Hopetoun

We meet family in Hopetoun over the weekend to celebrate our niece’s 1st birthday. We arrived friday night to a mess as the caravan park had huge amounts of rain a few days before and our anix showed just how much. Hmmm….a bit of cleaning was needed but thankfully we had it sorted quickly. We
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The 9th of March

By Lorna Madson It started to rain on the 9th of March, Far too early for the season to break, It rained all day and all that night, It rained for the rest of that week. The creeks all came up and flooded the paddocks, The dams burst their banks and let go, Hundreds of
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Mothers Day

We had our annual Mothers Day at our local golf club last week to help raise money for our babysitter. It was a brilliant day with 70 people who came to enjoy a three course meal, stalls, free entertainment by the Hyden Choir and lots of door prizes and raffles. It was a big day
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Pingaring Rock

Monday was such a glorious day and I had finished the second draft on the book so it was time to spend some quality time with my family. My hubby and I packed a picnic and headed up the rock with the kids. We lay back like lizards soaking up the warm sun whilst the
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Lest we forget

Here is their spirit, in the heart of the land they loved; and here we guard the record which they themselves made. Charles Bean, 1948 ANZAC DAY – Lots of things to remember. I think of my great grandfather Richard Hicks, whom my father was named after, and his brother in law Gordon Benham who
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Hockey

My daughter had her first game of hockey yesterday and is still keen to keep playing, so that is great. She’ll be seven in July, so she’s getting an early start and it’s lots of fun for her. Kids don’t seem to feel the pain like us. I can remember feeling very unfit running around
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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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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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My darling boy!

What a sweetheart. My boy decided to vacuum his room and then went on to do his sisters and the play room. If he keeps this up till he’s a grown man he will find he has plenty of brownie points with the ladies. (I won’t tell him that it’s a job…for now he thinks
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Esperance

We did a trip to Esperance, to visit family and see how much our little niece had grown, and to see Sammy the Seal. The kids couldn’t wait to see him at the jetty (plus I think it was also the lure of icecream!) .The coffee van parked there is a rippa…a win win for
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