Gardening Bug.. Bites hard!

September 9th, 2012

So, today I did some more planting.

Lately I’ve been visiting friends and getting inspiration (and seedlings) of different edible  plants.

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Edible Garden in Brisbane

September 4th, 2012

As today was a day off, I got stuck into the garden.    It’s Springtime where I live, and the trees are flowering.  The garden was full of bees, ants, birds and promise.

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Mt Tibrogargan

May 8th, 2012
on the recent long weekend, I took my family for what I thought would be a mildly challenging bush-walk.
It turned out to be a six hour strenuous rock climb!
Mt Tibrogargan

Mt Tibrogargan

Cub Scouts!

October 13th, 2011

This last weekend I went as a parent helper to a Cub Scout Camp with my eldest.
I was the only parent helper with the other 4 Scout Leaders. There were 30 kids!
What a Great weekend – I was really impressed by the organisation, the ability to keep the kids on track and the fun that everyone had.

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Frugal Camping Tips

July 2nd, 2011

Recently I was contacted to ask how to get out camping, without spending a lot of money.

Fair question!   In my opinion – camping is more about getting out amongst nature, rather than spending a bucket load on a big fancy setup.

Start Small I say!   Here’s some tips for starting out if you need to do it cheaply.

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Camping in and Around Brisbane

July 2nd, 2011

I’ve been asked before – where to camp  near Brisbane?

So – here’s some place’s we’ve been as a family and why we like them!

Where To Camp?

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what I got from Agile Australia 2011

June 30th, 2011

I went to Agile Australia 2011

Stage 1:

getting there. I asked at work and knew they had limited places. I really wanted some colleagues because I knew how much the 2010 had affected me.

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wierd dream sequence

June 19th, 2011

No real reason to share this but I thought I would anyway.   Dreams:

In my dream last night I dreamed I was sitting at a picnic table on the beach foreshore with 3 friends.

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Baked Apples

March 4th, 2011

Another of the boys favourites as winter comes closer is Baked Apples!

This one’s really good at camping too – in the camp oven.

Baked Apples

Baked Apples

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Tiger Toast

March 4th, 2011

A good friend of mine showed me a cool recipe.

Thanks to Maurice & Julie for the idea  - here it is in pictures!

Ingredients - wholemeal bread

Ingredients - wholemeal bread

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