Unashamed chocoholics of this world will be salivating once they get through the first few paragraphs of this story. It's about a carob farm. We're not talking about their Willy Wonka imaginary world with the ghost of actor Gene Wilder hiding behind chocolate trees and chocolate tractors by the chocolate house and sheds, but something incredibly tasty and far … [Read more...] about The carob farm
Honey & Date Scones
Ingredients 3 cups self raising flour ¼ teaspoon salt 50g cold butter, cut into small pieces ¾ cup chopped dates 1 cup milk, plus extra for brushing 2 tablespoons honey 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind Method Preheat oven to 210ºC. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Sift flour and salt into a bowl. Rub butter into flour using clean fingertips until the mixture … [Read more...] about Honey & Date Scones
February 2017
The rite journey
There was a smash hit in 2001 about it's not easy being Superman, and schoolteacher Andrew Lines sympathises with the notion as he talks about challenges facing our post-millennials. He says the responsibility for building young people is flying out the home window at the speed of light. It is not a blame game. Everyone is busy; devices like iPhones are stopping us from … [Read more...] about The rite journey
Sharing the AFL dream
Who would have thought so far this decade Julia Gillard would be our first female prime minister, Chelsea Roffey the first AFL female goal umpire, Michelle Payne the first woman jockey to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, and women could be deployed to frontline combat positions in times of war. Now we have the first-ever AFL women's competition starting with traditional rivals … [Read more...] about Sharing the AFL dream