The view from my "office"

[Flashback]

You really shouldn't describe yourself as a flathead when you're looking for an office ... oh, hang on, I see what you mean.

Maybe he meant redhead and it was the personals section?

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Maybe he meant redhead and it was the personals section?

Or perhaps ... "flathead seeking offers" ... but I feel we digress!

 

[Geegeela]

McLaren Vale, South Australia. d'arenberg Winery.
d'Arry's Verandah Restaurant, The Cube, sculpture and the tuckers good too.

 

[RooFlyer]

Crescent Moon over Hobart

 

[Cossie]

Crescent moon over Nong Khiaw.........

 

[serfty]

Missed a bus to Culver City by a few seconds so had to wait a bit.

Then I saw this. ..

 

[OATEK]

Missed a bus to Culver City by a few seconds so had to wait a bit.

Then I saw this. ..

A different view of "bird strike" to what we normally think of!

 

[RooFlyer]

Annual Taste of the Huon ( still early)





Unfortunately you aren't allowed to tee- off

 

[RooFlyer]

More of the Huon







One for @juddles

 

[RooFlyer]

Gin enhanced pavlova



or something more mundane

 

[RooFlyer]

Sassafras booze!

Don't 'save the forests' - drink them !





Gin is so yesterday ....

 

[Major]

Is this a warm up for Dark mof_ ?

 

[Steady]

Sassafras booze!

I love sassafras, as a kid I used to add it to the billy when boiling up some tea and chew the leaves when wandering around the bush/farm. How much like sassafras does it taste?

Edit. Also chewed on Tassie pepper berry leaves (and berries)

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

I have a beautiful Sassafras hall table

 

[RooFlyer]

I love sassafras, as a kid I used to add it to the billy when boiling up some tea and chew the leaves when wandering around the bush/farm. How much like sassafras does it taste?

Edit. Also chewed on Tassie pepper berry leaves (and berries)

Not much at all; a bit disappointing really. Its not distilled from sassafras but rather the leaves are sort of steamed and the essence added to spirit produced from sugar (IIRC). There is a distinct taste, but I wouldn't readily identify it as sassafras if it was a blind taste test.

The story: Bakehouse Distillery

Over 60 years ago a number of experiments were conducted to establish the toxicity of a compound known as Safrole, thought to exist in all Sassafras species. The results from these experiments became instrumental in validating an almost total global ban on the use of Sassafras in all victuals.

Given the evocative flavoured scent of the tree, Martin set out to see if he could extract the oils from the leaves. This endeavour produced positive results with no traces of Safrole present.

 

[Steady]

I have a beautiful Sassafras hall table

I have a bit of milled timber stashed away, only made a mirror frame and Lacey Susan from it to date.

 

[Steady]

There is a distinct taste, but I wouldn't readily identify it as sassafras if it was a blind taste test.

Shame, I was starting to get all hot and bothered just thinking about it ....

 

[RooFlyer]

Shame, I was starting to get all hot and bothered just thinking about it ....

Yes, we made a beeline for it but then had to politely make excuses when we stopped at the little tasting cup.

 

[RooFlyer]

Majestic Princess leaving Hobart. Next stop, Sydney.

 

[Cossie]

Don't know where to put a lot of these, maybe in a random photo thread. Anyway we went for a drive beyond N. K. and offered a lift to these two ladies as they were walking up a steep hill. They both had 'pangas' with them and were off into the bush to cut something. At first the older lady seemed very nervous, then they both started talking and giggling. They didn't know how to open the car door, I'm guessing they always travel in the back of a ute/truck and not inside. We stopped where they asked, which to us didn't have anything of interest, went we drove back the other way way we could see a couple of tracks disappearing up into the bush.

Notice the young girl in the boat seems to be totally engrossed with her phone. Nearly everyone here has a 'handy'.

The other shots are of river life at N.K. and of the Mandala Ou pool. More later.