Australian Getaway to Southern Highlands If you are taking a trip to the countryside of New South Wales, I cannot recommend the Southern Highlands enough. And if you want somewhere beautifully and relaxing to stay, then Highland Bray in Wingello is the place to stay. It is a small cabin perfect for a romantic weekend… Read More
Trip to the Hunter Valley Summer is a brilliant time to visit the Hunter Valley, just a few hours from Sydney, good food, good wine and the grape vines are at their lushest so the vineyards are picture perfect. If you are heading that way for a little getaway or a day trip here are… Read More
To start a garden Gardens are places of sanctuary, I have always wanted a beautiful garden of my own and now with our new home it is finally becoming a reality. I have chosen to ignore my brothers scoff at the thought of my becoming a gardener and have thrown myself into planning like a… Read More
Thinking of gardens always makes me happy, some of my earliest memories are of my parents gardening. My dad was always busy with the latest project my mum had dreamed up. I fondly remember my grandad’s back garden in Sydney, lush buffalo grass with a perfectly edged narrow path leading to a secret rock garden… Read More
A day out antiquing is always magical, but being surrounded by beautiful countryside and little villages really just takes it next level! The Southern Highlands, about 1.5 hours south of Sydney are simply superb, we stopped in at Bowral and through to the little hamlet of Berrima for a day of treasure hunting. The first… Read More
Every year Toowoomba hosts the Carnival of Flowers for 10 days over the September school holidays, trees that line the streets burst into bloom, the parks are smothered with annual flowers and green fingered residents open up their gardens to share the beauty with the public. It really is a splendid day out from Brisbane.… Read More
Often I find myself wonderlusting over the historic places and stories from Britain, across Europe and the Americas. I love old architecture and looking into the everyday lives of people from years gone by. So I have had to remind myself to look for the beauty and history here in Australia… Read More
It has been a chilly week, and it’s caught us all a little off guard here in sub-tropical Brisbane, you can’t walk into a shop without being quizzed on your take of the weather. So it has been a homely week, and a lovely one at that. Warm Boots The sense of discovery in… Read More
Berry and Peg has been very lucky to create wedding maps for some stunning wedding locations. I love how hand illustration allows me to see how my style is developing, and my skills I now do the calligraphy by hand as well and am pleased to add it to the list of services I offer.… Read More
Which damn eggs? One Woman, one hundred choices in the egg aisle I really quite fancy the idea of having hens. I have romantic images of nipping out into the garden lavishing kitchen scraps on my clucking companions, before collecting their eggs and watching them spend the day tottering about the garden making me… Read More
Hello welcome! I’m chuffed to bits you are here! I thought the cheery pup above who welcomed Joel and I into his garden, was perfect to welcome you here! (there’s a post about his human’s lovely open gardens, in the Southern Highlands coming soon) Welcome! Hello there! I am excited you are reading this,… Read More