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Townsville Festivals – Strand Ephemera Townsville 2019

August 5, 2019 By Jan Robinson 34 Comments

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  We love to travel but when we’re not travelling we’re having Fun in the Sun at home in Townsville Australia. I wrote this post a couple of days ago when the temperature range was 17 to 26 degrees Celsius – a not unusual Winter’s day in North Queensland. Winter is the Season when Townsville …

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Palm Creek Folk Festival Stage

Palm Creek Folk Festival Townsville (2020 Cancelled)

May 1, 2019 By Jan Robinson 16 Comments

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Palm Creek Folk Festival was due to be held from 11-14 June 2020 unfortunately due to the Corona Virus the festival has been cancelled for the first time every. Here is the official notification: In light of the current pandemic facing the world, we have had to make the incredibly hard decision to cancel this year’s …

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Pompei Dove Release

Pompei and an unexpected Celebration

May 6, 2015 By Jan Robinson 12 Comments

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Sometimes we find ourselves visiting less well known sights in lieu of the big name places.  In Salerno, Italy, we toyed with the idea of visiting Herculaneum (Ercolano) instead of the Roman Ruins at Pompeii. But Pompei won the day. Everyone from shop keepers to travellers are commenting on the amount of Australians in Italy at …

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Glencore Greek Fest

Tuesday in Townsville at the 2014 Glencore Greek Fest

October 14, 2014 By Jan Robinson 5 Comments

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Last Saturday (11th October) we had a blast at the Glencore Greek Fest at Riverway Townsville.  Having missed the event last year, nothing was going to stop us attending this time around. The Greek Fest is a sponsored event and the facilities were as usual excellent.  We first noticed workmen erecting the huge marquees and …

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Peurto Lope Festival Flamenco Dress

Fantastic Friday in Peurto Lope Spain

February 28, 2014 By Jan Robinson 12 Comments

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What is fantastic about this Friday? The Peurto Lope Festival in Spain. As a woman I was thrilled to see the fantastic outfits of the women and as a lover of different cultures the whole day was fantastic.  MORE PHOTOS OF THE DAY HERE. For those of you who are not feeling so well, I …

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Fantastic Friday Paella in a Spanish Field

Fantastic Friday – Cooking Paella for 300 People in Peurto Lope, Spain

July 12, 2013 By Jan Robinson 12 Comments

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An hour outside of Granada, Spain, in a field between grapevines, our Cook was creating paella – enough to feed 300 people!  In the way of such days, things were running behind schedule and it was well after 3 p.m. when the Paella was served.  In this photo a whole jar of seasoning had just …

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Townsville V8 Race Seats

Tuesday in Townsville – The Starter’s Flag

June 18, 2013 By Jan Robinson 8 Comments

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Winter has arrived in North Queensland, and something is in the (24 degree) air… Signs of change are appearing daily. Barriers and seats are appearing road side. The Flags are up. The city is getting ready to race, and from now until when the starter’s flag drops at the Townsville V8 Supercars Sucrogen 400 on 5th …

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Tuesday in Townsville – Outriggers and Stingers on The Strand

March 12, 2013 By Jan Robinson 6 Comments

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THE STRAND IN TOWNSVILLE, North Queensland, is home to several outrigger canoe clubs, whose boats live permanently on the sands, but last Friday on our daily walk, we noticed some new arrivals. Realizing we had stumbled upon the beginnings of some sort of event, we returned the following morning.  A quick Google search had revealed …

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