I was just stumbling around the internet (as we all do from time to time!) and came across OPERATIONNICE, a site wholly dedicated to being nice! Continue Reading

We may be in our Summertime now, but very soon our winter will be upon us, and honestly wouldn’t we all love one of these gorgeous outdoor fireplaces! Continue Reading

Could breeding burpless sheep help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions? According to the Herald Sun, scientists at the Sheep Co-operative Research Centre are trying to find out. Continue Reading

Modern weddings have become enormous spectacles and have certain traditions that have grown over the years into something above and beyond the logic of the original ceremony and celebration. Continue Reading

Happy Australia Day! My uncle was the family pie-maker and he always made pies for family gatherings and then would take us out to buy us each an ice-cream in a cone. Continue Reading

Okay, I don’t have a baby, nor do I eat baby food from jars – but seeing these projects using baby food jars makes me want to either have a baby or start eating baby food!
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School lunch time was for me, back in the olden days, an awful time. Freezer blocks hadn’t been invented. I grappled with the nausea from rancid butter and bread curled up at the corners for a long time and used to feed my lunch to the chooks when I got home. Continue Reading

So school is starting up again and you need some new school lunch box ideas! Well we are here to help! Continue Reading

If you are the kind of person who LOVES their newspaper – then this might just be a product for you! LG has unveiled it’s newspaper-size flexible e-paper. Continue Reading

Lately, there have been many explosions around our area and some locals have told me that they are a form of rain-making, as we are in the dry season right now. Continue Reading

Do you have a shed full of stuff you just use maybe once a week or less often?  Say, a mower, a set of building tools, specialized plumbing gear such as a ‘snake’, pool cleaning gear and so on? Continue Reading

Did you know that in Australia, over 30 million toothbrushes are used and disposed of by Australians each year, amounting to approximately 1000 tonnes of landfill each year. Continue Reading

A disclaimer: I am not a scientist.  However, I have observed many Permaculture farms & gardens & heard much discussion on this logical system that I am rather committed to the idea. Continue Reading

Perhaps the world needs to get over its love of fondling an actual paper creation.  Books are expensive, cost trees and carbon in their transport and get dusty and smelly in your bookshelves. Continue Reading