Image: PS I love you 26 February 2026 How good is life and friends and sunshine Being a persistent optimist, I tend to think that things generally work out for the best, sometimes in peculiar ways. The marking of my… Read More »11 year cancer-versary
Image: Blantyre front gate 15 February 2026 A family pilgrimage to the bush Janette’s ashes had been sitting expectantly beside the rest of her mother’s ashes (perhaps Blossom’s right arm or left foot – who knows) since late September 2025.… Read More »Dubbo & Coonabarabran
Image: Kiewa Valley November 2025 A camping, hiking and winery visit to a beautiful part of Australia While sitting at the airport at the end of our Larapinta trek, Em, Nic and I locked in a camping and hiking adventure… Read More »Mount Beauty
21 June 2025 – a memorable 46th birthday It was a bright brisk winter’s morning in Mittagong and my 46th birthday. My bonus-mum Sandra and her kitchen assistant, Neilo, cooked up a big breakfast of bacon and eggs to fuel… Read More »Birthday bush bash
Feb-March 2025 I was asked to dog sit dear little Alice for 10 days in February at Safety Beach, near Woolgoolga, while Carol and Wayne went to New Zealand. Alice lives next door to my good friends Sommer and Stefan… Read More »NSW North Coast road trip
14-16 February 2025 The weather forecast was not friendly but we were excited anyway to be getting together to celebrate Tan’s birthday. We had a 3 bedroom place in East Jindabyne with a nice view to the west over the… Read More »Conquering Kosciuszko
2 June 2024. Written by Fred, Kristin and ChatGPT. The Monte Cristo Homestead, known as Australia’s most haunted house, stood like a sentinel in the dusk of Junee. A group of friends from Canberra had come to bid farewell to… Read More »Outback Noir: The Shadows of Monte Cristo