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Would You Stop?
I have this theory in life that our humanity is measured by how we treat the living things that surround us. As society gets busier, more stressed and more “Me” focused there’s a lot of important stuff...
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This Hat Could Tell A Story….
Recently I put a hat in a garage sale. It was my very first Akubra. I remember the day that I got it. We were on a family holiday, heading up to Alice Springs by following the old Overland Telegraph …...
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Send Her Down Hughie
Dear Hughie, I need a bath. You know, one of those long, hot soaks that go on for hours…One of those baths full of bath salts and bubbles and endless hot top–ups until you’re all soft and soothed and...
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A Boxful Of Memories….
Today I found my matchbox cars. They were hidden away at the top of the cupboard in an old shoebox. As I picked up each one I remembered their story. There was the logging truck that used to have a …...
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Your Award Winning Blogger….
Well howdy doody folks- I have been nominated by one of my readers for a Liebster Award! Have been so busy up a ladder all week that I didn’t realise – sorry!! Apparently the rules of the Liebster...
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The Duck Is Grumpy
The duck is grumpy. Actually, he’s much more than that- he’s furious, mad as a cut snake, spitting chips…. He has just launched himself across the floor like a heat-seeking missile and bitten me hard...
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Just A Johnny Come Lately….
There were always two distinct groups in town- the “Us” and the “Them.” The “Us” were the locals. The “Them” were those who were “new”….even if they’d been in town for 20 years….. I was always a...
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Doing a roadie…with a duck…
“What the f***! It’s a duck!” (Mr Acne is a poet, and I doubt he’d even know it….) I’m stopped at the servo getting diesel. “It’s a duck!” he repeats, pointing so I’ll look. Having already heard this...
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Kiwis , Sheep And Fush And Chups….
I have just returned from a couple of weeks in Un Zud. (For my non-Aussie readers this means I flew across the ‘dutch’ to New Zealand.) Un Zud is green…and cold…..and ‘hully’. People who live in...
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Up Close And Personal….
I can always tell when someone grew up in the city. City people get up close and personal. The bigger the city they came from, the “up-closer” and more personal they seem to get. City people stand...
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My Horse Has Three Wheels…
I was 11 when I gave up the horses. No, it wasn’t a childhood gambling problem. It was just one of those childhood obsessions. Some girls love fairies, others Barbie Dolls, my niece is obsessed with...
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Warm Your Nuts By The Fire
I recently moved to Antarctica. I’m not entirely sure when it happened but it was apparently sometime in the past couple of weeks. I obviously forgot to pack my thermal undies…. I know this because...
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Ouch! I’ve Been Bitten…And It Has A White Tail…
Close Up – White-Tailed Spider I generally don’t mind spiders- some I’m even quite fond of. ( Like Heather ) I’ve had a few bites in my day- but this one was nasty. I thought I was doing all...
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Pass The Shampoo Please….
Source:Google Images Dear Mr Shampoo Man, Wow! Thank you for making such spiffy little matching shampoo and conditioner bottles. How cute they look, side-by-side in my shower, nestling together...
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Olympic Events At Which I would Suck: No.1
Remember Eddie The Eel? Eddie was the bloke from Equatorial Guinea who leapt into the pool for the heats of the Men’s 100m Freestyle Event at the 2000 Olympics…and promptly began doing a very...
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Olympic Events At Which I Would Suck No: 2
Completing A “To-Do” List: I love to make lists. Looooooooooooong lists printed neatly on pretty neon post-it notes. I begin my day with them, lining them up in prominent, impossible-to-miss positions...
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Up The Telephone Tree
We have a family block by the coast. It’s really easy to find- just head up past Nowhere Else (yes, it is a real place), go past Blowfly Holler, turn right at Back Of Beyond, chuck a left at Woop...
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It’s SSSSSSSSSSpring!
Source: Wikipedia Spring has sprung, the grass has ris, I wonder where the snakes all is? Well I know where one of them was- on my bloody back-door mat! It was a close encounter. That scream that...
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5 Joys Of Living By The Seaside…
Country life presents its own challenges, but living by the sea makes life even more interesting…. As I was hosing the pelican shit off my front window this morning, I thought about all of the...
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10 Ways To Spot A Country Girl In The Big City
Source: adelaidenow You know you’re a country girl in the big city when: 1. You check into your hotel room lugging an esky, a tuckerbox and a swag (just in case someone nicks them out of the back...
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