Stopping for a cuppa on the way to Cygnet and Kettering, south of Hobart. We're going to Freycinet today on the east coast of the i...

We're in Wangaratta!  We arrived yesterday afternoon after a lovely drive through the Victorian high country. We called in at Yackandan...

I'm sitting here in our hotel room 22 floors up. We can't hear any outside noise, it feels like a bit of a tomb. Hanno is fast asle...

As promised, here is the itinerary for our book tour. Hanno will be with me all through the tour and Tricia will fly to Hobart and trave...

I love living within the confines of my home and after closing the gate to luxuriate in the isolation I often stay here for days, and somet...

My new book, The Simple Home , was delivered to me a few days ago. I spent time over recent days looking at it and remembering the relent...

It's our 36th wedding anniversary today.  Hanno and I were married in Hamburg in 1979 and all these years later, we're still go...

We went to the Real Food Festival in Maleny yesterday. Hanno, Jamie and I packed ourselves in the car, drove up the mountain and wandered a...

I'm pleased and proud to show you a sneak peak of my new book (my last). I don't have too much to tell you yet. It's still in t...

This is a photo of me with my Penguin editor Jo Rosenberg, taken on our front verandah.  Today is a milestone in Jo's life because i...

I'm very pleased to let you know that my Down to Earth hardcover book will be available soon from Amazon. The books are currently on t...

I'm delighted to tell you that last Friday I signed my third contract with Penguin for another book: The Simple Home . It will be a har...