by editor | Nov 16, 2022 | Places
Faded photos I still keep Into the past I often creep To recreate from what I see The environment that moulded me. © Jim Low November 2022 For my first twenty-two years, I lived with my family in flat 4, one of five, large living spaces that made up Ulleswater. The... 
by simplyoz | Apr 5, 2022 | Places
Tathra wharf is situated on the far south coast of New South Wales. Tathra is a picturesque, beachside village not far east of Bega. Some years ago, my family chose to make it our annual holiday destination. My wife and I found it a wonderful place to spend... 
by simplyoz | May 19, 2021 | Places
Help! This fascinating story is missing its ending. The paper clipping was found in a family history folder and is an entertaining example of life in the Quirindi area before World War 1. You can just imagine Steele Rudd working this incident into one on his Dad and... 
by editor | Sep 4, 2020 | History, Places
© Jim Low Recently I made a return visit to two memorials along the Hawkesbury River (Deerubbin). Both commemorate the first contact between the Darug people of the area and an expeditionary party led by Governor Phillip. Phillip’s party was there to discover whether... 
by editor | Aug 11, 2020 | Places
“Just to have somebody to talk to…” Old timer, cartoonist and writer, gatherer of memorabilia and local history, Ray Krakouer tells his story. Meet Ray Krakouer and you sense it – somewhere there behind the friendly smile and twinkling eyes, beneath the... 
by simplyoz | Apr 2, 2020 | Places
© Jim Low We came to live at Glenbrook, in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, towards the end of 1973, just before the birth of our first daughter. Our home was in Glenbrook Road which joined Mitchell’s Pass. A pleasant walk down the Pass brought us to Lennox...