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24th Jun 2022 Sharon environment

Building a better world

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”—Margaret Mead Missing in action yet again. 😏 Still here, still doing the Gaia nature challenge and updates are coming. Last weekend was supposed to be my re-set, catch up, weekend but that … Continue reading Building a better world

1st Jun 20222nd Jun 2022 Sharon books, Travel

Wordfest Toowoomba this weekend

I have been slack of late, need to get myself organised. To be honest I have been reading a lot of Ukrainian history and have been a bit bogged down by the horror of the past and the present, but enough of that for now. Today I just wanted to share a link to Toowoomba's … Continue reading Wordfest Toowoomba this weekend

6th Mar 2022 Sharon books, environment

The Lighthouse, kids, creativity and nature books.

The first two months of 2022 are gone, one-sixth of the year, history already. Time for an update on the Gaia/nature reading challenge and to properly introduce The Lighthouse a new literacy and creativity centre in Toowoomba. I promised to donate a nature-related book to The Lighthouse for every post on the Gaia challenge in … Continue reading The Lighthouse, kids, creativity and nature books.

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

23rd Sep 2020 Sharon environment, Travel, Uncategorized

A green embrace

This week's arboreal themed post is focused on a tree close to home and despite it being considered an aggressive alien, it is a tree I am rather fond of. In my home town, one species of tree stands out above all others and has become so strongly associated with the garden city it has … Continue reading A green embrace

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

2nd Jul 2020 Sharon Travel, Uncategorized

Greet the dawn

So I managed to break free of the hostage situation that sums up my relationship to bed on a winters morning and drag myself out to watch the sun come up on Picnic Point. I expected we would not be alone but was surprised that there were at least a dozen people with the same … Continue reading Greet the dawn

1st Jul 2020 Sharon Street Art, Travel

This old town

pixabay image public domain Just thought I would share some of Bronte's wonderful photos via Instagram, we walk the same streets but she has a way of making me see my most immediate world afresh. Check out her Insta, it is worth a look; https://www.instagram.com/rosalind_bella2/ I am envious of her ability to capture moments and … Continue reading This old town

22nd Apr 2020 Sharon environment, Uncategorized

Going batty for Earth Day

I celebrated earth day by going for a walk at Kearney Springs and visiting the bat (Flying fox), colony that calls the park home. It is to the Toowoomba councils credit that they eventually decided to protect this significant colony, despite attempts to have the colony either moved or destroyed, a few years back. The … Continue reading Going batty for Earth Day

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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.  Acknowledging that Aboriginal sovereignty over these lands has never been ceded.

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Continuing with NAIDOC week posts, celebrating fantastic First Nation writers and thinkers. Had to post my favourite from recent years, Tyson Yunkaporta' s brilliant Sand Talk, an amazing, intellectually exciting, funny and entertaining book. Highly, highly reccomend. Our library has two copies, check it out. Pictured here in front of Young Yaritjis Tjahatjukuppa (honey ant story), one of the fantastic pieces of Aboriginal art we are lucky to have in the UniSQ library.
Celebrating NAIDOC with some of the great Aboriginal authors in the UniSQ collection. I can highly recommend Larissa Behrendt both her non-fiction and her fiction work. Best known as a prominent Aboriginal legal voice and an award winning novelist, we have several titles by Behrendt in the the collection. Finding Eliza offers an enlightening perspective on the famous story of Eliza Fraser, the ship wreck story is well known to Queenslanders but Behrendt brings a critical and informative eye to colonial storytelling. Highly recommend this title. We also have Behrendt's wonderful novel Home in the collection.
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.

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