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...