One feature of cooking during the Great Depression, especially in rural areas, was home made kitchen ware. I especially like the flour sifter; Kerosene was widely used in Australia for heating and lighting, and the empty tins provided the raw material for all manner of makeshift household
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So many communities in fire ravaged Australia are doing it tough right now, including the Blue Mountains Do come and visit if you can. I include Lithgow and villages on the Bells Line of Road in this plea, even though they are not listed here. HERE WE
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A re-post of Sammy Sparrow’s story in honour of the station’s 150th birthday. A REFUGEE SPARROW FROM THE CITY Some time ago a sparrow living in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens was assaulted by a giant white ibis. A dispute had broken out over crumbs at the café and
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UPDATE DECEMBER 24—Poor little Blackheath, under siege again. A LONG, HOT SUMMER. Such worrying times here in the Blue Mountains and so many other parts of the country. Officially ‘catastrophic’ fire risk levels. I notice my husband quietly clearing undergrowth, and testing the petrol fueled water
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UPDATE – As someone who reacted with horror when Donald Trump became President of the United States, even I have to applaud his posthumous pardon, on May 25th 2018, of the African American boxer, Jack Johnson. In 1913 Johnson had been found guilty by an all-white jury
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