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December 10, 2025

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August 09, 2025

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Arches around the world

Triumphal and decorative Wellington Arch, London Going through photos that I take when travelling, I noticed that I seem to curate them into collections. I see one category and then link that to others in the same category. hence this post on arches! Wellington Arch is in London, originally erected to commemorate Britain's victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It can be found at Hyde Park corner on what is basically a traffic island, I think that's how I found it as I was trying to get across some rather busy roads! It was first constructed on a nearby site and then moved to its current site in the mid 1880s, the top originally had a statue of the Duke of Wellington on a horse, now there's a group of horses and an angel. The same traffic island has the Marble Arch, which was moved there from the front of Buckingham Palace. As Queen Victoria's family grew she needed more space so a new wing was built at what is now the front facade that everyone sees. The triumpha...

Sheffield Tasmania

The town of murals Sheffield is a small town in northern Tasmania that has become well known for its murals. In the 1980s the local tourist board, inspired by a small town in Canada that had painted murals, came up with the idea of painting murals on the town buildings as a tourist attraction. Most buildings in the town have a mural painted on them and there's a Mural Festival held every April. I had decided to spend a night in the town after leaving Cradle Mountain. Sheffield is about an hour's drive from the National Park and I had read about the murals so it seemed the perfect place to stay. The town certainly didn't disappoint and I loved the murals. This was the first mural to be completed in December 1986, it shows Gustav Weindorfer, the man responsible for having Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair declared a National Park. The scene depicted is his chalet in the park area with snow on the ground. The murals illustrate notable people from the local area. ...

Old Government House, Parramatta

Australia's oldest public building (on the mainland) When the convict settlement was established at Sydney Cove, it soon became apparent that the area lacked good fertile soil to grow crops. Governor Arthur Philip travelled further up the river that flowed into the harbour and established a farm to feed the young colony. Originally called Rose Hill the name changed to Parramatta and it's the second oldest city, after Sydney, in Australia. The name is an approximation of what the local Aboriginal people called the area. Arthur Philip had a cottage built on the site of the farm, but it was the second governor John Hunter who built a more substantial house to reside in. By 1799, Hunter wanted a 'country' residence to escape the unsanitary conditions and crime, as well as the poor quality of the original Sydney Government House. He had Philip's cottage demolished and a more permanent building was erected. Convict labour was used to construct the house. The ori...

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Abigwideworld: There's a big wide world out there and I want to see as much of it as possible, is a sentence that I have used over the years to explain why I love to travel so much. I'm fortunate that I've been able to see quite a bit of the world, but there's a lot more to see! This blog is a great way for me to record my travels.

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