This year’s Australia Day was celebrated in a very Australian/Italian style, making passata from 150 kg of beautiful Roma tomatoes. It was a fun , hard work day of chopping, boiling, puréeing ( if that’s a word), bottling, boiling again then the clean up. There was lots of gossip, shared food and sparking wine for … Continue reading Australia Day, passata style →

Well it has been an interesting Christmas and New Year, with a bout of severe gastro making Andy totally unable to come down to Walpole, and me going down on my own then heading back up to Perth for a sober New Year in bed by 11pm. Christmas Day itself I had a lovely swim … Continue reading New Year 2024 →