Every child who entered in either the 10km or 5km Mini-Mos fun runs was eligible to enter the draw to win one of 30 sailing lessons from event sponsor, the Balmoral Sailing School. As my little guy ran in both races, he ended up with two entries so the odds of him winning one of […]
The Wedding of a Very Special Friend
September 1, 2014 By 40 Comments
I don’t think there’s a happier event than a wedding. People always cry at weddings but for Deb’s wedding I was crying when I received the invitation! Deb has been a very good friend of mine since I was a teenager and we’ve been doing life together through all its trials and ups and downs. […]
1st Clifton Gardens Sea Scouts 70th Birthday
August 25, 2014 By 27 Comments
After many, many days of heavy downpours and what seemed like non-stop rain, we woke on Sunday morning to clear blue skies. It was such a pleasant surprise. And the blue skies were so welcome because Alfie’s sea scout group was celebrating its 70th birthday. The first meeting of the Group was in a private […]
Balmoral Mudgee Wine and Food Fair, 2014
August 18, 2014 By 28 Comments
A favourite community event in my calendar is the Mudgee Wine and Food Fair. Mudgee is one of the top wine producing regions in New South Wales and about a three and a half hour drive north west of Sydney. The month-long festival has been running since the 1970’s and this year it opens on […]
The Frick Collection, New York
August 10, 2014 By 32 Comments
New York has so many museums and galleries worth seeing but on my schedule, I could only choose one. I made a decision to view the Frick Collection as it is housed in the neoclassical mansion the collector built as his home on 5th Avenue. Henry Clay Frick was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania and […]
QANTAS Economy
July 16, 2014 By 39 Comments
I have been reunited with Arabella and we’re having a fabulous and very special time together but first I have to tell you how about the journey from Sydney to New York traveling with QANTAS at the wrong end of the plane. After the long day of packing and organising and stocking the freezer with […]
Raw and Wild, Bowral
July 9, 2014 By 32 Comments
Thank you all for your kind wishes and positive comments regarding my imminent trip to New York to be with Miss Arabella who now knows, solo-travel is not for everyone. It’s truly lovely that so many of you have offered to catch up with us, if only we were in your part of the US. […]
The Little Hand-Stirred Jam Shop, Berrima
July 7, 2014 By 27 Comments
Berrima is such a delightful and small country town where every building seems to have either colonial history or good produce or both. It’s such a small town that it’s very easy to walk through and so Carl and I took a leisurely stroll and meandered through a lot of the stores that line the […]
Surveyor General Inn, Berrima
July 6, 2014 By 20 Comments
After touring the Berrima Court House, you can wander down the road to the Surveyor General Inn. The Surveyor General Inn was established in 1834 and is Australia’s oldest continually licensed Inn. It was constructed with locally sourced sandstone, equipment similar to the ones on Boom & Bucket, and was built with convict labour. A […]
Berrima Court House and Berrima Gaol
July 5, 2014 By 36 Comments
When we were down in the Southern Highlands we visited the historic town of Berrima. The town of Berrima was built in the 1830’s which wasn’t too long after European settlement in Australia. By 1840 it had a court house and a gaol and it became the administrative centre for the local district. Many people […]
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