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  • Hylaeus mysterium puella…

    Hylaeus mysterium puella…

    Author Gary Taylor ◦ Hylaeus mysterium puella… Sorry that’s not her real name, yes she is Hylaeus, but mysterium puella is just latin for mystery girl, which is what I called her ‘cos she was apparently quite possibly a new… Continue reading

  • Raining on the Rock

    Raining on the Rock

    The 1% Club ◦ Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ As I sit here listening to the pouring rain, I have a flashback of another time… Christmas was coming up quickly and although I love being with family, 2016 was spent… Continue reading

  • Flashback with friends…

    Flashback with friends…

    We had been in Central Australia for just over a year, when in 2007, our friends Tum and Patrice came to visit. We have been thinking of them lately and have looked back through our photos of that time and… Continue reading

  • Part of the family…

    Part of the family…

    Robustus – 2009 to 28 September 2019 Author Andrew Turner ◦ It was a shock to see a reminder on Facebook of the memory of the passing of our family member Ro… thinking of her all day and looking through… Continue reading

  • The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter

    The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter

    Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Things have been very rocky for our businesses lately. But thanks to a handful of positive inspirational people we have a variety of new food choices at the Gregory terrace end of the Todd Mall… Continue reading

  • The Doctors Have a Point

    The Doctors Have a Point

    Waitati Wandering – Part Two Author DaQua ◦ I relished my off the beaten track wanderings in Waitati, it is such a welcoming ‘village,’ oozing creativity, colour and sense of community. Locals tell of the lore and history of the… Continue reading

  • Waitati Wandering

    Waitati Wandering

    Author DaQua ◦ One of my favourite pursuits whilst spending time with family in Alice Springs, and in New Zealand, is to get off the beaten track and discover the real backyard; choosing to ‘live’ in an area and not… Continue reading

  • Tekapo Tribute

    Tekapo Tribute

    Author DaQua ◦ It is always an adventure to hit the road again with that sense of anticipation and exploration that can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary at every turn. But today our hearts were heavier than usual as… Continue reading

  • New Zealand has a Castle?

    New Zealand has a Castle?

    Author DaQua ◦ As a woman who hails from Wales, a land of myths and castles, my curiosity was piqued when I learnt that across the harbour from Dunedin, on the Otago Peninsula, stood New Zealand’s only castle. Wales, is… Continue reading

  • Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival

    Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival

    Alice Springs Beanie Festival Author Koh Lin ◦ Alice Springs is renowned destination for bird watching. It is also known as the Beanie Centre of the world, with its iconic festival event that brings all sorts of beanies from around… Continue reading

  • Leaving Alice on Jet Plane – Over the Ditch with Da Qua

    Leaving Alice on Jet Plane – Over the Ditch with Da Qua

    Tales of Travel in the Trans-Tasman Bubble Author DaQua ◦ Farewell’s bade and hugs all-round the excitement of flying again was building – it was time to leave the Covid comfort of the Territory, relative to the rest of the… Continue reading

  • Autumn Passion

    Autumn Passion

    Author DaQua ◦ Ancient Oak, beguiling Birch Autumn leaves, brazen In the passionate embers of their dying colours. Whispering melodies, of winds High above my consciousness Arouse lofty branches Now provocative in their pose. Aching Arch, sensuous stretch Welcoming, long… Continue reading