Bush Babe of Oz

Next week, Dash’s school goes away on camp. Almost all of his classmates (about 15 others from years Prep through to Seven) are camping out for four days and nights. … SSB and I have decided Dash is just not old enough yet to head off for many nights on end without us… he’s only [...]

At some angles, the trees through which our ‘driveway’ winds appear random, wild, haphazard… . They are called ironbarks, planted by Mother Nature many years ago. Stern, stalwart, steady. . And then, when you look at a certain angle…. it becomes startlingly obvious that… Mother Nature is the original landscape architect…

The Little Woman went for a ride this week. She loves horses. She loves to ride. But she had never been out in the paddock before. So, as the sun finally shared it’s warming rays, and Rob Roy allowed himself to be saddled up (let me tell you it’s a looooong way down under that [...]

Thanks to everyone for playing my Mystery Photo this week!! And we have a winner… the answer…drum roll please! … is WATER CRYSTALS!!! Well done Julie from Australia!! While I do admit it looked quite like ice, like where some yobbo emptied the esky after a big barbie (have we lost any Americans yet?) the [...]

Here is this week’s mystery image… Can you tell me what it is? The closest guess wins a standing ovation from BB readers (go you good thing!), plus an 8×12″ print of their favourite Bush Babe image (goannas, horses, sunsets, trees, fogs, cows, pups… your pick!).If it’s too hard, I’ll leave a hint in the [...]

You know how I told you recently about my garden, and the sad lack of attention it gets? Well apparently, not everyone is as disinterested as me… As the rain came down yesterday morning, TLW yelled that we had “BULLS in the GRASS Mummy!!” Somewhat idly, I wandered out to see why bulls in grass [...]