Free Tasman Sea Salt for a friend! How good is that?

Posted on August 19, 2020 by marilyn

Part 4 of “spending the kids inheritance to support the Oz economy”.  Trawling the internet looking for made-in-Oz products, I stumbled upon Tasman Sea Salt, a great find for anyone who loves cooking.  This small business was set up in 2013 by Chris and Alice in south eastern Tasmania, quite close to Swansea which I’d passed through years ago after visiting Freycinet NP, if I’d known they were there I would have called in to check them out. Continue reading →

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At the time, knitting sounded like a good idea

Posted on August 12, 2020 by marilyn

Part 3 of “doing my bit for the Australian economy during a pandemic”.  This purchase was just for me, but I have to admit whilst sitting and binge watching Netflix horror movies and the CNN updates on the Covid-19 Pandemic, I was feeling a little like the Dickens character Madame Defarge (as she sat knitting whilst the aristocracy were guillotined in the French Revolution).  Maybe buying wool for knitting wasn’t such a good idea. Continue reading →

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Hiding in plain sight in the mountains

Posted on August 9, 2020 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS NP – 8 & 9 August 2020
This was supposed to be a full weekend in the mountains, a car rally (like a treasure hunt) on the first day and then a great little canyon on the second day.  The rally was great, sadly the canyon was cancelled because the weather was freezing.  It was a blog-worthy weekend though. Continue reading →

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Sweet dreams are made of Brie

Posted on August 5, 2020 by marilyn

Part 2 of my “spend a bucket of money in rural Australia” reviews.  I’m not even sure what I Googled in order for me to find these cheese care boxes, but what a find!  I’m not supposed to eat too much cheese, but the way I look at it is this … if not eating cheese adds another couple of months onto how long I will live, I’m prepared to forego those months so that I can have cheese with my red wine. Continue reading →

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The day I took my best friend into the wilderness

Posted on August 1, 2020 by marilyn

KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK – 1 August 2020
You would think I’d learn wouldn’t you.  I thought I was going to do a nice easy walk so invited along my best friend as, from what I’d seen of the walk previously, it was really nice.  Turned out not to be such a great idea. Continue reading →

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