Sandy Hollow School NSW
Explorer Alan Cunningham passed along the Goulburn River and Halls Creek below Sandy Hollow in 1825. The town of Sandy Hollow, is between two larger towns Merriwa and Denman. The bushranger ...
OCEAN DEVOTION. ‘Ocean Devotion’ by Melissa Salvarani and Elizabeth Cummings, E.C. Press 2021. The illustrator’s website is www.melissasalvarina.com and the author/poet ...
Cockatoos and Coal
Rain is predicted so we set off for a drive north. A white cloud of cockatoos rise up as we pass. They have been feasting on the left over hay and at least are not ripping my trees apart. The ...
Books in Homes….Denman Children’s Centre
Today as a Role Model for Books in Homes, I set off cross country to one of my local country towns, Denman, about 100kms from our farm. I chose the safe sealed route via Gungal and Sandy Hollow, ...
Review of ‘Australia Remembers, Customs and Traditions of the Australian Defence Force‘, by Allison Paterson. Published by Big Sky Publishing www.bigskypublishing.com.au March 2021. ...
Mustering the Bulls
The day is warming up. The young pups need a run so we set off in the finally repaired side by side, with the two pups in the back. We have 7 bulls to move. We have learned some hard lessons ...
Episode 2…Mustering
Today it’s mustering on foot…in Blunnies. We are after some delinquent cows that we have spotted at the top of a hill, in an inaccessible area, except on foot. We drive up the rocky ...
Mustering in wellies
We set off to muster some delinquent weaners. All our vehicles are in the shed awaiting repairs or parts from China….so we are down to the ute. I pull on my Target special wellies as I am ...
Blue Hills
It’s Sunday morning and we are heading for the hills. We live in a valley surrounded by our own blue hills, layers of different blues that change as the sun moves across the sky. ...