Inspiration for The Outback Heart

    Getting ideas for books is not a planned thing, sometimes I get on with life and just hope inspiration strikes or that something I hear or see brings on a story idea. Sometimes things move me and I want to write about them. Like with The Sunburnt Country, the issues of depression, rural
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Christmas Lights 2013

Last year’s competition was so awesome that we just had to hold it again. After a very hot day (up to 40) we all gathered at the ‘Tree’ for a sausage sizzle while we waited for the sun to set. Here is just a few locals gathered around, the blokes (as usual) were positioned around
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Christmas 2013

Our 87th community Christams Tree was on Saturday night. Lea and I had spent all week setting up for it, as well as our big two day trip to Perth. This is us, enjoying our cosy corner in the Hall. This year we had bouncy castles for the kids to jump on after Santa left.
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Spoilt chooks

  A while back we got a heap of chooks from a friend, and combined with ours it overloaded the chook pen. This weekend we (and in we I mean Hubby, while I held a few bits of tin when I had time) finally got the new shed finished. I counted my chooks a while
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Holidays

I had to work for the first three weeks of Jan, running the local shop. But after that I headed straight down to the coastal town of Hopetoun, south WA. It was just gorgeous as the kids and I went swimming the moment we arrived. (Hubby had farmers still harvesting so he couldn’t join us
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Yes more pictures

These two photos were taken by Sal Edwards. I really love the top one, Sal!! The three below are from Claire Hodgetts, and I got a heap more from her as well. Some great shots Claire, thanks. This is a photo I took a few years back, there is more road but for some reason
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Lucky chooks

Here is whats left of my hen’s feathers. The rest have blown away in the wind. My poor chooks are the delight for my neighbours dog. When my son went in to collect the eggs the dog pushed past and went after the chooks. I heard my son screaming from the house and thought he’d
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Getting there

I hope everyone had a great Easter break…I know I did. Total relaxation, fishing, sitting on the beach, reading and spending time with my family. I took my laptop but didn’t get it out to write, which i’m glad as it was good to have a real break, a time out from everything. Not that
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Work

Okay, for those of you who are wondering what i’ve been up to since finishing the first draft on Sarah’s Journey…well work! I’ve taken two weeks off work…shop work, not mum or author work….and managed to sand back and re-varnish our front doors and re-oil the deck. Yes, my back is soooo sore but it
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Friends

We were lucky enough to spend Christmas and New Year on the coast. Nearly ten days of bliss where we got to escape the heat and hot winds back home. From the tiny caravan kitchen we managed to prepare a roast dinner fit for a king. Although it was lost on my daughter who is
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