – 2007)
6. PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
40 pieces of advice you may benefit by for the rest of your life …..
A Wonderful Message by George Carlin
Against All Odds
Are We Listening? …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Are You a Reason, Season or Lifetime Person?
Attitude Of The 92-year Old Lady …..
Biblical Creationism vs. Secular Creationism by Evolution and Chance ….
The nature of DNA illustrates the creatorship of God …..
Very interesting – The human body …..
Human Compassion…..What a wonderful example!
Never too busy for a friend!
SPIRITUALITY FROM JESUS CHRIST AND THE CREATION
Spirituality is quite different to Religion
The Cab Ride
The Dam
The Garden of Life …..
The Glass Of Milk
The Old Phone: “Information Please” …. for those who have a Christian Spirituality.
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Sustainable Life is a life of wholeness ….
The Value of Affirmation …… Via my friend Chip Hedges
Title 7% ….. for those who have a Christian Spirituality
Top 50 Ways to Make Someones Monday
8. KEN AND HARRIET’S PLACE ….. Funny Stories
`THE WORLD IS A VERY SMALL PLACE’ …. AN EXPERIENCE WHILST I WAS A STUDENT IN 1969′
At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
Billy Connolly’s 13 things I hate about people …..
DIARY OF A NEW BRIDE
Do you think English is easy?
Extreme fatuousness in marketing
From Brisbane to Sydney.
GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently died…)
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED …..
How some business is done! …. via Tim Wilbur
I Hope You Dance Via Theo Catsoulis
Just for fun …. CHANGE ONE LETTER OF THE BOTTOM WORD POSTED AND SEE WHO GETS STUCK AND CAN’T CONTINUE!
Lessons from the Geese …. via Ria Strong
Railroads – The Power of Engineering Logic
Subject: FW: A short quiz. Good one!
THE BRICK …..
The Dam via Chip Hedges
The Meaning of Life is but one’s perspective! ….. via Janifer Cronk
The Pea Story Via Michael O’Conner ……
The Power of Creativity ….
The Simple Glass Of Milk …..
The Train Story … A student experience in 1969
9. POINTS TO PONDER ….
10. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE
A Visit to the Roma St. Parklands …. Brisbane
Minyon Falls Forest Walk Easter (March) 2008
Open Gardens at Mt. Tamborine in September = Springtime in Queensland Australia in 2015 ….
Palm Grove, Mt. Tamborine, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
The Cottage Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
The Possum …..
The Rainforest Garden Room in Ken’s House in Queensland, Australia
11. Past Sent E-mails …..
Ken Aitken: Personal Experiences
Trip 2: 2004 …. Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia
