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21st Jul 2021 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Lark Quarry and …

Travelling the QLD dinosaur trail with dogs As I write this my canine best friend is curled up beside me. That is the thing about dogs they love to be with you and they give a really special kind of companionship. It is a challenge though sometimes to meet their needs and yours when you … Continue reading Lark Quarry and …

21st Apr 2021 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Staying at the Opal caravan park in Lightning Ridge.

Life feels a bit hurried but we did pretty much completely tune out and switch off for a few days with our short escape to Lightning Ridge. Loved Lightning Ridge, it is a unique place, with a very different vibe and character. It has a kind of rough and ready character, down to earth, get … Continue reading Staying at the Opal caravan park in Lightning Ridge.

18th Jan 202120th Jan 2021 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Farmer’s Markets

Helping the environment, fighting climate change, supporting your local community and eating green and healthy can be as simple as shopping at your local farmer's market and Toowoomba benefits from an excellent farmers market where you can source local produce, speak to the grower/farmer/producer and support local, ethical businesses. The Toowoomba Farmer's market which operates … Continue reading Farmer’s Markets

13th Nov 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Castles and wildflowers

Want to walk in the footsteps of bushrangers? Looking for a Granite belt nature experience to which you can take a dog? Or want to just check out some really big rocks. Then the Donnelly's Castle walk is definitely worth checking out. Don't let the name fool you, there is no castle in the traditional … Continue reading Castles and wildflowers

21st Oct 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Green Maleny

So much for grand plans to post regularly, afraid last week got away from me a bit and then on the weekend we decided to do a quick overnight camp to the gorgeous village of Maleny in the Sunshine coast hinterland. Maleny is one of our regular back yard haunts and a fantastic option for … Continue reading Green Maleny

29th Sep 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Flanagan’s Reserve and Mt Barney

So needed a bit of tree time and decided to do a quick overnight camp at Flanagan's Reserve and do a walk in the Mt Barney National park. Since we were planning a national park walk and Bronte was staying home for work and study we thought this was a good opportunity to leave Ada … Continue reading Flanagan’s Reserve and Mt Barney

13th Aug 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

A little bit of the Netherlands in Toowoomba

I have to confess I really love a good cafe and the thing I missed most in lockdown was the ability to go out and sit in a cafe with a good coffee. Ideally, I love to be able to walk to a great cafe and if they are dog friendly that is even better. … Continue reading A little bit of the Netherlands in Toowoomba

12th Aug 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel, Uncategorized

Petals and Pups for Carnival of Flowers

Well it might be a rather quieter affair this year for Carnival of Flowers with the Queensland borders closed again but if you are able to travel to Toowoomba for one of its premier tourism events this might be of interest. The carnival of flowers is a big draw card for Toowoomba tourism and this … Continue reading Petals and Pups for Carnival of Flowers

10th Jul 202010th Jul 2020 Sharon dog friendly, dogs, Travel

Deception Bay and the historic Bancroft Baths

So a couple of weeks ago we decided to do a day trip to Deception Bay. I was mainly just looking for somewhere new to go for the day and take Ada. Deception Bay, named in 1832 by John Oxley for the unusual shallowness of the bay is Gubbi Gubbi land. The first Europeans in … Continue reading Deception Bay and the historic Bancroft Baths

20th Jun 202020th Jun 2020 Sharon dog friendly, Travel

Renewal

So the pandemic and its associated restrictions has taught me to appreciate some things I took for granted: not the least of which is how beautiful and wonderful my own surrounds really are, how my environment provides me with so much luxury in terms of food, climate and nature to nurture my soul. I have … Continue reading Renewal

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A chilly night camped right on the river, so needed some wild time. Gorgeous sundown reflection. #granitebelt #Stanthorpe #AussieBush #Sunset
My current read: #JessieGreengrass The High House, a compelling cli-fi novel, bloody depressing really, all too plausible, all too real. Nice writing, character driven, bolting through it at the moment. #climatechange #NatureReading #NatureWriting #BooksAndCoffee #Books #NatureReadingChallenge #Bookstagram
Something magical about sunflowers. The wet weather has impacted the flower farm so they had an open field day, for $10 you could come and wander and pick as many as you could carry. Now the house is full of cheerful yellow! #sunflower #sunflowers🌻 #SunflowerDarlingDowns #Toowoomba
Breakfast at #deDutchcafe lovely ginger chai and lemon pancake, lovely staff even bought out a doggy bag for the girls since they got left in the car on this visit, bit cold for outside today, the hounds are spoilt. De Dutch cafe is a gem of a cafe in Newtown, one of my favourite cafes! A perfect spot for a coffee and a break with a good book. #pancakes #coffeeandbooks
Last Saturday had pleasure of attending the inaugural Warm Words in Winter at the #LighthouseToowoomba as part of Toowoomba's #Wordfest what a fantastic event that was! Got to listen to the very impressive DrSarahPye speak about the importance of narrative in getting the nature science message out. Currently reading Sarah's Saving Sunbears the story of Malaysian ecologist Dr Wong Siew Te' s mission to save the #SunBear. Also bought and read 3 of Sarah's books for kids, I only meant to try one but glad I bought 3 will check out all of her Wildlife Wong series for kids, great balance of narrative, science and practical engagement with experiments for kids included. Great books for the junior ecologist. Check out Sarah on Instagram @author_sarahrpye left #Wordfest last Saturday feeling inspired and motivated, hope they include sessions on nature or environmental writing at future events. Sarah was fantastic, inspiring. #NatureReading #NatureWriting #KidsNature #Books #Bookstagram
Who else has mulled wine instead of birthday cake? Also got the flu or some bug for my birthday so just keeping up fluids. 😁 Mulled wine and a big bowl of pho can't think of a better birthday dinner. Bron despite being sick got up and made the mulled wine and ordered the pho, none of us were up to cooking or going out, but I think this is the best birthday dinner I have ever had. Surprised rest of family is talking to me since I bought the bug into our household. #mulledwine #birthdaydinner #sharingiscaring
Pre-work coffee and books. Bony at Bermagui was another interlibrary loan, thankfully so, it is only 110 pages and a bit repetitive so not really worth purchasing. Has curiosity value, one for the die hard Upfield fans, contains a couple of essays about sports fishing at Bermagui, a short story, not Upfield' s best and a chapter from The mystery at swordfish reef. A quick read for the Upfield fan or anyone curious at sports fishing at Bermagui. #Bermagui is an incredible place, had hoped to visit the Sapphire coast this year but that is probably on hold for a bit. Incredibly beautiful piece of Australia.
The weather is ridiculous, bucketing down rain, flooding again down the range. Nothing to do but stay inside and read, besides it's been a while since I posted an Ada book buddy pic. Catching up on some Ukrainian history with Red Famine. #Bookstagram #Books #RescueDogs #RescueDogsofInstagram #DogsAndBooks
It's raining but I am in the bush so couldn't be happier. Went for a walk to the creek took Wendell Berry with me but a bit damp for reading. Still I did indeed rest in the grace of the world. Blissful solitude, back to camp, G will have a fire going. #CrowsnestFalls #Nature #NationalPark #NatureWriting #NatureReading #Bookstagram #Books #WendellBerry

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