This novel won the Nita Kibble Literary Award in 2006. From the book cover: In 1915 a troopship of Light Horsemen sails from Fremantle for the Great War. Two women farewell their men: Elizabeth, with her background of careless wealth, and Bonnie, who is marked by the anxieties of poverty. Neither can predict how the…
Month: February 2014
Dora the explorer nightie
I have not done any sewing for a while and this year I had promised myself that I would do some sewing for myself. No I have not made myself a Dora the explorer nightie I have made myself some navy linen pants. Because navy linen is so difficult to photograph you will just have…
Plans underway for a new marina at Metung
On our early morning walk recently we noticed that a couple of posts, from the marina in front of the Yacht Club, had been removed from the water. There has been on-going discussion about the proposed new marina but nothing seems to happen. The following day we noticed this in the local newspaper, The Bairnsdale…
The mother of all weather stations
My husband is a keen follower of the weather. In fact you could almost say he is fanatical about weather records so it was with heavy heart that he discovered his weather monitor outdoor sensor had been knocked off the wall during heavy winds recently and was no longer working. What to do? He did…
Cauliflower, cauldrons and cupcakes
One of the blogs I follow is called Cauldrons and Cupcakes which has just celebrated 1 million views of the blog! That is an incredible achievement as Nicole only started her blog two years ago. If you haven’t checked out her blog, now is the time to do so at Cauldrons and Cupcakes. I have…
The school of essential ingredients
From the cover: Every Monday night eight strangers gather for a cooking class taught by a chef whose alchemy in the kitchen is legendary. However, it soon becomes clear that they have all come seeking a recipe for something beyond the kitchen and Lillian is no ordinary teacher. One by one, her charges are transformed…
Gippsland Granny 