A KIWI ASSAULT ON OUR LAMINGTONS

A KIWI ASSAULT ON OUR LAMINGTONS

If there is one icon in Australia that ‘out-icons’ the pavlova it is surely the lamington. We all know that the wretched Kiwis claim the pavlova (which of course is nonsense 🥵 ), but in 2014 Aussies were horrified to read in the Guardian that they had

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Blowin’ in the wind; the Hills Hoist.

Blowin' in the wind; the Hills Hoist.

HUNG OUT TO DRY! Baby boomers like me may have memories of old ‘prop’ clothes lines. They had been around for generations,  although there was an attempt to improve on them as early as  1889. An Australian invented a device for carrying a double line, which could be elevated

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