Tag Archive 'favourite'

Jun 17 2008

Water for Horses and Frogs

Published by Susanna Duffy under Culture on Friday

Once upon a time we had horse troughs like these all over the place.
We still had horses then, the baker’s daughter arrived in a horse drawn cart, as did the infrequent Bottle-O to pick up any used glass, and the even less frequent Rabbit-O with his wares. (Always buy the whole rabbit, my mother [...]

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May 31 2008

The Versatile Esky

Published by Susanna Duffy under Culture on Friday

“SURVIVORS! Amazing escape as two cling to esky!…
They drifted in the shark and crocodile-infested waters for 12 hours before staggering on to a reef 20km away near Eagle Island later that day.”
Sunday Mail Headline, 9 April 2000
“Three Townsville fishermen survived 12 hours floating at sea by ingeniously turning their Esky lid into a makeshift sail [...]

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May 21 2008

Queen Quince of the Kitchen

Published by Susanna Duffy under Tucker on Tuesday

I saw a quince tree from a train window today. They grew in everyone’s yard when I was a child, next to the lemon tree, as much a part of the landcape as the Hills Hoist.
Where are the quince trees of yesteryear?
If you’re lucky you can see an odd Cydonia oblonga here and [...]

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