Snowing in Canberra – Australia’s Capital City

13 July 2016 – yes it’s snowing in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Canberra Pictures from a chilly Mt Ainslie at 846 metres ASL, SOTA Peak VK1/AC-040, where the temperature at 8 am is sub-zero. Some of you are familiar with the steel-tube pole at the summit.  🙂 Photos: © Copyright 2016 Andrew VK1AD  …

Surprise visitor to the garden

This adult Blue-tongued lizard paid me a visit today.  Started work on a paving job (work in progress job…groan!) only to find this fella warming in the sun. For the overseas readers the length is 18 inches (45 cm) with a girth of 2 inches (5 cm).  After taking pictures for the blog, I took…