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My husband grew up with the traditional corner shop only a block and ½ away from his house. Although I think lollies were the pick of the menu, every neighbourhood had a corner shop, a bakery, a butcher, a banking and postal agent (who was also a Barber in New Lambton I’ve just been [...]
What’s the classic Aussie lunch? A cold pie and a warm coke? Dog’s eye with dead horse? Yep, it’s the meat pie. But sometimes you want to dress it up a little and, following the example of Newcastle’s famous Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, why not top this Aussie treat with mushy peas? I always make [...]
Day 4 of our family holiday was extremely restful and ended with a fantastic dinner. The day started with a beautiful sunrise and it looked really promising as I set out for my walk …..until the last 150 metres when the skies opened up and it bucketed down rain. We had been extremely lucky over [...]
It amazes me the number of gluten free products that are now available including the number of bread mixes. I’ve tested many and some have been good and some have been absolutely dreadful, but I had only tested one product from Simply Wize, the prepared pizza bases when I was too lazy tired to make [...]
POST UPDATE: Vegemite is NOT gluten free and was picked up by a reader (thank you!!). I don’t eat lamb or vegemite so I didn’t pick it. But don’t despair, as there is a gluten free alternative. Mighty Mite is available for this dish Remember how Naomi Watts turned down Tom Cruise for the [...]
Day 3 was the best yet with an incredible Quicksilver cruise to the Great Barrier Reef. After a morning walk that started with this breathtaking scene, we had breakfast and then took off for the Marina for our day long tour. We boarded this very large ship and had morning tea (I took my own [...]
There are two reasons I continue to use the cake mix cookie recipe, and variations thereof, to make cookies in our house. I’m still trying to overcome my fear of cookies because I seem to burn “scratch” varieties every single time, and I like soft, cake-y, pillowy cookies that just seem to happen with the [...]
Day 2 was full of adventure and lots of incredible wonder of the Daintree. We started the day with breakfast in our apartment and a wander down Macrossen Street for a fantastic coffee. We came back and had a couple of hours in the apartment pool which was welcome relief from the heat. It was [...]
It’s almost Australia Day which means, not only a long weekend, but the chance to feature “All Things Aussie” on the blog. See, even though I was raised in the USA, I was actually born in Kyogle, NSW to an American Mother and an Australian Dad. Because bureaucracy is completely imbecile my Mom [...]
Rain, rain go away. Come again another day (after Monday please!) The first day we were exhausted and had a quick bite at Rattle n Hum pub……gluten free WOOD FIRED pizza guys!!! OMG it was soooo good! Day 1 I scoped out the main strip and grabbed some coffees for breakfast. We had a [...]
