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Giving Thanks to our Pine Trees

December 5, 2024

The tall, thin radiata pine-tree crashed to the ground with a soft thud. It was one of about 100 pin…

Making Friends with a Family of Fantails

November 28, 2024

I was standing at the veggie garden gate yesterday chatting with Ric who was on his hands and knees…

A Fireplace Transformation

September 11, 2023

On our very first day at Kookaburra Rise, we gathered kindling and wood for an evening fire. We had…

A New Name & A Manifesto

August 28, 2023

Kookaburra Rise. That’s the new name for our farm. Do you like it? Each morning, we’ve been waki…

Our 1960s House Makeover | Project 1: The Kitchen

August 1, 2023

Our vision for the Red Hill farm is to build a haven for family, friends and community to gather, le…

Mushroom Mayhem on the Farm

June 15, 2023

It’s the winter school holidays of 1973. I’m ten years old and our family is living in a small c…

What the Farm?!

May 29, 2023

Anything can happen in one year. After my last relationship disaster and the subsequent grief after…

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong & Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation who are the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work and the Birrarung (Yarra) River in which I swim. Wilip-gin Birrarung murron. (Keep the Birrarung alive!)