Things happening around the village school.

One of the walking routes I have is through the Metung bushland which is behind the village school. There has been a bit of activity there even though the school has been closed during the restrictions. The first thing I noticed was the nature strip had been stripped of much of the overgrown and straggly…

Lucky to have family that are happy to share

Honoured to have been asked to see where our granddaughter goes to Preschool.  She took great delight in showing me all the important aspects of her day.

Did you belong to the Brownies?

I come from a village in Scotland where the Brownies, Cubs, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts formed an important part of village life.  As a child I used to love attending Brownie meetings and have many happy memories from that time.  Brownies were for girls aged 7-10.  I thought it would be interesting to share…

Where did you get that hat?

We recently had one of our granddaughters visiting us and we enjoyed seeing her unbridled enthusiasm. I know I love visiting Spotlight, our local haberdashery store, but our granddaughter took us to parts of the store that I haven’t ventured into.  She loved all the bright shiny things and was carrying around her pretend money…

Will there be a Poor-oot?

Last Friday a huge marquee was erected on the front lawn of the Metung Hotel.  There was obviously going to be a wedding the following day.The hotel is known for its location as an ideal wedding venue as it looks out onto Bancroft Bay. You might be asking what this has to do with the…

Grannies and grandchildren

There are lots of different names for grandmothers and I chose to be called Granny as my children had called my mum granny.  I think that one of the best aspects of my life at the moment is being a granny.  The joy when you visit your grandchildren and they run towards you with their…