Southwest Tasmania day 2 (part 1)
This morning’s plan was to wake up early—well, as early as I’d need to when the sun rises close to 8 am—and take some sunrise photos over the lake. This plan was somewhat thwarted by the fact that everywhere was enveloped in fog and the sun was nowhere to...
Southwest Tasmania Day 1 (part 2)
In the first week of the school holidays, we took a few days off and travelled to Strathgordon on Lake Pedder in the southwest Tasmanian wilderness. You can read about our first stop on the way, at The Needles, here. Or if you just want to look at some...
A journey to freedom
After Friday’s visit to TMAG with Kramstable, I said I was going to go back to take in A Journey to Freedom more fully. I often say I’m going to revisit something and never end up doing it but this time I felt I really had to. I don’t know...
Hanging out at TMAG
Today was the last day of the school holidays. Kramstable and I went to the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery (TMAG). We started out in the Bond Store and looked at the Tasmanian displays. Kramstable pointed out the Tasmanian Native Hen, which he had done a project on at...
The Needles—Southwest Tasmania Day 1
This week we had a three-day break at Lake Pedder in Tasmania’s southwest. None of us had been before so we were all looking forward to it and had several short walks planned. From Hobart, we headed to New Norfolk and turned onto the Gordon River Road at Bushy...
Tassievore eat local feast – challenge wrapup
Last weekend I held my Tassievore Eat Local Challenge feast for my family. I invited my mum, Lil Sis and Mr Tall to join us. It’s the second time I’ve done one of these feasts, and I really enjoyed doing it. As a rule I don’t like to cook,...
Tassievore eat local challenge – feast day!
Yesterday was feast day! I learned last time I held a Tassievore feast not to be too ambitious. I’d thought about including a dessert on the menu like I did last time, but decided in the end it would make things too busy for me. I could have made...
Tassievore eat local challenge – feast day 1
A few weeks ago Sustainable Living Tasmania launched the Living Local Feast challenge. Having been a keen participant in Tassievore Eat Local Challenge in 2014, which culminated in an actual dinner party, I toyed with signing up again this year. Lil Sis strongly encouraged me asked me if I was...
Art from trash
Two years ago I was lucky enough to go with Kramstable’s class on an excursion to, among other things, the Art from Trash Exhibition. It’s an annual event run by the Resource Work Cooperative at the Long Gallery in the Salamanca Arts Centre, which “encourages the reuse of discarded materials...
What I learned this week
30 days of yoga is going well. I’m now 14 days into the challenge and I haven’t missed a day so far. I’ve had to incorporate my back exercises into my practice, because whatever I did to my back has either stirred up my old injury or resulted in...