Welcome from Eunice and Ron in Queensland Australia The Ozzie connection

We are here, west of Brisbane, the State Capital

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Stamps These pages are subject to change and rotation - try the 'find' or 'site map' buttons above for your own specific interests.   click here Great Britain Machins, British Booklets, G.B. Registered Envelopes, Stamps from Machines, George VI, Antarctica, Australian booklets, Complete Collection? Edward 8th, King Edward VIII - a collection, Fun with stamps, Miniature sheets, Nubian Monuments, Something Slightly Different-varieties etc., Wilding 3d definitive, Machin dark flaw in hair variety, Machin extra extension hole variety, Zambia,

Postal History Letters from the Past a selection of letters dated from 1660 to the middle 1800s, with details of the postal markings and contents. More letters uploaded regularly. 200 years of British postmarks click here; Miscellaneous - e.g. Australia, Christmas Island, Tin Can Mail, Zeppelin, Cupboard collections, Rhodesian stamp variety, Egyptian Censor cover from WWII, 1941, Princess Anne's visit to Hong Kong 1971, London 1980 Stamp exhibition Mail for the Armed Forces NEW, Postal events on British stamps, NEW . click here

Regency Postal information, Road Transport, Clothing, letters etc., click here

Books and Authors Reading is another time-consuming pastime, and we belong to two branches of the public library and have our own collection of books. We read between 10 and 20 books a fortnight between us over a wide range of subjects. The categories on our database for our book collection give a good idea of our interests :- Aircraft, Astrology, Australiana, Autobiographies and Biographies, Computer, Cookery, Fiction, Gardening, Geography, History, Humour, Motoring, Music, Mysteries, Mystic, Nature, Poetry, puzzles, Philately, Reference, Science Fiction, Sport, Social history. Favourite authors include many no longer living: Nevil Shute, Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, Terry Pratchett, Dick Francis, Alistair Maclean, Jane Duncan, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Hammond Innes Ruth Rendell and Colin Dexter (Morse), Elizabeth Ferrars, R F Delderfield. Living authors include Stephen Booth, Peter Robinson, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Alexander McCall Smith, Sheila Connelly, Donna Leon, Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich. We have found that many authors have their own websites/blogs/social media outlets and it is always worthwhile checking online to see when their latest books will be come available. We have exchanged e-mails with many of them over the years. We read Non-fiction biographies and autobiographies, including many of ordinary people, as well as the rich and famous! So we were delighted to hear of this book and to have a signed copy from the author. “One corner of an Ancient Land ” by V. Parker Kennedy. This is a collection of stories about ordinary people who lived such extraordinary lives in the Australian outback during the latter half of the 19th century, enduring both perilous and inconceivable experiences. These stories are of tragedy, hardship and unbelievable cruelty, but also of laughter and survival of the fittest and most of all the resilience and hardship of the women who accompanied their men....

British History Letters from a commercial traveller 1828-1834 'On the Road' 1830-1850 For in-depth details of social, political, economic event, visit The Peel Web

Images from our garden To see some of the beautiful Australian native flowers, and some birds and frogs including images of Noisy Miner birds nesting Click here

Links Click here for links to Philatelic sites, and to Ipswich Queensland: Ipswich City Council, Friends of Ipswich Libraries (FOILS) Ipswich First Newsletter about our city Ipswich Art Gallery (GAL), Ipswich Social Badminton Club Inc.

We hope you found something of interest,  e-mail Us if any of these interest you,
we would enjoy hearing from you.

Updated 14th August, 2024.