My Watery Life.
I learnt to swim in Ramsgate Baths, public baths surrounded by a high brick wall, fortressed from the narrow sand stretches and still water of Botany Bay. The cement paths around the pool were ...
Kurrajongs
As the drought drags on and we see trees dying in the paddocks, one tree stands out. It is the hardy Kurrajong, with its bright green foliage. It is a broad domed tree offering cool shade for the ...
Books in Woolsheds
One of the joys of belonging to a Book Club in the country, is being able to visit many country homes. My Book Club has been running for over 50 years with 30 members,many of them on farms that ...
#Day 266
It’s day 266 of the drought of 2018. Sunday. We load up the utes and head off to feed the first herd of cows and calves. All of them are massed around the trough area. On no. Does not auger ...
Survival of the fittest
August 1st used to be Wattle Day in NSW though the National Day has shifted to September 1st. NSW changed the date to August 1st in 1916 because during this allowed the Red Cross to use the ...
Sunday…Day of rest
The day begins like most others; I blend my morning walk with some light mustering, moving a cow and calf and a heifer and her twins further down the road. They have been found hidden away in a ...
So You Want to be a Writer?
This could be subtitled ‘So You Want to be a Farmer?‘ Following are a few home truths in case farming life combined with a writing life, seems like a wonderful lifestyle. Yesterday ...
Hitting the Heights!
On the road again! We head north trying to work out a strategy for our drought ravaged farm and animals. Armidale is the first stop. It is in the New England Tablelands of NSW and as the sign ...
I’ve been everywhere man!
Because of the prolonged drought at Webimble, we have been forced to send large numbers of our cattle north for agistment. This is the first time we have had to do this in 25 years. Last Sunday ...