by Jacqueline Lang | Apr 16, 2019 | Environment, Fashion, Lifestyle, People, Places, Travel
Motionless on the ground outside Rotto’s general store, the 60-something lady looked like a cadaver. I nearly tripped on her, as she lay, sprawled in the dirt. Then I realised she was fine; merely contorted and grimacing in the grime to procure a selfie of...
by Peter Rigby | Apr 16, 2019 | Arts, Beauty, Books, Environment, Gardens, Lifestyle, Our History, People, Places, Wellbeing
The new book Wednesday’s Garden opens with a line by renowned Scottish-American naturalist and writer John Muir. He was a visionary who recognised over 150 years ago the critical importance of nature in our lives, and that to remove or destroy it can be deeply...
by Peter Rigby | Dec 21, 2018 | Books, Education, Environment, Kids, People
Victorian Alan Henderson has had a fascination with minibeasts since he was a small boy in his aunt’s Castlemaine garden. On one such visit he noticed a Preying Mantis tackling a Honeybee. “I was enthralled by the epic battle unfolding before me,” he...
by Jacqueline Lang | Dec 11, 2018 | Arts, Beauty, Books, Environment, People, Places, Visual
We’re driving up a hill, surrounded by native scrub, to the home of world-renowned landscape photographer Richard Woldendorp. It’s a treat, not only to be on this striking property in Perth’s hills, lit up by flaming Christmas trees, but to be met at the...
by Emma Harrison | Dec 11, 2018 | Environment, Health, Lifestyle, Places, Travel, Wellbeing
It was time. Time for me to get away, escape, and attempt to renew body and soul. But where? After reading Sri Lanka was voted the world’s Number One travel destination by Lonely Planet, I decided to head there for a wellness vacation. Now I’ve...
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