Barossa – blue skies and space
When we started to consider me leaving the public service and thus Canberra, it was sort of a given that we would look at a wine region so that Simon…
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Being thankful for the opportunity to make a change
Today has been a day that has really reinforced for me how lucky I am to have had the opportunity to have made a change – both to my career…
Career change without a plan
As I wrote in my first post, this blog was partly to tell the story of leaving a 15-year career as a public servant for something new. But unlike many…
The first test kitchen Tuesday
I’ve always liked cooking and from a young age, Mum (who is actually a fantastic cook but dislikes it), encouraged us to cook. By my early teens I was cooking…
10 things I miss about Hanoi – and 10 things I love about the Barossa
When one of our friends declared late last year, shortly before leaving Hanoi that “the only thing she would miss about Hanoi was passion fruit juice”, she was set a…
The story so far….
Common wisdom suggests you should start before you’re ready. I really wasn’t sure how to start this blog and was even less sure about what people would be interested in…