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In the September school holidays I drove over 4,500kms to visit my friends in the bush. From Mount Isa to Hughenden and everywhere in between, I spent nearly 2 weeks soaking up the red dirt. 50 hours in the car certainly allows for a lot of thinking time. As I watched the landscape change from …
I’m a dreamer. There’s no doubt about it. I have small dreams (like have an epic veggie patch) and dreams that are so large, that I sometimes wonder how I conjured them up. As well as being a dreamer, I have an air of almighty confidence. I whole-heartedly believe I can achieve my dreams. That’s …
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Ever wondered how you ended up here? How a compilation of choices resulted in you being exactly where you are? Let me take you on a little journey… One where a split-second decision resulted in the most wonderful adventure and changed the course of my life. In mid-2017 my best friend snapped her ACL while …
I’m unable to compost due to the fact that I live on the 9th floor of an apartment building. This means we throw a lot of our vegetable scraps out. In an attempt to limit our wastage, my housemates and I have begun making large batches of vegetable sauce. This stuff is so versatile! We’ve eaten …
If I look at something in the store and think ‘I could make that for a lot cheaper.’ Does it make me frugal or creative? I wanted to gift my bosses at work with a little something to say thank you for all the time, encouragement and support they’ve invested in me lately. As I …
Cow’s milk. It’s something most of us would purchase on a weekly basis. But have you ever thought about how the brand of milk you purchase could influence our farmers? Milk prices have long been hotly contested by producers. It’s a commodity that varies greatly in price and some stakeholders have a stronghold over the …
Growing up, I knew I wasn’t going to stay in my hometown forever. Like many teenagers, I believed I was destined for things my hometown couldn’t offer. I’d spent the first 21 years of my life living in the same suburb, going to the same school and studying at a university in the same city. …
I'm on a mission to reduce my waste, to help the planet and be more sustainable. Trying to do this while living in an apartment in the middle of the CBD poses a few challenges. In the past, I would've let all the 'can't do's' weigh me down and make me anxious, but for now, …
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’? Well that is the war cry to my childhood. I have aunts and uncles a plenty and I have more cousins than I can count. The thing is though, these aunts, uncles and cousins aren’t biological, they’re my chosen family. In …
This banana bread is low in refined sugar and super easy to make. The inclusion of chia seeds adds a punch of fibre and the dark choc melts adds a little touch of decadence. Being the dairy farmer's granddaughter that I am, I have to take this opportunity to promote purchasing and consuming milk that …
The Urban Farmhouse 