MAKING WILLOWS WEEP

When I was a child I loved to play around the "magical" twisted trunk of a huge weeping willow (salix babylonica) in a gully behind the house on Adnamira.  It was a little off-putting, however, when I traipsed down the paddock one day with my adventure Barbie dolls,  to find a whole nest of baby... Continue Reading →

TAKING TO THE RIVER

The Murrumbidgee River is a significant part of our landscape here.  But it's only in the summer that we really get to play with it. Charles and his cousins Will and Alex had intended to go out in our old Canadian canoe.  I was doubtful it would hold three large young men.  However,  it filled... Continue Reading →

THE EARTH MOVES: PART ONE

Months ago, we arranged for some work to be done on the access tracks on both sides of the river. I hoped to have them done in time for tree-planting and fencing, to save us all bumping and slithering over quite so many boulders, and allowing Andrew and Frank to round up their stock in... Continue Reading →

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