The Long Paddock

One of our favourite restaurants is The Long Paddock at Lindenow.  On a recent trip to Canberra we saw the original long paddock in action.  I am not sure if “the long paddock” is a term used in other countries but in Australia it is the colloquial term for the stock routes that cross Australia…

Camels at the East Gippsland Field Day

This link is to a field day we attended in 2014 and includes some photos from 2010 when our grandson was about four, he is now 10. https://suth2.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/cows-calves-sheep-alpacas-and-assorted-machinery/ This year we went to the field day and we were lucky to have really good weather after having several days of rain. We enjoyed a great…

A Scottish novel which although old was new to me.

I have discovered that the novel I am reading at the moment is Scotland’s favourite novel.  The novel was first published in 1932.  I only happened to be reading it as a result of listening to a podcast of Top shelf on Bookshelf on the ABC.  The author Ryan O’Neill talked about five books, movies…

Mateship with birds

My latest A-Z Book challenge book is Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany.  Way back in February I listened to a podcast on Radio National and decided I needed to buy the book.  I had read Carrie Tiffany’s previous book, Everyman’s rules for Scientific Living, as it had been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award….