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Prep Time: 25 minutes (+ 30 minutes refrigeration time)Cooking Time: 15 minutesYield: 13 biscuits Ingredients: Biscuits:- 250g butter, softened- 1/2 cup icing sugar mixture - 1/3 cup custard powder - 1/3 cup cornflour- 1.5 cups plain flour Buttercream: - 2 earl grey teabags (I use T2 French Early Grey)- 1/2 cup boiling water - 90g …
Over the last month or so, when I’ve been chatting to friends, a common theme has been emerging. So many discussions have been revolving around how none of us has any idea what we’re doing, nor the self-assurance to be confident in where our life is going. Basically, we’ve all been hit in the face …
This week, I'm another year older and another year wiser (and all that other nonsense...). I'm now deep into my mid-twenties and still have no idea what I'm doing - although I'm starting to learn, that's the narrative of life isn't it?! I 'survived' my quarter life crisis (just kidding - I had about 3 …
If there’s one food to epitomize my childhood, its Basil Pesto. My Nana used to make it and we looked forward to her visits where she’d always bring us a little jar. The recipe was then passed onto my mum and then onto me. We eat pesto with pasta, slather it onto fresh white bread and …
As stationery shops begin to get crowded and school shoes are being polished, in geographically isolated areas across the nation, there's a different type of preparation happening. Bags are being packed (and certain items being vetoed by parents), much-loved pets are being hugged goodbye and families everywhere are staring down the barrel of endless hours …
Working in a boarding house has been one of the greatest honours I’ve ever been given. It’s the heart and soul of a school and boarders add an element of authenticity and community that cannot be emanated elsewhere. Articulating the contribution that boarders make to our school community is hard to articulate; it’s more of …
1. You can enjoy where you are even if it's not your final destination After I moved back to Brisbane, I felt like I’d taken a step backwards. I didn’t want to be back living in the city, I didn’t want to be stuck in the concrete jungle and I felt stifled of any creativity. …
I’ll admit it. I’m a coffee snob. I’m also a firm believer that roadtrips and good coffee goes hand in hand. I was having a conversation with a parent of a boarder a little while ago who lives out of Longreach. We were chatting as I had recently gone through that area. I said, ‘Oh …
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Sisco Designs and Paige Corke Photography Location: Warwick, QLD Website: https://www.siscodesigns.shop Paige and I lived on the same road when we were both working as Governesses in 2019 (we lived about 150kms apart, but you know – it was on the same road, we were practically neighbours!). Through Sisco designs you can purchase some of her …
There are numerous reasons why rural and remote families choose to send their children to boarding school. A better-quality education, greater social interaction, increased sporting opportunities, or simply – because of their geographic isolation, they have no other choice. While rural education does not necessarily equate to a second-rate education in terms of quality; lack …
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