Found: the book that influenced a generation

January 8, 2014 A Tasmanian journey

A surprise discovery in a mountain hut closes the circle of time...

High on a mountain, a little stone hut

January 8, 2014 A Tasmanian journey

High on a Tasmanian mountain there's a hidden hut, so late one day we went to look for it....

Otago

January 4, 2014 A Tasmanian journey

Shipping has played an important part in Tasmanian history but it's rare to find shipping and literature in a rusting hulk...

Food security seminar looks at regional issues

December 16, 2013 The alt.food movement

It was a city already saturated from days of rain that those of us peering through the big windows of Blacktown Council’s Narimba room looked out over. A…

Making a better block in Clovelly

October 29, 2013 Journal

FOR MONTHS they had been meeting and now, on the warm Sunday morning of October 27, they were ready. How many would turn up? Would it all go…

Food security project leaves edible legacy at Macarthur

October 29, 2013 The alt.food movement

IT WAS A TALE of two farmers. The first came as a call from a Sydney region grower. Would Ronny like to come and collect some oranges? It…