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CFFC: Variety Bash

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Todays Cee’s Fun Fotos Challenge is all about cars-new, vintage or toy. When looking for inspiration on this weeks theme I discovered some photos of a Variety Bash vehicle. A few years ago I happened upon this car on one of my Sunday walks. She’s a gem.

The Variety Bash is a weeklong fun charity event. Participants work in teams, dress up and decorate their cars. To be eligible to enter cars must be a minimum of 25-30 years old depending on car type. The must also be registered, roadworthy and insured.

Throughout the weeklong adventure Variety Bashers call into small towns and communities along the way raising money for sick, disadvantaged and special needs kids.

Great job teams. This year the Variety Bash ends in Newcastle so if I am free I will join them at the finish line.

CFFC: Living With Emus

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During our last holiday we literally lived in harmony with emus. As an Australian I never thought that this would be possible. They scare me. They peck you. They are wild creatures. However our Coffin Bay experience was very different. Here humans and emus share the town. We keep our distance from them and they just get about their business and let us take a million photos of them. I have never been up close to emus before.

In the caravan park we stayed in the emus had right of way and it was interesting to see the cars and vans stop an wait for the emus to make their move. Fortunately for us we were there in Spring so several of the families had chicks. So cute. I was interested to learn that the male emus look after the chicks not the females. Personally I got very excited when the families came up close to Truby (our slide on camper.)

As emus are usually solitary animals it was fun to see them in a mob just doing their thing.

Posted for this weeks CFFC https://ceenphotography.com/2023/01/10/cffc-feathers-2/ (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.) This weeks theme is Feathers. Thanks Cee for the inspiration.

CFFC: The Big Galah

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To start 2023 with some excitement I am joining Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. The challenges are divided into series which cover 5 weeks. This year starts with the series theme of Body Parts Human or What??And this weeks topic is – Eyes.

For me the answer was simple. The Big Galah. Australia has over 150 big things made specifically to attract tourists. The Big Galah is 8 metres high and is found outside a road house in Kimba. Kimba is half way between Sydney and Perth. In Australia galahs are found everywhere, often hanging out in groups. They are a type of cockatoo which is pink and grey.

I love the Big Galah. She is gorgeous. Her eyes call tourists and other travellers to stop their journey and visit. When I saw her I stood staring at her for a good 5 minutes from many angles. As I moved it felt like her eyes were following me. Thinking about her still brings a smile to my face.