Jane

Australia

Sunsets of Outback Queensland

Outback Queensland promises some wonderful sunsets at places such as Longreach cruising the Thomson River and Camden Park cattle and sheep station as well as Karumba right on the Gulf of Carpentaria. image credit: author's photo.

Australia

Discover Cobbold Gorge

Cobbold Gorge is accessed from Forsayth, in North Queensland, by a bone shaking 1 hour drive in a 4WD coach. The gorge was discovered in the 1990s by the Terry family, who still own the property. The gorge is only around 10-12,000 years old, that's young in geological terms!

Australia

The Lava Tubes of Undara

The Undara lava tubes are the largest of their type in the world are located near Mt Surprise in Northern Queensland. Image credit: Author's photo

Australia

More about Dinosaurs

The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Centre, near Winton is set up to display the fossils of these enormous animals that roamed the lush tropical land and inland sea, located here 95 million years ago. Image credit - author's photo

Flowers

Olympics Tokyo 2020 - Victory Bouquet

The flowers used for the Olympic victory bouquet in Tokyo will include eustomas and Solomon’s seals from Fukushima, sunflowers from Miyagi, gentians from Iwate, and aspidistras from Tokyo.

Women Artists

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. In an era when female painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence.

Restoration

Plautilla Nelli

The Renaissance convent-painter Plautilla Nelli (1524-1588) was the first known female artist of Florence. She ran a working studio within her convent and produced large scale devotional paintings.

Restoration

The Fortune of a Philanthropist

Jane Fortune was an author, editor and philanthropist who spent a lifetime supporting the arts, in particular increasing art accessibility for the disabled. She funded the restoration of Plautilla nelli's Lamentation with Saints.

Birds

More Bird dances to make you smile

Sit down for a few minutes and be enchanted by more dance performances by beautiful birds.

Fashion

Mary Quant

The Mary Quant Exhibition, at the Bendigo Art Gallery explores the years between 1955 and 1975, when Mary Quant revolutionised the high street, harnessing the youthful spirit of the sixties and new mass production techniques to create a new look for women. Credit: bendigoregion.com.au

Silo Art

Albacutya Silo

Albacutya is a small Victorian rural location approximately 355kms from Melbourne and close to Rainbow. A new attraction is the mural being painted on the Albacutya Silo, 10km north of Rainbow. Credit: My own photo

Silo Art

Mallee Meanderings

The Wimmera & Mallee covers hundreds of miles of wheat fields, crisscrossed by railway tracks, the only outcrops innumerable silos used for storing the grain and pulses. These days many form canvasses for mural artists which make up an extensive Silo Art Trail. Credit: mailtimes.com.au

Travel

Marysville - Yarra Valley

Located in the foothills of Melbourne's closest ski fields, Marysville is a picturesque town, a place to enjoy peace and quiet and appreciate the wonders of nature. Established in 1863 as a stopover for diggers travelling to the Goldfields, Marysville, evolved into a popular resort destination.

Sculpture

Gillie and Marc

Creating some of the world’s most innovative public sculptures, Gillie and Marc Schattner an Australian collaborative artist couple, are re-defining what public art should be, spreading messages of love, equality, and conservation around the world.

Travel

A Changing Urban Landscape

During my recent visit to Sydney I had the chance to explore Broadway in Sydney which includes the iconic Grace Bros building - how much it had changed since the 1970s. Let’s consider changing urban landscapes . Image credit: sydney-city.blogspot.com

Dogs

Sandringham's Dog Mural

On my morning walk today around Sandringham, Dell, my friend and neighbour showed me this fabulous Dog Mural by Warren J Fox. Photo Credit: splatrs.com

Unbridled

Unwrapping Egyptian Mummies

I was fascinated by this painting - Examination of a Mummy by Paul Dominique Philippoteaux. I could see a mummy was being unravelled, but who were the beautifully dressed ladies on the left taking a keen interest in the proceedings? Image Credit: Public Domain/ArtMight

Museum

Lego model - City of Pompeii

During my visit of the Chau Chak Wing Museum located in the grounds of the University of Sydney, children gathered around a Lego model of the city of Pompeii Image Credit: Photo by Craig Barker - Nicholson Museum

Museum

University of Sydney - Museum of Antiquities

Within the walls of Sydney University, The Nicholson Collection of Antiquities along with another significant collections aquired by the Uni is now housed in the Chau Chak Wing Museum, which opened in April 2021. Credit - Author's photo

Performing Arts

La Traviata Performed on Sydney Harbour

While I was in Sydney in early April 2021, I had the pleasure of attending the opera, La Traviata – which was performed on Sydney Harbour against the marvellous backdrop of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Image credit: Hamilton Lund

Gardens

The Calyx - Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney

Jane is in Sydney taking in the sights around this glorious Australian city. Today she brings you a little about a living artwork - The Calyx . Read on to find out more.

Symbols and Words

The Charm of Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are one of the most charming oddities of the English language, often with seemingly bizarre connections to the groups they identify.Why are lions in a pride? Are crows really murderous? Have you ever stopped to wonder where these peculiar terms came from? Image: wordpress.com

Celebration

Celebrating Easter in Africa

As the sun rises in Africa on Easter Sunday about 70 million Christians in Africa will start a big celebration including decorating the churches with butterflies and singing Christian hymns to the beating of African drums. Image credit: Andy Brunner/Unsplash

Reflection

Paixão sexta-feira

Christ the Redeemer, the statue which stands above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil offers a timely reminder to stop and reflect on the great losses the world has suffered over the past year. Time to reflect and thank all those who have sacrificed so much for so many. Image credit: Robert Nyman/Unsplash

Sculpture

More UooUoos

A few weeks ago we introduced you to UooUoos - a mythical creature designed for an Art Trail In Melbourne and fund raiser for the Royal Children's Hospital 150th Anniversary.