Category: Derwent Valley

Week in Review: 26 January – 1 February 2015

This week started off as part of a five-day weekend. I had a day of leave on Friday, a weekend, a public holiday on Monday and then another day off on Tuesday. On Monday Juniordwarf and I filled in for a presenter who’s taking some time off, at our...

12 of 12 August 2014

Tuesday 12 August. A pretty normal Tuesday. I was at home. 1 of 12 – Morning coffee in the first cup I bought from ceramic artist Kim (aka Frogpondsrock). 2 of 12 – Apparently you can link your Centrelink, Medicare and Tax Office accounts on the MyGov website. 3...

12 of 12 April 2014

12 April 2014 was a Saturday. It’s the weekend before Easter and leading up to the last three days of school for the term. I’m tired. After the Walk in her Shoes challenge ended, I couldn’t manage to get out of bed in the mornings to go for a...

Tassievore Eat Local Challenge: Weeks 2 and 3

In which Weeks 2 and 3 collide and then bounce together into Week 4. For Week 2 of the Tassievore Eat Local Challenge, the suggested challenge was to shop only at Tasmanian businesses. I started to write a post about this, and ended up talking about Two Metre Tall,...

12 of 12 March 2014

12 March 2014 was a Wednesday, two days after a Public Holiday. School has been back for five weeks – so it’s only five more until the next lot of school holidays. I’m into Week 2 of “training” for the CARE Australia Walk in her Shoes challenge, which starts...

Lady Barron Falls

Because it’s school holidays and my work hours don’t have to coincide with school drop-offs and pick-ups, I’m able to work longer hours most days and fit my working hours into four days instead of five and have a day off each week. This is one of the best...

bushy park show

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ptunarra

 Way back in November 2011 I posted about our visit to the site of future Derwent Valley Child and Family Centre. It’s a project that I have a soft spot for because I (and Juniordwarf too I guess, because he attended the meetings with me) used to be a...