Lest We Forget

On the 25th of April 1915 troops of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landed at a place future generations would known as Anzac Cove. They were part of the campaign to recapture the Gallipoli peninsula during World War One. Facing fierce resistance, the campaign dragged on for eight months until they were finally …

Celebrating A Quiet Easter

2020 will go down as the year we stayed home. After a rocky start to the year with bushfires and then floods, staying at home and social distancing are becoming the way we live life. We are becoming accustomed to working, studying and doing business online. We keep in touch with family and friends via …

Christmas by Candlelight

The stores are packed with tinsel, glitter encrusted decorations and a vast array of delicious sweet foodstuffs. Carols reverberate around the shopping centre, while hoards of shoppers hustle and bustle, laden with bags of gift-wrapped surprises. If you venture out at night, the city streets are illuminated with never-ending strings of blinking lights. And if …

Big Red Bash #1: Camping in the Outback

I love camping. There’s something restorative about getting away from the rat race and heading for the great outdoors. Camping is a family tradition. I have many happy childhood memories of family camping trips. Our family first started out in a caravan, and then, when we outgrew the caravan, we graduated to a tent. At …

Recovering the Christmas Spirit

Just one week ago I would have said, "Four days to Christmas and I'm already over it!" It was hot. The roads and shopping malls were packed and the list of all the things I was supposed to do to ensure everybody had a Merry Christmas was growing by the minute. If this was Christmas, …