Much About Melbourne

Some of you may know that my husband cycles to work every single day – 22kms in and 22kms back, that’s over 200kms a week on the road by bike. And then he mountain bikes on the weekends. You could say he’s addicted – yes, probably to the endorphins he generates! Seriously cycling is a [...]

At around 8.56pm tonight Graham and I felt a strong shudder go through the house.  We’re used to our cats and possums racing across the roof after bounding from a tree at the front but we realised it was much stronger than that. I thought there must have been a chopper (helicopter) really low and [...]

I have to share with you an email I received from a client friend of mine who lives in one of the areas close to the bushfires. Louise has given me permission to print this and I just wanted to show you what this lady has been through and somehow she has been able to [...]

If you live outside of Australia I bet you still know about the bushfire challenges the state of Victoria has been having.  Today they were forecasting really strong winds and there was a high bushfire alert for the whole state – that ends at midnight tonight. So far, the firemen have kept things under control [...]

The latest fire has hit quite close to home for us.  Graham and I were only at Birdsland Reserve in Belgrave on 14th February and you can see some of my photos at my photoblog.  Today there is a fire tearing its way through the park and heading towards houses that we had only been [...]