Episode 216 - Playing Cat

We bought a gift for the cat today.

It serves as a scratcher and a toy.

See how the cat indulges in its new discovery!

Episode 215 - New Family Member - An Adopted Cat

We adopted a cat from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) today.

It is a young male cat of around 4 months old.

The whole family is excited about the new member and we are working at getting him settle down in his new home.

Episode 214 - Birds at Hamilton Island

Rainbow Lorikeet

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Laughing Kookaburra

Rainbow Lorikeet

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Seagull
Currawong

Seagull

A Quail?

Episode 213 - Hamilton Island

1. Coral Sea view from hotel room


2. Church


3. Front Street


4. Jetty for boat to the Great Barrier Reef


5. Sunset at One Tree Hill




6. The Buggies

My family had a short holiday at the Hamilton Island recently.

Hamilton Island is located at Queensland of Australia. It is one of the Whitsunday Islands at the North-eastern part of Australia.
There had been some changes to the Island since we visited it over 10 years ago:

a. The hotel looked old and requires some renovation.

b. The arrangement was less convenient - we needed to pick up our luggage at the airport and took it to our transfer bus (last time the luggage was transferred direct from the plane to our room!).

c. The zoo had moved to a new site. The previous site appeared to have been redeveloped to build houses. It becomes a very small zoo now.

Having said that we still consider the Island to be a place worth revisiting again in the future. The Island, in particular the sunset at the One Tree Hill, remained very very beautiful. It's easy to see wild birds around the Island (see Episode 214 for photos). Travelling around by golf car (they called it buggy there) was also very enjoyable.

The original photos were taken by my family using a Nikon D7000. The photos as posted here reduced in size and quality after uploaded.

Episode 212 - Ginger Milk Pudding IV

I noted the following know how from an old cook book:

To facilitate consolidation of the pudding, a small drop of vinegar can be added to the ginger juice before you pour in the hot milk.

Haven't tried it yet.