Ekka explorers
It’s a fact: I love heights.Always have – looooove looking down over the edge of tall buildings. Or hanging out the side of a motorised hang-glider a few hundred metres up over Noosa, or a helicopter over bushfires… the trait…
Big Smoke (and a PS)
Recently, we had an unexpected trip to the Big Smoke.… The kids, SSB and I enjoyed the chance to catch up with some (city-based) family and the change in scenery. And the chance to dress up like the city folk…
How to Blow the Budget and Terrorize the Teenage Porter
I mentioned a few posts ago, that I had run away from Granite Glen. Temporarily, anyway. And it wasn’t that the piles of laundry had finally gotten to me, or the frosts that have started becoming regular visitors to my…
Girls Weekend: the Vital Statistics
Important Statistics from the Girls Weekend Away: # participants – 6 average age – 30 (*ahem!*) time away – 50 hours # kilometres travelled – over 1600km (2 cars)# husbands left at home looking after kids – 6# children left…
Sheeeee’s Baaaackkk!!!
This post (I’m afraid) is just a teaser… all froth and bubble and no substance at all! … But I have been off researching some really important subjects for this blog. The things I’ve had to immerse myself in (purely…
City goes Country…
We have had visitors here at Granite Glen these past few days… … It’s a wonderful thing, sharing our corner of the Bush with our friends. We have only been (back) here for 18 months and already a great many…
Another career, another life…
In a previous life, about a million light years ago, I was a journalist. A photojournalist. It’s something you should know, as I will probably name-drop a little in this blog. It’s one of the benefits (or drawbacks, depending on…