Many Australian native plants hide among a clutter of other vegetation and are inconspicuous for much of the year, and that includes riceflowers, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, which, when not in bloom, certainly don’t stand out from the crowd in their bushland environment. But it’s a different story in spring and summer when these often straggly and […]
Beautiful Bruny
Fashioned by unimaginable heat and subterranean forces and polished by tide and time, the archway through which I step is an architectural statement in layered, upended dolerite. Behind me rises Mars Bluff, a great pile of rough stone bristling with coastal heath. Ahead, Moorina Bay’s turquoise water foams along a white beach washed clean of […]
Tarra Beautiful
Just a few hours’ drive from Melbourne, the Tarra Bulga National Park and Tarra Valley provide a beautiful location for a soft, dirt road, weekend escape.. The rain was barely holding off and the wind was brisk as we ate lunch in the Tarra Bulga NP Visitor Centre picnic area then with lunch powering the […]
The Wild West
Exploring the Western Country of Queensland Stretching from the well-known border town of Goondiwindi in the south to Carnarvon Gorge in the north, from Dalby in the east to St George in the west, the Western Country of Queensland has room enough for everyone to roam and explore. This exciting region starts only a three […]
Colleen Hewett’s ‘Let me Breathe”
Breathe in. Breathe out. There’s a wonderful feeling of freedom and security in being able to breathe normally, without fear and without anguish. Sadly, three in ten Australian women have felt suffocated by physical, emotional or sexual abuse at the hands of their partner. Colleen Hewett’s powerful anthem ‘Let me Breathe” has been generously donated […]