Autum is well and truly here now and the days are usually warm and the nights cooler and its a very nice time of the year. Good time to get out and about the flies seem to disappear however the mossies tend to rear their heads and be a nuisance in the evenings.

This year we have had a bit more rain so the gardens are looking relieved as drought has definitely taken its toll on our lovely Melbourne gardens. People just give up doing them, its so sole destroying with water restrictions....

Time I had a little update. Its now summer so we can expect to get a bit of everything weather wise in Melbourne. One thing most residents want is a lovely day on Christmas day, a nice 25 degrees with a light breeze satisfies most people.

The hot weather usually hits in February just as the children are returning to school, first week can usually bring on some scorcher days.

January not much happens, everything is slowed down, shops are still open of course and...

Spring has arrived and I look forward to it as the buds come on the trees. We have a lot of European species of trees and the main reason we have these is because they shade in the summer and lose their leaves in the winter letting the sun through to the house. We have placed them so they shade and we can walk in the garden and stay in the shade when its hot. Gum trees are lovely but we keep them away from the house as they are prone to lose branches when its very windy. Never park under a...

Where do I start.

I was born in Lincolnshire and lived in Suffolk till we left the UK to emigrate to Africa where we lived in the now Zimbabwe we really loved it there but with the troubles my father took us to live in New Zealand. When my uncle emigrated to Perth my parents went to live in Perth and I went to live in Sydney.

Sydney was difficult at that time as if you were not a member of any club there was not much to do this, membership is now much easier to obtain...