Rob Smith
@rcss67.bsky.social
Not from The Cure. Lives in Western Australia, currently studying to be a High School History teacher. Love history, sport, road trips and sunshine. Also have eclectic musical taste.
My last night as a 57 year old. Now 58, and it keeps speeding up.
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My last night as a 57 year old. Now 58, and it keeps speeding up.
Who doesn't like ducklings?
August 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Who doesn't like ducklings?
Another footballer with a career finished by persistent concussions. A lot of sports around the world face massive changes or their disappearance over the next decades. McGovern the greatest defender of his generation.
June 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another footballer with a career finished by persistent concussions. A lot of sports around the world face massive changes or their disappearance over the next decades. McGovern the greatest defender of his generation.
Some First World War books waiting to be read next to my bed currently
May 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some First World War books waiting to be read next to my bed currently
Blossom the guard dog, always alert for stray food, people or dogs
May 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Blossom the guard dog, always alert for stray food, people or dogs
Scenes from a long road trip. 500kms+. Gorgeous weather but the wheatbelt needs rain.
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Scenes from a long road trip. 500kms+. Gorgeous weather but the wheatbelt needs rain.
And here is the Collie River on the edge of the town
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And here is the Collie River on the edge of the town
Here is the Premier Coal Mine just outside of Collie. The town was named Collie after the first English Explorer to pass through in the early days of the Swan River Colony c1830.
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Here is the Premier Coal Mine just outside of Collie. The town was named Collie after the first English Explorer to pass through in the early days of the Swan River Colony c1830.
Poor old Williams River has barely enough water to fill a bath, but the Collie and Hotham Rivers were both substantial where I crossed them
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Poor old Williams River has barely enough water to fill a bath, but the Collie and Hotham Rivers were both substantial where I crossed them
This part of the wheatbelt is full of river valleys and small streams- its also got coal, bauxite and gold mining. Saw many flocks of shorn and unshorn sheep, some cattle and horses and even some water buffalo!
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This part of the wheatbelt is full of river valleys and small streams- its also got coal, bauxite and gold mining. Saw many flocks of shorn and unshorn sheep, some cattle and horses and even some water buffalo!
Took a road trip today through some lovely, if parched, countryside around Quindanning, Williams, Darkan and Collie. Early May and its still in the high 20sC, so not many farm dams have water. Here are some videos, starting on Lower Hotham Road
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Took a road trip today through some lovely, if parched, countryside around Quindanning, Williams, Darkan and Collie. Early May and its still in the high 20sC, so not many farm dams have water. Here are some videos, starting on Lower Hotham Road
The tourist train at Busselton Jetty slow trundles to its terminus at the end of the longest Jetty in the Southern Hemisphere
May 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The tourist train at Busselton Jetty slow trundles to its terminus at the end of the longest Jetty in the Southern Hemisphere
From the ABC today (the Aussie one).
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From the ABC today (the Aussie one).
Suspicious! We all know who the hitman was.
April 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Suspicious! We all know who the hitman was.
An example of some of the handwriting I have been peering at for years as I work my way through the copious records my subject left in the files. #19thCentury #handwriting #transcribing
April 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
An example of some of the handwriting I have been peering at for years as I work my way through the copious records my subject left in the files. #19thCentury #handwriting #transcribing
It's hard looking back to your first overseas trip and realising its half a lifetime ago. Me in Scotland 1996
April 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's hard looking back to your first overseas trip and realising its half a lifetime ago. Me in Scotland 1996
Sunset at Sikinos, Greece 2012
March 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sunset at Sikinos, Greece 2012
International Women's Day
March 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
International Women's Day