Pingaring

It can seem so isolated, so far away from it all, This place where the salmon gums grow proud and tall, But to most who live here and have done so for years, Amid the frustration, the anger and tears, To sell up and shift would be utter madness, The good times somehow override all
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Out with the old in with the new

I loved growing up and spending time in my dad’s shed as he worked fixing trucks, utes, and build things (when I wasn’t running from the noise of the drop saw!). Here are my kids checking out how their Pop is going building his new speedway car. His old yellow one he’s hoping to sell
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Bookclub

Another great night out with the girls at bookclub. This months book was The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. We picked this book because it had won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and ABIA book of the year.It is about the outcome after an adult slaps a nearly four year old at a BBQ. So we thought
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The Golden Orb Spider

As I went to feed my chooks, something strong brushed me and I looked up to see this beauty (and then cringed, stepped away quickly and then felt like I had spiders crawling all over me!) Their webs are so thick it’s like walking into strong cotton. When we play golf there are heaps in
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The Tree

For those of you wondering what the ‘tree’ looks like, that I talk about or wrote about in The Family Farm, here is a picture. I did this up for a special friend leaving the district and I wanted her to take something of Pingaring with her. Everything in this photo frame came from the
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His 80th year

This is the first of my Aunty Lorna’s poems, which I’ll be posting a new one up every month. To view all of them at once, use the Poetry category on the right. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eqqman/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 HIS 80TH YEAR In an old rocking chair on veranda boards, He sits and reminisces, Of days
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National Production Title at Narrogin WA

For those of you who have never seen speedway here is a clip for you. This is the start of the final, 20 cars doing 40 laps at Narrogin Speedway Club. The orange car out the front is Kye Blight who is the state number one already and is one of the local lads (and
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Women’s Expo and Me!

If you’re near Kulin on Thursday 11th March from 1pm to 7pm, come to the Kulin Freebairn Recreation Centre for the Womens Expo and see whats on offer. Plenty of guest speakers (me included) and stalls galore. Bring your mum and your girlfriends! Tickets available at the Rec Centre on 9880 1000.
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Thunder storms

Got this pic of the storm over the A type bin across the road from our house. Wish I was at the top of the bin, I could have got some great pictures (along with getting fried mind you!).
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Connelly Cartoons

I wanted to share these couple of cartoons from the Connelly Cartoons book I have. Brett Connelly has done a great job drawing moments from the bush and these two I particularly like. I can tell you how weird it is to be harvesting in the dry heat only for it to begin raining to
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