Bush Babe of Oz

It’s been quite a month here… hope April brings you more than fools! Hugs BB

I adore rain. Love it, love it, love it. Even ensconced in the Big City, the sound of it humming down on the roof made me smile. Even decades after being officially ‘citified’ I would grin like Luna Park at every cloudburst. There it washed the smog from the skies, the petrol fumes from my [...]

I poured my heart (and more than a few tears) out recently about the shocking death of a baby girl. A baby girl who belonged to two dear friends of mine – Toni and Dave. … Despite their shock and grief at the senseless loss of their beautiful daughter, they have been incredibly brave and [...]

One of the things I haven’t really addressed too much here on this blog has been the challenges women face living in the bush. They are things that you kinda know and can imagine, but until you actually live it the reality doesn’t hit home. … One major issue is support for pregnant mums – [...]

I did a family photo shoot on the weekend (yes, in amongst all that campdrafting). Luckily they are good friends of ours and didn’t seem to mind in the least that we smelled like dust and horses and sweat. And they even failed to notice that my makeup had slid to below shirt level to [...]

I so loved reading your feedback from the last post… It was totally fascinating to read what everyone picked as their favourite image. It says volumes about what you connect with, what your own experience brings to the choice, even what colours you like! … In fact I reckon it would be a psychologists dream [...]