Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
The Currumbin yarnbombers have struck again. First, it was the beachfront banksia trees that copped it a couple of years ago. Knotty tree trunks covered with colourful threads knitted with naughtiness. Now the creekside pelicans have been hit. I rode over there on my bike to take a closer look. Yarnbombers take to the streets and cover objects with knitted or crocheted yarn. Most yarnbombers are women who cloak trees, lampposts, bollards,… Read More
Category: Experiment Tags: Art, Birds, Currumbin, Fun, Gold Coast, Sculpture, Winter, Women
My mother always said things come in threes. Some might call it superstition or coincidence or the result of energy following the mind’s focus. But more often than not, things in threes seemed to happen. And so it did when I arrived at Hervey Bay, the third stop in our road trip. Over the ten days, we’d visited the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail near Esk. Around Bargara, we’d seen the sugar cane locos shuffling around the… Read More
Category: Experiment, Travel, Weather Tags: Active Travel, Adventure, Australia, bike-riders, Cycleways, Exhilarating, Fishermen, Fun, GoPro, Hervey Bay, History, Holiday, Holidays, inspiration, interesting people, Jetty, Ocean, Queensland, Railway, Touring, Tourism, Trains, Video, Winter
With campervan packed and bikes loaded on the back, we went travelling old roads with new eyes. This is the fourth story from my recent road trip in South East Queensland. It was a Monday morning and we rode inland along Bargara Road. Week days bring out the life of a town. You see its workings more clearly – who does what and when, how things get done. Of course, it’s only a glimpse but sometimes… Read More
Category: Experiment, Travel Tags: Active Travel, Australia, Bargara, Beach, bike-riders, Bundaberg, Canefields, Cold, Coral Coast, Decisions, Drums, Facebook, Happiness, Holiday, Holidays, inspiration, interesting people, lifestyle change, Making choices, Mon Repos, Nature Reserve, Neighbourhood, Personal Change, Queensland, Sunshine, Transformation, Turtles, Values, Well-being, Winter
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
Gail Rehbein exerts copyright over the stories and photographs on this site (2014-2023).
a bike for all seasons