This is my 400th post and I have been procrastinating mightily about writing it. I thought it should be about a meaty, juicy topic but hey what the heck my post for the 200th and 300th posts were both light and certainly did not shatter any records. This post is short and sharp with no … Continue reading 400th Post!
Category: community
The Poultry Auction
Today I went to the High Country Markets in Uralla, a little village not far from Armidale. To my delight they also had a poultry auction. It was a very new experience for me! It looked like serious business. The buyers were well prepared and seemed ready for a long morning of bidding, judging by … Continue reading The Poultry Auction
Floods and fires
The eastern coast of Australia has been on the wrong side of nature’s umbrella since the beginning of the year. The drought that had given us the tinder box which ignited into devastating bushfires in the Black Summer of 2019-20 was replaced by floods of near biblical proportions in March 2022. Communities in the very … Continue reading Floods and fires