Monthly Archives: October 2015
One of the fun things I like to do is to go for a drive on the beach in a four wheel drive. Last weekend, in Tasmania, I went with family, we had three vehicles in convoy, for a drive on the beach from Bellingham to Bridport, a distance of approximately 22 kms. We headed north-east from Launceston and left the highway to drive onto the beach at Bellingham. It was exhilarating driving along the beach. The sea looked magnificent. I always feel good near the…..
I remember the day I came home from school, and the shock I felt when I stood in the kitchen entrance and saw Arthur, plump and naked on the kitchen table. I was twelve years old and really distressed to see Arthur, headless and denuded of feathers, sitting there, waiting to be put in the oven. Dad had warned my brother and I that if Arthur defecated on the back steps once more, he was for the chop. Yes, Dad…..
I grew up in New Zealand, a country that does not have snakes, so it was a shock when I saw my first snake in Queensland. Luckily it was a Carpet Python, which is not venomous, but kills prey by wrapping itself around the bird or animal. We were living in the country at a place called Carters Ridge, when my husband and I heard a commotion in the chicken pen. We arrived to find the python had already swallowed…..
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