Beasties in the Garden

Sydney and The Blue Mountains

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February 26th 2008
Hello Everyone! After our last regalling tale, we spent a few more days with David at his Murrnong Permaculture house/farm. We picked a huge amount of peaches (250 kilos approx.) and then took them to a local guy's shed where we set about making peach wine. Sarah and I took turns standing in a huge bucket, washing the many peaches, before throwing them in the other huge bucket that David inhabi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Newtown

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more