Browsing Archive: May, 2010

A three hour tour

Posted by Antony Perring on Monday, May 24, 2010,
A round trip today and the only foodie thing was the tasty ham and cheese omelette.  Not great, but passable but hardly worth mentioning. 

The real thing about the trip today was a focus on the Pass on a Book project. 

I've been in Lismore this week, in Northern New South Wales, working on my other project - bringing literacy and the benefits of reading to the third world. 

And today it was a trip to Kyogle to visit the team at the Uniting Church Op-Shop, and to take delivery of their first coll...

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A pumpkin scone for tea?

Posted by Antony Perring on Tuesday, May 18, 2010,

Prize winners - Maclean Show 2010
 
 There was a time when things moved a little slower, and the "special events" were few and far between. 

As a little kid a highlight of the calendar every year was the annual agricultural show, that's something that I've lost sight of until just a few weeks ago. 

The Maclean show is two days of sawdust, cattle, sugar cane, sideshow alley, rides, fried food and best of all - cakes and biscuits and slices and buns; jams, preserves, fruit and vegetables; prize win...
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