A few weeks ago I was shopping with my girls and noticed these unusual canvases. Normally I don’t buy tiny canvases but these ones have magnets on the back so I was intrigued. If you have read my last blog post you may have seen that I was finding it hard to find my motivation […]
My studio work this year has been a bit less than usual. I’m not entirely sure why, it may have something to do with inspiration and motivation but I’m not sure. I have continued on happily with the 52 week illustration challenge and have been selected a couple of times for their blog picks but […]
Last week while my Mum was visiting Sydney we were able to go along to the John Olsen retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW. My knowledge of John Olsen’s work was limited before going. I had seen his work in documentaries and books but I probably wouldn’t have remembered his name if I […]
Driving away from Tamworth the scenery was beautiful. Rolling hills and greenery which is typical of northern New South Wales. I think that part of NSW might be my favourite. We decided to make one more stop overnight on our way home despite the fact that we could have driven straight home from there. We […]
After a lovely night at Mount Morgan we packed up and set off for our next stop, Goondiwindi. We were hoping to visit a couple there of which the husband is also a Congregational church minister. The only reason we went inland was to visit them. It was hot, inland Queensland is a hot place […]
After a lovely time in Lucinda we headed south towards our next stop Proserpine. This was the area we went through on the way up that was flooded. On our way there we stopped for lunch at a place called Alligator Creek. It was a dry area which showed us how much the landscape was […]
Our destination for the first night on the way back down to Sydney was the small town of Lucinda. There are personal reasons for this choice and those who know us will get why. The scenery on the way there was absolutely breathtaking. After passing through the towns of Tully and Cardwell we headed along […]
After the trip to the Daintree the last few days were lower key. We needed time to repack the van and spend time with family. One of the things we repeated from a few years ago was ice bowling. It was a lot of fun last time so I filled some balloons with coloured water […]
The last four days in Cairns were great, the highlight being our trip to the Daintree. The last time we went was 7 years ago so it was about time we got there again. We followed the exact same route as we did last time and revisited many of the places we went to before. […]
On day 20 of our trip my parents took the four grandchildren to a local resort for two nights as a special treat. We set them up in our camper van and tent and left them to it. I must say, they were brave taking on the four kids on their own when they were […]