Above: The Spirit of Tasmania in Port Melbourne, boarding the ship at 9pm, sunrise over Bass Strait, then a few scene...

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...

Finally, we're almost ready to go. We posted out the book orders yesterday and we'll be packing and cleaning up today. Hanno has th...

We're counting down the days now. Ironing and cleaning up today, packing tomorrow, the house sitters arrive tomorrow afternoon, then we...

Yesterday I received a small number of The Simple Home books that I'm happy to sign and send out around Australia.  The cost of the bo...

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...

There are more than 1500 species of bees native to Australia and where I live we often see a wide variety of bees foraging in the gard...

I'll take the opportunity today to answer an email I received last week from a reader. "Jackie" told me she started on ...

I've finished organising the accommodation for our road trip. We're overnighting in 16 different locations, two nights on a ship,...