Blue Mountains – latest article

  • SKINK FAMILY'S HOUSE & GARDEN
    SKINK FAMILY’S HOUSE & GARDEN
    A sweet, Eastern Water Skink family have lived inside an old stone wall in our Blue Mountains garden for years. When we were building a new house on the site we had to dismantle part of the wall. My lovely partner Rob decided it was only fair...
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History – latest article

  • THE LAST DIORAMA; AN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM TREASURE
    THE LAST DIORAMA; AN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM TREASURE
    This story of the historic Lord Howe Island diorama in Sydney’s Australian Museum highlights the importance of a back-story in engaging people like me. 😎 I love birds, but I live in the Blue Mountains, and seabirds are not on my radar….unless it’s seagulls harassing me for...
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Humour – latest article

  • THAT SCHOOL REPORT 😨
    THAT SCHOOL REPORT 😨
    A SATISFACTORY SCHOOL REPORT? First term; ‘James is trying.’ Second term; ‘James is always trying.‘ Well that doesn’t sound too bad; all a parent could ask really. Final term; ‘James has been very trying‘ Oh…! This was one of my mother’s small repertoire of jokes that never...
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Travel – latest article

  • WOOLLOOMOOLOO.....FULL CIRCLE
    WOOLLOOMOOLOO…..FULL CIRCLE
    First up, a silly riddle about Woolloomooloo by C.J. Dennis; Yes, that’s eight o’s. 😛 It’s a small jump to the puzzle of which Aussie icon rhymes with Woolloomooloo. WOOLLOOMOOLOO – affectionately dubbed ‘the Loo’. It once had a reputation as a rough and ready sort of...
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Latest Blog Posts

  • TWO CUPS...AND A MEETING OF MINDS
    TWO CUPS…AND A MEETING OF MINDS
    ‘Everything we keep, we must use’. This has been the catchphrase as my partner Rob and I settle into our new home. Although we have given away a vast amount of our possessions on the local community site, we still have lots of inherited family antiques, and...
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  • BRING BACK THE BROOCH
    BRING BACK THE BROOCH
    When my sister and I were very young we each had a little elephant brooch, which we wore on our winter overcoats. I don’t remember wearing brooches again for over 50 years, as they slipped out of fashion in the ‘swinging sixties’. We has badges for school,...
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  • SMALL CHANGE; TWO BOB BITS!
    SMALL CHANGE; TWO BOB BITS!
    Cash is dead… well on its knees anyway, especially change lower in value than a 50 cent piece. Like most people I now pay for almost everything with my credit card. Nevertheless, my partner Rob and I have accumulated dozens of two bob bits (20 cent pieces)....
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  • JERSEY COWS...I LIKE THEM BEST!
    JERSEY COWS…I LIKE THEM BEST!
    Jersey cows made up our first dairy herd when we moved to our farm outside Ulverstone (Tasmania) in 1952. Here are some of them, grazing in the paddock behind my sister Robbie and our dog Laddie, circa 1959. It was Laddie’s job to bring them into the...
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