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Apologies to those readers wishing to buy e-books from my website. We are currently undergoing some exciting developments in that area so for the time being, my e-books are temporarily off-line. Stay tuned for more developments while I wrangle kids, dogs, horses farms and e-books into order.

My Bundy Mum V8 Ute joins the line up between a couple of feral utes at the Rural Youth Ute Competition at Campbell Town show

What a thrill to judge my first Beaut Ute competition at Campbell Town Show on the weekend. Rural Youth hosted the comp and I was lucky enough to join expert mechanic Tony Briscoe of Caltex Campbell Town and expert Aussie, Sam Keckovitch of Aussie Lamb Campaign fame as my co-judges. It was really tough picking the winners of the categories which included best V8, best 6, best street ute, best 4×4 and best feral/rural ute. Sam’s special prize was given to a revving yellow ute with every bit of gear on it imaginable. Sam’s reasoning for the award was, ‘he got his first root in a yellow ute!’ 

Well done to all competitors and to show organisers. My highlights were the mechanical bull riding, the Smithfield Dog competition and the ‘Man Cake’ competition in the home industries section, won by my cousin Douglas Loane for his outstanding Apple and Walnut cake. He pipped Bobcat at the post who had made a tiered chocolate cake and Camby’s cake that looked like a chop. Well done culinary boys. If you haven’t been to Campbell Town Show in Tassie then it’s a show not to be missed. Country culture at its best. So good it found its way into my novel, The Rouseabout. 

I am proud to be Patron of Agfest, an event run by Rural Youth, Tasmania. I’ll be opening Agfest next week and attending the three day farmer’s expo. If you’d like me to sign your old faithful books or buy a signed copy I’ll be at the Foddertech site – look for it in your guide. I can also tell you about our new farm produce, T&T Fastgrass and the beauty of our sprouted barley as feed for your horses and the difference it’s made to our sheep and cattle.

A lot of money is spent in the horse industry helping people to become more confident riders. Last Easter Monday we found the best way of relaxing with your equine friend. Simply combine Strawberry Schnapps with a Wonder Woman outfit and you can ride like the wind. Our behaviour couldn’t get too out of hand as we had sexy mounted Police Woman Sally in the saddle to keep us in line. Steph made a great Number 26 for Woodsdale in her hubby’s footy gear and Brad and Deb looked ultra coupley-cute as Micky and Mini Mouse. At one point Wonder Woman One, Jess, got us lost on the Brown Mountain Ridgeline because the Bundy mucked up her inner compass, but we all made it back to the farm house for a Meaburn special fry up. It’s little wonder I never run out of ideas for novels with these cranks around.

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I’ve just read a wonderful book called ‘Brida’ by Paulo Coehlo and it was all about the lost craft of witches (good ones – not the cackley ones on brooms that we’ve all seen.)  I’ve always enjoyed Cohelo’s writing as his books inspire learning and wisdom about this funny old planet of ours. I didn’t know much about witches prior to his novel, but now I do! We women all need to explore the power of our inner Goddess no matter who we are. Here’s me and my mates, Lu and Jess, out on a Levendale Primary School fundraiser. Our lovely local, Allen Jennison ran a Ghost Tour of Richmond and we dressed up (yet again) for the fun of it. The good news is we’ve raised some money and our Levendale school association has bought a mini-bus so we can now take half the school out and about to other programs and events, giving our country kids a bigger slice of life to experience. If you want to go on one of the BEST ghost tours ever, contact Allen

Perfect weather, a happy community vibe and beers after at the fireshed meant our day at the Back to Woodsdale Picnic was a perfect one! We took along the working dogs and did a few demos. It was a perfect chance to show off our FastGrass fodder too. And I signed a few books and the kids had a ball on the little train that carted folk from the Woodsdale Hall to the museum. The Woodsdale/Levendale Museum members did a top job organising the day and let’s hope the event generated funds for our wonderful little community. A big thanks from me to Gus from the Bridgewater PCYC for his jumping castle! Combine a few rums, my friend Kathy Mace and me with a jumping castle and you are asking for acts of hilarity!