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Is it weird to be back?
The number one question I’ve been asked in the past two weeks is “So what’s it like to be back in Australia?”. And the best word I can think of to describe it is…. “Weirdses”. That’s Dylan’s word....
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New Year Revolutions
It was a still, scorching hot 39 degree New Year’s Eve yesterday. We sat in the blessed dark coolness of Diggers Cafe in Heronswood with our tongues hanging out like puppies, watching the heirloom...
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Farewell for now
What if you were given just one perfect day to say farewell? Would the elusive winter sun come out and bless you with its golden treacle rays? * Would loved friends arrive laden with platters of...
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Why I’m moving to Singapore
Don’t be afraid, you were born to do this.”, my husband said to me before I went up on stage. I was at the National University of Singapore, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, to...
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What marriage looks like 11 years on
My wedding anniversary is always slightly confusing for me because we had three different weddings. Our marriage was registered on the 18th of January (‘The Regiversary’ as the Irishman terms it), we...
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Tales of a Country Tiger
Every time it’s the school holidays I wonder if I’m manic-depressive or if this is just how having 2 young kids and a teenager is supposed to feel. Every day I wake up and walk into the living room,...
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Art and Wine
Did you know that I’m married to a sculptor? Well neither did I! This week I honour two of the Irishman’s recent achievements. The first being this wonderful rustic sculpture that he made out of old...
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The aftermath of a supernova – Goodbye Lee Kuan Yew
This week I wanted to write about our vineyard’s bumper crop of grapes which we harvested on Tuesday, the novel that I’ve finally completed and the massive wooden sculpture that Mark built in the...
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One. Happy. Family.
When we were kids, my dad’s favourite saying, which was always dispensed at the most inappropriate and ironic times, was the exclamation “One Happy Family!”. It drove us absolute bonkers. I could be...
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Why? Because.
When I was a kid, my little brother used to follow me around the house asking me questions. “Why?!” he would say. “Just because.” I would reply, my nose buried in some how-to manual or Gerald Durrell...
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Farm Dramas
A farm is like a jealous lover. I’ve been travelling for the better part of the past two months to Singapore and Indonesia, and when I finally returned to Cable Car Estate, oh what fun lay in store!...
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the magnolia manifest
Every spring soft bursts of magnolia flowers erupt like flower popcorn on the row of trees in our garden, exploding forth in glorious profusion day after day until the branches are completely laden...
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At World’s End – an adventure to Nihiwatu, Sumba
We tumbled out of the airplane like a sack full of puppies onto the steaming hot tarmac at Tambolaka Airport in Sumba, accepted the huge drinking coconuts pressed upon us by our smiling driver and set...
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Best. Day. Ever.
Last week I turned 35. The Irishman organised a wild Spanish themed fiesta (The Fiesta Dos Virgos!) at our house for myself and my fellow Virgo friend Karen. Karen said that she would cook some Pooky...
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Being human
Yesterday evening was what Dylan had been looking forward to for weeks – her school concert, the Penbank pantomime. She practically shimmered and smoked with excitement the whole day, like a wok...
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Picking up the feathers
This week was one full of tears and hard lessons. After many months of searching for female companions for our peacock Pooky, I finally found a guy who had two beautiful white and blue ones for sale...
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What the camera doesn’t see
You’re in cognac diamonds and a midnight blue silk dress, striding around the vineyard in the howling wind. And then, pretending to prune fuchsias in hot pink silk while the rain drizzles...
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Kakadu Travel Diary Part 2
I’m still in a weird, stream of consciousness mood from the steroids and antibiotics. While trying not to get sucked into the rabbit hole of the internet (too much negativity, click bait, comparing...
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Kakadu Travel Diary – Blog Part 1
We’ve survived Kakadu National Park, 20,000 square kilometres of saturated blue skies, burnt gum trees, drenched wetlands. An area 28 times the size of my home country of Singapore. It’s beautiful in...
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Taking pictures in the dark
You remember how I said in my last post that we were one of the lucky ones who only had a few hours of the power outage last week? Well karma’s a bitch. The very next day after I wrote that post, we...
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