Mick Angelhere's World

      WALKING THE EAST END Londons East End once  notorious for being the home of Jack the Ripper who stalked and murdered his victims on its means streets in 1888 spreading fear throughout the city. Despite all the publicity and police investigations the killer was never caught and his identity remains a mystery today ,thus creating a whole industry in books,movies and conspiracy theories today. In 188 the east end of London was a melting pot of many different nationalities trying to make a living and survive the harsh conditions of poverty. There was a growing fear of alien invaders as more and more people from Eastern Europe arrived many of them jews fleeing persecution in Europe. By 1888 Whitechapel had one of the most densest populations of Jews in the city and the murders stirred up anti Jewish feelings and fears about immigrants taking jobs creating social unrest which the government was keen to avoid. The Ten Bells pub on Commercial Road in Spitalfields  is said to b

                                                               THE GHERKIN London a city that is 100 years old and one that is filled with history everywhere you look you see buildings that mark the passage of time. London is a mixture of centuries as each new decade seeks to put its mark in the city and the contrast between the old and the new and the difference can be seen quite clearly in the City of London ,with the historic St Andrew Undesrhaft Church dominated by the Gherkin towering above it but still holding its own against its presence . The present church building was constructed in 1532  but a church has existed on the site since the 12th century. Survived the Great Fire of London and the Blitz of 1940. Another surviver is St Helens an Anglican church that William Shakespeare went to in the 1590s. The church dates from the 12th century and has some alterations done in the intervening centuries . The Gherkin sits in Londons financial district on the site of the B

I visit Norah Head on the Central Coast of New South Wales a spectacular location with the Norah Head Lighthouse ensuring the safety of ships at sea in the background.

I explore a cave as the rising threatens to trap me inside along the way I have a friend accompany me as I head towards the cave

               THE  BLUE FACED HONEY EATER & THE RED BULL ANT    I come across a blue faced honeyeater and managed to get a short video of him before he flew away they are also known as bannabirds . Both males and females are very much the same in appearance and they are common in northern and eastern Australia and southern New Ginea. The red bull ant is found throughout eastern Australia nd they are solitary hunters taking on prey that is bigger then they are and I can say that they are some of the aggressive creatures you will encounter in the bush . The red bull ant is a member of the wasp family they have keen vision and sting like a wasp the stinger is coated  rom icing a very nasty and painful sting which can last for days it is one ant you do want at your picnic