C. Ganly

I haven’t posted here for a while and it’s not that I haven’t been busy. Real (well, my paid) work has ramped up, I’m writing my third...

Some time ago, my first post in March 2016 to be exact, I posted about a field trip I took with my Dad, Rob, to Snake Island. What I...

We’re all familiar with the standard distance markers that we see on the sides of all of our roads. They come in a range of different...

Happy New Year! Over the Christmas break I was talking with my father about some of the little or unknown pioneers of Victoria. So with...

The tiny hamlet of Johanna is one of those places that you either know or don’t. You don’t just stumble across it, as it’s pretty out of...

As I mentioned in my last post I was heading back to Hong Kong and, while I was there, I was going to take a look around and see what I...

Queen Victoria Over the years I’ve had the chance to spend a lot of time in Hong Kong both on business and holidays. Of late I’m there...

Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 May In my last post I wrote about my discoveries on foot in my local suburb of Newtown, Geelong. In this edition...

Sunday, 7 May 2017 As some of you will know I’ve been a bit sidelined for the past couple of weeks. The bikes are away and I’ve been on...

As we all know, technology has made our lives a lot easier but we didn’t always have lasers or GPS. What did we do before these things?...

Renamed places in the State of Victoria, Australia.

Some plaques, cairns, gates and remnants First of all let me wish all of you a Happy New Year. I hope that those that have been able to...

A couple of years ago I came across a Gentleman who used to live in Geelong in the 1840’s and 50’s. His name was William Drummond Mercer...

So you want to “do” your family history? In the past few years I’ve spent a fair bit of time in various libraries and historical facilities

That’s what we used to call the girls from the High School. Not a great name I know, but that’s what we called them when I went to school...

I’ve had a theory for some time now. Whoever named a lot of towns in the Western districts of Victoria liked the letter “C.” I have no...

The rail trail This week is my second part of what will now be my three (maybe four…) part series on forgotten railways in Victoria. This...

This week I’m going all nautical on you. For the past couple of weeks, in my spare time, I’ve been helping my father on a project of his....

This week I had the white shorts on. I was in Sydney. I had the chance to spend some time at the NSW State Library, Parliament House and...

A newly acquired “skill” of mine is title searching. Now, I will be the first to admit that it’s a pretty obscure and low demand skill...