Hope everyone had a festive Christmas. We enjoyed the company of Liz, Ian and Mathew for the day. Mathew is a wonderful story teller and kept us all entertained with tales of his interesting and alternative life. The Christmas pudding went down a treat but it was too much for his lordship who ate a substancial portion [...]

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We’ve been thinking a lot about being self sufficient lately. Spurred on mainly by the huge jump in the cost of food. I’ve being buying the same brand of goats feta cheese for years, it’s always been just under $5. Went to buy some last week and it’s now over $7.  But it’s not just [...]

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Visited an open garden at Mole Creek on the weekend. Old Wesley Dale, an 1829 Georgian home in the Meander Valley under the Western Tiers. It was utterly compelling. The garden was elegant and subtle with an english styling that complemented the house and surrounding buildings beautifully.
The walled kitchen garden was inspirational with espalier fruit, [...]

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We’ve been here a whole year. The cherry blossom will now always be my reminder that another year has passed. It’s in full blossom now as it was when we moved in. It’s a truly spectacular small tree.

So what have we achieved in our first year. Not enough I suppose. We’ve got our design business [...]

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This is about the time when most sensible Queenslanders run for their lives back home. Winter has been and gone and it’s still below 10 everyday.  We were told September is a difficult month in Tasmania - windy, wet and still cold. We’re getting plenty of rain, the tank is full and the dam is [...]

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