Farm Life | Margareta Osborn

Life on the farm is endlessly satisfying. It’s often exhausting, always fulfilling and lots of work what with the family and the animals. And, that’s before all the other challenges that come along with floods, drought, fires and everything else that goes along with living on the land, but I truly love it. I love the life and the work, the people and the opportunities that come along each and every day.

Gone Fishing is the new novel by bestselling Australian author Susan Duncan. This is a heart-warming, inspirational story about taking a stand against all the odds. Gone Fishing follows the must-read novel (which I adored!) The Briny Cafe.

Christmas is Coming & Winners are Grinners after Rachael, Caroline and Tony dropped in to see us ...

Christmas definitely feels special when you get a chance to spend time with some wonderful authors such as these:

Described by the Canberra Times as 'One of our best and most consistent thriller writers', Tony Parks' latest release is THE PREY, his tenth fiction novel. He has also co-authored a number of non-fiction autobiographies.

Book Cover - Outback Dreams, Rachael Johns

Rachael Johns' latest release is OUTBACK DREAMS, the first in a series of three. On the shelf at your local bookstore now, it's selling it's socks off. She joins me today in the Christmas is Coming Series to answer some questions.

Book Cover - No Place Like Home, Caroline Overington

Caroline Overington's latest book release is NO PLACE LIKE HOME and I'm absolutely delighted to have her join me in the Christmas is Coming series today. Caroline is currently the associate editor of the iconic Australian Women's Weekly. She is also a two-time winner of the Walkley award winner for investigative journalism; a winner of the Sir Ketih Murdoch prize for excellence in journalism and the Blake Dawson Prize.

My post this week isn’t a recipe as such, it’s more about the ingredients that go into my life. The people who gather around my kitchen table, at the bench (a bar with stools where mates prop and talk while I continue to cook), the pool, the outdoor tables and even the front fence if I happen to be there.

BSP (Blatent Sister Plug again....) NT Music Awards thank you to everyone

We're still waiting to find out the results of the People's Choice Award (voting finishes on the 16th July) but the night itself was a huge success even though my sister didn't win!

My Country Kitchen - His Birthday and Boiled Chocolate Cake

It was my beloved husband's birthday this week. My present to him was my most favourite thing in the whole world besides him, my kids, the dog, my family & friends, the farm ... I got him boots. Motorbike boots though rather than the other kind I like (Ariats forever). He loves them, which ultimately equates to brownie points for me.

Summer was hellish, with a raging bushfire, savage heat, no rain and days of wind, which just burnt off anything left on the dry-country paddocks (that the fires hadn’t got to first).

I have decided there are three ingredients that I can’t do without in my country kitchen.

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