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Giant Prehisotric Wombat Sculture Thing Narracorte Caves Narracorte Caves

We went to Narracoorte Caves in South Australia over the Anzac Day long weekend (that's around April 25). Loaded the car up with kids and camping gear and drove 500-odd km to wander through some pretty cool limestone caves that have lots of fossil...

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The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen DSC00032

It's back into winter here - and we have had a miserable few days with hail and rain, and now a very soggy backyard, though it's not very PC to whinge about that, is it now? So on to more positive vibes. The winter planting has happened - the sug...

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Joe's youngest son Jarrah, who is ten, has gotten into a fabulous habit when he stays with us of picking flowers for the house. Unfortunately, this is the first photo I have taken of his excellent offerings, because there have been some amazing bo...

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]]> QotD: Staying Organized tag:vox.com,2008-01-31:asset-6a00c22520c4f08e1d00e398d7ee560003 2008-01-31T02:53:28Z 2008-01-31T04:36:33Z Peta http://peta.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom How do you stay organized? Submitted by devillibrarian. My diary tells me what to do. That and an awareness of the chaos my life spirals into if I don't.

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lounge room lounge room (in progress) the start of the rose garden

Well things have been a little quiet on the reporting front for a while. But we have making headway in that time! The entry/study and bathroom are practically finished, and we have transformed the lounge area. This is a very fine thing, and is ...

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front room front room new doorway

Well, it really feels like we are making progress again. The front room and downstairs bathroom are almost complete - just waiting on stuff that is easier to do when we can get a few rooms done all at once (like finishing the ceiling). We have ...

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Over the hedge

Video: What is your favorite children's movie? Submitted by I-Luv-Eeyore. the squirrel just rocks!

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It's Easter Sunday today. Happy day to you. We slept in today to the luxurious time of 0730 - very decadent these days with my usual 0530 start! And we didn't get woken up by roosters, as we did the organic farm thing yesterday and feasted like...

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We have continued to work on the new bathroom while I've been on holidays (back tomorrow, starting a new job, but that's another title). After some thought, we worked out how to attached the corrorgated iron to the wall and attached the aluminiu...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Heartwarming tag:vox.com,2007-01-06:asset-6a00c22520c4f08e1d00cdf3ac7b6acb8f 2007-01-06T05:46:52Z 2007-01-06T05:46:52Z Peta http://peta.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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babies playing in sunshine

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