Almost a century ago Neil Kennett tended to his Friesian cows from a red shed on Brickyard Road, Port Elliot. Today, a kilometre around the corner his great grandson Scott is the construction manager on the Fleurieu Regional Aquatic Centre. The link may seem like a very small piece in a giant jigsaw puzzle that was first talked about almost 40 years ago, but it fits so nicely … [Read more...] about The bigger picture
Ted’s royalty & admiralty touch
Ted Beckett is one of the few special people of this world who can lay claim to fame of helping to build probably the last royal yacht in the history of the British monarchy. Born in his dad's pub, next door to His Royal Majesty's Royal Navy Dockyards in Portsmouth, England, he became a ship's joiner aged just 15 and worked on Her Majesty's Royal Yacht Britannia, which was … [Read more...] about Ted’s royalty & admiralty touch
Lasagne
Ingredients 375g packet fresh lasagne sheets 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil 500g beef mince 4 rashers short cut bacon, chopped 350g jar Lego’s Tomato, & Bacon Pasta Sauce or tomato based sauce of choice (e.g. Passata), 100g butter 4 tablespoons plain flour 3 cups milk (or enough to make thick, creamy white sauce) ½ cup grated cheese … [Read more...] about Lasagne
July 2016
The Grim reaper visits
He visits Vanuatu, and hears of this Aussie businessman who has a two-storey holiday grass hut and sits on a gold throne. Finally, the tax man tracks him down, but the businessman hears him coming so he hides the throne upstairs in the grass hut. The tax man gets there and thumps the table: “Where is your gold throne? I demand to see it. And why aren’t you paying … [Read more...] about The Grim reaper visits