Category Archives: all things Nelle

Traveler On the Backroads

poem “A Place to Call Our Own” by Michael Traveler,author/poet.. · we’ll find a place to call our own it won’t be long now we’re almost home. reflections of another time reflections of another place. the light above rained down its grace. it’s here and now this time is oursthis journey now this road we’reContinue reading “Traveler On the Backroads“

traveller on the backroads

~ poem “Her Hands” by Michael Traveler, author/poet. her hands had known and touched and felt the best and the worst that life had to offer. they’d held a newborn they’d kneaded bread they’d mended sweaters they’d caressed her man. felt a rose petal petted a cat soothed a boo boo prayed to God. herContinue reading “traveller on the backroads”

The story of Ann Jones, Ned Kelly and the Glenrowan Inn

Ann Jones By Mick Roberts on January 19, 2020 • ( 4 ) By MICK ROBERTS © THE Glenrowan Inn where the bushranger Ned Kelly’s ‘last stand’ took place in 1880 is arguably Australia’s most infamous pub. While the history of bushranger Ned Kelly is well documented, the story of Glenrowan Inn host, Ann Jones,Continue reading “The story of Ann Jones, Ned Kelly and the Glenrowan Inn”

“Open Up the Old Stock Routes”

Have you ever heard it, in the summer or the spring,High upon the mountain tops, when all the bush birds sing.Have ever felt the morning sun, it’s warmth upon your back,While riding a mountain pony, quietly through the mountain ash. Have you ever seen the mountain sky, on a dark and frosty night,As you crowdContinue reading ““Open Up the Old Stock Routes””

VALE: TO OUR FOURTEEN MAGNIFICENT KOSCIUSZKO BRUMBY HERD STALLIONS / July 2020

C Maree Sura THE LAST THING I SEE Farewell to the Mountains that bore me farewell to the scurrying clouds. Farewell to my old friends I ran with and my beautiful, beautiful herd. How well I remember the first time I raced upon the Plains.I tumbled, I rolled, but got up again, for the sheerContinue reading “VALE: TO OUR FOURTEEN MAGNIFICENT KOSCIUSZKO BRUMBY HERD STALLIONS / July 2020”

The Life and the Times of the Bleakley Family Series

Dear reader I began with fragmented information which had been given to me seemingly having no connections to anything or anyone but was enough to whet my appetite to try to find the answers; so I embarked on a voyage of discovery and a search for family was initiated. This search has taken me throughContinue reading “The Life and the Times of the Bleakley Family Series”

Reminiscence of moments in time

written by Nelle Poignant memories of my father filter through my memory, dancing and elusive, I almost capture them but then they slip away, eluding my grasp, fading and returning to the past. So time has dimmed my earlier recollections of dad but not so much my mother. Life goes by so quickly that it’sContinue reading “Reminiscence of moments in time”

The Australian Larrikin Series

By Tony Smith Australians don’t drink Fosters, wear crocodile-tooth hats or hop around in a kangaroos’ pouch… but there are some stereotypes about Aussies that are true. From the laid-back larrikin attitude to the bone-dry sense of humour, this is what visitors to Australia love about the locals. Australian people are laid-back When you visitContinue reading “The Australian Larrikin Series”

History of Australia Series (8)

Nationhood and war: 1901–45 Growth of the Commonwealth The world’s passions and conflict of the early 20th century were to shape the new nation’s history, despite its physical distance from their epicentres. In some respects this was the least positive of the major periods of Australian history. Nationalism grew in strength, but it killed andContinue reading “History of Australia Series (8)”