Bush Babe of Oz

Okay, enough with scaring the pants off you all… so sorry about that. It hardly ever happens, really. … In my defence, I really didn’t quite understand the effect of unleasing an image of the deadliest snake in the world on an unprepared audience. I shall give you fair warning next time, I promise… Well, [...]

‘What the?‘ Wednesday… . Dash was utterly mesmerised at the local show by one display in particular… . He stood in this exact pose for about half an hour during this particular demonstration… . Can you guess what it was? . It wasn’t the dodgem cars . It wasn’t the laughing clowns . It wasn’t [...]

It’s all a matter of perspective I guess… as to whether we are ‘remote’ or (in fact, as my Dad claims) actually “practically living in the suburbs” here at Granite Glen. … I mentioned last post, that we get a tad busy socially ’round here. Now that doesn’t mean too much, until you take into [...]

You know how you hear about the “slower life” in the country… Well, I’m here to tell you… it’s a big fat lie! … You can’t tell by recent posts on this blog, (in fact you’d think I’ve been doing nothing if you went by my posting activity) but it’s been really hectic ’round Granite [...]

I haven’t talked too much about cattle to y’all yet… and that’s a bit crazy when Granite Glen is a cattle property. Really, we live, eat (literally) and breathe cattle. (Apologies to my vegetarian friends: I’m just telling it like it is! And seriously, what did you expect?) … So in case you are remotely [...]

I wanted to post something dreamy and nice after my last vile effort.… Sorting through my photo archives I chanced upon these photos, taken a couple of months ago. And I decided to go a bit Dreamtime instead… They show a place in this district known to locals as The Bunyip Hole. Bunyips are a [...]