Year: 2023

We set off at 6 am and drove to the park entrance where we had a briefing. Before long we were walking through the potatoes fields, making our way up to the tree line which was the demarcation for the park. Our guide told us that soon the limits of the park would be increased…

There is a lot going for Rwanda – starting with their positive outlook, burgeoning middle class, great roads, pavements everywhere, tree lined avenues, cars off the road for two Saturdays a month in favour of physical activity and sports, to the verdant hills and valleys on which Kigali is built amphitheatrically almost in every direction.…

On what is said to be the busiest day in the year we set off at Sparrow’s fart to Brisbane airport for our flight to Sydney. The city sparkled in bright sunlight. Our transit was short and we were soon or our way to SA. I graciously gave C the window seat only to be…

As we get older finding original Birthday gifts is getting harder and harder but if there is anything that my husband excels as it is this. Sometimes, as in this case, I was the catalyst for the idea, and then he is off. This year it was a book review on Owls – “What an…

A visit to the Museum of Brisbane today to see this exhibition of Clay. “With pieces spanning 60 years of creativity, including fresh works never before displayed, Clay sparks a conversation about the relationship between potters and their visions. From functional wares of the 1970s to conceptual creations by iconoclastic makers of today, this exhibition will speak…

For those of you who have known us in our home in Brissie you may be aware that we had an authentic Aussie right next door who went by the name of Uncle Russ. He was our age, the only one of his family to go to university and clearly a very bright mind. Countless…

A day at the beach but with a twist. We were visiting Currumbin on the Gold Coast and the Swell Sculpture Festival – a free event which takes place largely on the beach with sculptures, installations and art works dotting the sand and the road. There were over 75 exhibits so you can easily spend…

They are a hoot – Meg loves standing on one leg and has a fat tummy and Dilli is prone to a laugh and has a very dirty mouth. See for yourselves. They make for happy afternoon companions.

I have just finished reading “The Wonder of little Things” by Vince Copley with Lea McInerney. A first Nations Ngadjuri Elder’s story of his life, of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice and racism and the joy of living life to the full. He was born on a government mission into poverty in 1936.By…

Yes, there are all sorts but today I am concentrating on the Green sort. This interesting sculpture is in the garden of this passionate person but let me tell you he is far handsomer.This is a good example of his very green fingers – everything seems to grow so well with him, but it is…