Maranoa Gardens

Rather than cram it into the pre-Christmas crowdedness, a few friends and I met today for our annual picnic. When 36 deg was forecast, we revised our meeting time earlier. We met at Maranoa Gardens in Balwyn, a lovely oasis in the midst of suburbia. It was delightful,...

The Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing is a bit like blog-tag, with authors answering questions about their latest project and linking forward to others doing the same thing. I wasn’t sure who around/interested in blogging at this time of year so I’ve done it a bit...

Lyrebird launch

 Sunday was a busy day. We shot down to Ocean Grove to visit some new parents and their gorgeous son, then back to Melbourne, hopefully to be in time for the launch of Jackie Kerin’s new picture book, ‘Lyrebird: A True Story’. We had two reasons to...