The hellscape of 2019

posted on May 7, 2020

After the drought and the fires we knew that this would be a year of healing.  When the rain fell on Christmas Day, we all felt a glimmer of hope.  Never before have I been so glad to slam the …
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A tinder dry tale of a late winter fire

posted on August 9, 2014

Last Monday I was in town (which isn’t usual) and happened to hear on The Country Hour that the RFS was bringing in the fire permit season a month earlier than they have for the past few years. It used …
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Back to Back Floods

posted on April 20, 2013

It seems like a long time ago now as I have been battling the Aliens in my belly, but at the end of February and beginning of March we had unprecedented rainfall and two floods back to back over two …
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A Cleansing Fire

posted on September 30, 2012

Pyromaniac that I am, I love the burning off season. Lines of fire, snaking across country and into the bush, lighting up the late winter nights with their warming glow. I love to light them, putting a lit match to …
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Copycat Coles killing free enterprise one product at a time

posted on June 12, 2012

I’ve been shopping at my nearest Coles supermarket for about 5 years.  As an increasingly discerning shopper I have become aware of Coles trading tactics and have come to despise them for their gloating greed. Coles is owned by Wesfarmers, a …
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The Dying Art of Rural Living

posted on March 24, 2012

We cleaned up at the Comboyne Show yesterday.  First prizes for my Kangaroo Valley apple mint, chutney, dozen eggs; Ged’s honey and supreme exhibit as well as First Prize for Ben’s painting in the under 8’s division.  Second prize for …
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It’s a different world out here on the land where we take responsibility for all our own water, sewage, rubbish, power, food etc

The hellscape of 2019

posted on May 7, 2020

After the drought and the fires we knew that this would be a year of healing.  When the rain fell on Christmas Day, we all felt a glimmer of hope.  Never before have I been so glad to slam the …
Read full post→

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A tinder dry tale of a late winter fire

posted on August 9, 2014

Last Monday I was in town (which isn’t usual) and happened to hear on The Country Hour that the RFS was bringing in the fire permit season a month earlier than they have for the past few years. It used …
Read full post→

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Back to Back Floods

posted on April 20, 2013

It seems like a long time ago now as I have been battling the Aliens in my belly, but at the end of February and beginning of March we had unprecedented rainfall and two floods back to back over two …
Read full post→

Posted in Farm Life | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Cleansing Fire

posted on September 30, 2012

Pyromaniac that I am, I love the burning off season. Lines of fire, snaking across country and into the bush, lighting up the late winter nights with their warming glow. I love to light them, putting a lit match to …
Read full post→

Posted in Farm Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Copycat Coles killing free enterprise one product at a time

posted on June 12, 2012

I’ve been shopping at my nearest Coles supermarket for about 5 years.  As an increasingly discerning shopper I have become aware of Coles trading tactics and have come to despise them for their gloating greed. Coles is owned by Wesfarmers, a …
Read full post→

Posted in Farm Life | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Dying Art of Rural Living

posted on March 24, 2012

We cleaned up at the Comboyne Show yesterday.  First prizes for my Kangaroo Valley apple mint, chutney, dozen eggs; Ged’s honey and supreme exhibit as well as First Prize for Ben’s painting in the under 8’s division.  Second prize for …
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