Shearing

I went out to Burnside today (the Garard’s farm) as they were shearing. I needed a few pictures for the book trailer and for the website so people can see what I’m talking about when they read my next book. I found out today that there are three Burnside’s in WA (hence the PIN (for
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Winner!

Well it’s time to draw the competition and I’m glad to announce that Jane Barber was our randomly selected winner! Well done to Jane, whose signed copy and goodies will be on their way to you soon. Big thanks to all those who entered, and keep an eye out as I will run another competition
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The joy of school holidays

We have a couple of kids for a sleepover and so we all went up to the rock. My kids had to show their friends their cubby house in the bush (when we play golf, the babysitter lets them play in the bush. Good, healthy outside fun!). Our local golf course weaves through the many
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Fog

Winter – oh the joys of frosty mornings. On this particular morning I was on my way to my friends house to pick up my kids and the fog was really thick AND it was 10.30am!! Yes, the farmers would have been twiddling their fingers waiting for it to lift so they could go spraying.
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Win win win!

For your chance to win a signed copy of my book, along with some bookmarks, fridge magnets and a Gum Tree Tavern stubby holder just answer the following question to me by email fiona_palmer@bigpond.com (Those who have read The Family Farm will be familiar with the ‘Tree’ as I wrote about it in the book
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Tony Parsons

Being a big fan of rural/outback books, I, like many others, have Tony Parsons’ books in my bookshelves. The Call of the High Country, Return to the High Country, Valley of the White Gold and Silver in the Sun. I was talking with friends on facebook about what Tony was up to as we hadn’t
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Guest: Amanda Hampson

I feel very lucky to have Amanda Hampson guest blog for my website…my very first guest too. Huge thanks! Amanda has been writing professionally for more than 20 years she has had numerous articles and two non-fiction books published along with two novels published by Penguin… and we share the same publisher too. I only
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The Alarm

Here’s a good one for the mums. The Alarm The alarm goes off as it does every morning, You climb out of bed, stretching and yawning, This is an alarm you can not ignore, If you did they’d break down the bedroom door. By the time you get there they’ve started fighting, You pull up
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