Milk Was Just Milk!

Today when we purchase milk from the supermar­ket, we have a choice of full cream, skim, or a se­lection of low fat varieties, each claiming...

Alternative Lifestyles

There are many people throughout the coun­try who have gone back to the simpler way of living. It was done from necessity in the 1930s....

Beauty Aids

I think the first commercial product I remem­ber my Mother and Aunts using was Pond’s Vanishing Cream which I thought as a child was a...

Bill and Susie Maddison

The home owned by Joey and Joanne Peel was built in the early 1930s by Charlie Kiernan and his son, Ray for Bill and Suzy...

White Washing

Not many women today are familiar with the ritual of ‘white-washing’ as modem homes do not require the procedure; but in my child­hood it was...

Treats Of My Childhood… Pufftaloons

It is strange how memories of one’s child­hood are quite often associated with the sense of smell. For me and my sister, Mione, it is...

Gabo Island WWII

Perhaps my earliest recollection of Gabo Island was the booming of the rockets warning passing ships of the nearness of the Island. It was an...

Bill and Freda Robinson’s House

With the imminent closing of the Communi­ty Op. Shop, I felt I must write about the ori­gins of the house which was built by Ted...

The Old Hall Part 2

Last week Leone left us in the middle of a dance in the Old Hall which is where we pick up her recollections of Mallacoota...

The Old Hall

Many older residents of Mallacoota and Genoa will have fond memories of the ‘Old’ Hall which was situated on the site of the now, Parks...