Oat

February 4, 2025 Blog

Hidden in the mulch, a mystery grain crop emerges. What could it be? Oats? Wheat? Something else?

Indigenous welcoming ceremonies: fake or authentic?

January 25, 2025 Blog

Welcome to country and acknowledgement of country ceremonies are accepted by many as a means of reconciling Australian Aboriginal and European cultures by acknowledging the around 60,000 years…

Time was

January 15, 2025 Blog

Woman with guitar. c1970. You know how it is. You come across an old photo. You think… where did I take this? You think… and when? So you…

By the falls

January 15, 2025 Blog

Memoir: An overnight trek when I was assistant instructor on a bush guiding course. Down. Down I go, ignoring the ‘track closed’ sign. I should catch them up…

The camper in Tasmania

January 10, 2025 Blog

Travellers are not tourists. They eschew the expensive and comfortable campsite for the rough camp in nature. So it was for the camper in the ute…

Food, books and the Pacific

January 10, 2025 Blog

The Pacific Islands are noticeably missing from recipe and food books. Jennifer Brennan addressed that when she published her book, Tradewinds and Coconuts.