kimbofo > Bruges, Belgium photo
kimbofo > House on a pole: probably the most photographed house on the Great Ocean Road.
kimbofo > This is one of many hundreds of houses perched in precarious positions along the coastal route. They must have the most amazing views of the ocean. Yet such houses are particularly susceptible to bush fires, as we all learned during Ash Wednesday in 1983 when more than 700 houses in the Otways were destroyed.

(You can find out some very sobering facts on the Ash Wednesday fires by visiting http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/sig_fires/about_ash_wednesday.html)
kimbofo > The Pink Road House, Oodnadatta
kimbofo > The building on the right is the site of the Alting, where the first Icelandic parliament sat in 930. Yep, it's the complete MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - which only adds to its charm
Bruges, Belgium photo
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