‘Welcome back, creeps!’ I said with feeling while pulling off leeches. As the tanks filled and the dry creek bed got moving again, I didn’t mind a few leech bites one bit. Some Diggies residents, like me, only unpacked their car stuffed with fire grab bags in order to go shop for supplies in case they were flooded in. Again, fine. Every millimetre of rain took a metre off my stress that had … Read more »
After their children left home, Jenny and her husband Graham found themselves rattling around in a huge house. ‘We decided to move and looked everywhere. Graham always wanted to be near a mountain, and I wanted to be near water. We looked at the Hunter Valley and the mountains area. Coming down here was the best thing we ever did. As soon as we saw this house, we just looked at … Read more »
With the Christmas celebrations over, the main topic of conversation was ‘How dry is it?’ and ‘When do you think it will rain?’ The air was filled with tension and concern with the weather being extremely windy and some days the temperature was so intensely hot. The storms were proving to be mainly filled with massive amounts of lightning. The inevitable happened with a lightning strike causing a fire that … Read more »
Shop7 ArtSpace Gallery supports the visual arts community by making space available in which guest artists can exhibit. This month we welcome artists who collaborate. We begin with Rock, Wind and Fire, an exhibition of works on paper by Narelle Perroux, Roz Bannon and Ivana Gattegno, inspired by the Far South Coast of NSW and showing until 11 February.
Immediately following Rock Wind and Fire is an exhibition of … Read more »
As summer ends, gardeners become very aware of how much water they have used just to keep plants alive. At this time of year, water is usually seen purely as a necessity, applied carefully and often anxiously. Yet water plays another role in gardens that is equally important.
Since people first shaped land into gardens rather than fields, water has been held, channeled and reflected for reasons far beyond … Read more »
The Cobargo Red Cross offers catering services for funerals, special occasions, clearing sales and so on in the Cobargo district. We provide sandwiches, slices, tea and coffee. We support our local farmers by assisting Bega Red Cross working in the saleyards canteen providing morning tea and lunch on Tuesdays and for the stores sale on Thursdays.
150 gms butter
2 tablespoons honey
200 gms Granita biscuits, crushed
1 … Read more »