Claire’s Blog
Best laid plans and all that
I sing in a local community choir. It's great fun and it's been a fun way to meet more locals (and to learn new things like making sour dough bread,...
Gooney Bird over Melbourne
Last night, we took the Gooney Bird flight over Melbourne. It was a dinner flight and we began with champagne, and finished with port and...
Truly Tan
On Saturday, at the Abbotsford Convent, Jen Storer launched Truly Tan, the first in what will be a series for middle primary readers. Tan, the main...
Willow House
In the city centre a new house growsIt gazes happily at earlier houses And like them, it reaches skywardThis Fed Square installation is the work of...
New beginnings
What's the connection between these two images?The first is Grandma Poss from Possum Magic.The second is Queen's Hall, part of the original building...
Seadogs
My next picture book, Seadog, is due for March 2013 release. Here is our dog, Emmi, who inspired the story.At Torquay on Sunday, we saw myriad other...
Squish rides again
Today at the wonderful Little Bookroom in Carlton North, Andy Griffiths launched Katherine Battersby's Brave Squish Rabbit, sequel to Squish Rabbit....
Tassie SCBWI Meeting
 On a coolish Saturday afternoon, SCBWI held their first Tasmanian gathering at the wonderful Fuller's Bookshop in Launceston. All up, we were 25....
In the Euroa Gazette!
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Final random holiday pics
Waiting for tuckerThe local gossipsPelican frenzyThey have no teeth so they just swallow as much as they can.That's what that expanding beak sack...
Out of order holiday snaps 5
View from Cape Coeudic supply hutThe supply ship, which arrived every three months (yay!) would anchor in the bay, load supplies onto a smaller boat...
Play School
What a thrill to have my picture book 'The Carrum Sailing Club' (illustrated by Christina Booth, published by Windy Hollow Books) featured on Play...
Out of order holiday snaps 4
This must have been one volatile place back when these rocks were cooling. Second Valley, undiscovered gem. Shh. Imagine wandering these caves by...
It’s Playschool. It’s PLAYSCHOOL!
Very excited to report that 'The Carrum Sailing Club' will appear on Playschool, ABC2 at 9.30 am, Wednesday 26 September. Very.
Out of order holiday snaps 3
Remarkable RocksExtraordinary ocean swellsErosion made gloriousCape du Couedic lighthouseNew Zealand fur seals can be seen on the beach and rocks....
Out of order holiday snaps 2
 When you're tired of your wallpaper choice, just cover it with another. And another ...The spots have it. Robe and the last of a wild, wild...
