Year: 2016

So is it possible to be moved by a giant rock ? Well lets say the starting point is finding the right rock. Travelling to Uluru there is a turn in the road where a megalith comes into view and suddenly the excitement in the car is palpable. “There it is, there it is –…

You see the notices in the park – they make you smile because a little part of you is saying this is OZ being over cautious, over protective and just too controlling. Today I was out on my bike -this time with another son, George, and we had a Brissie baptism. We both got attacked…

One thing I admire about Brisbane and this might come as a surprise to people who have lived here all their lives, is that even after three and a half years of living here, the city still surprises me. How good is that – the latest is this wonderful initiative by Brisbane City Council. Brisbane…

“Mum lets go for a bike ride”. Now for those of you who know me, while an able walker and reader I am not famed for my biking abilities, but I did get one for my Birthday last year, and it has been very underused.  Ant is here in all his glory, so he pumped…

The joy of being in Queensland is that there are so many lovely places to escape to. The last time we went to Straddie, the island had been ravaged by fires and about one third of all the forest cover was lost. We returned to find that the forests have all regenerated, it is as…

We have just come from a weekend on North Stradbroke Island, an island just off the coast of Eastern Australia and nor far from where we live. This is the place to see the migrating whales, from terra firma, as they head north to have their calves and then return to the south with their…

I have blogged about how much I enjoy books but also how I like to share the love of them and today I have proof that within my very neighbourhood there is plenty of love going on, enough to install a fridge on a street corner. A fridge, I hear you say, on a street…

Imagine a whole neighbourhood with everyone displaying something different. The variety at EKKA this year was impressive from art to pickles, to fruit cakes and waxed hands – something that could get every single person excited. The runaway winner for me was the display “The Quilts of Queensland” and here are a select few just…

The biggest Agricultural show is drawing to a close but not before thousands have passed through its gates, ate strawberry sundaes and dagwood dogs, took away show bags, wandered through the now expanded grounds to the Art show, the cake decorating stalls, the dogs and cats on display, the cows, poultry and goats, the food…

I came across this poem in the New Statesman – a magazine I subscribe to and which I love – and around the beauty of the words of Olivia Byard’s poem “Bark World” I create my own picture to accompany them. Australia’s nature is one which requires careful consideration and casual observation. Barks as thin…