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Restaurant Coca Chu Vietnamese Thai Fusion on Hamilton Island
The family dined at Coca Chu restaurant on Hamilton Island for Pa’s birthday dinner. It had a lovely ambiance with a delicious Vietnamese Thai fusion menu. Our meal consisted of many scrumptious share plates. Most of which weren’t safe long enough for me to photograph. They looked and smelt so great that we couldn’t wait…
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Restaurant SoCal Serving Up Delicious Southern Californian Plates and Vibes
We FINALLY made it to restaurant SoCal in Neutral Bay for a weekend treat. I have been wanting to go to this restaurant since I saw them preparing to open. Normally when you want to do something for so long, by the time you finally do it the anticipation is so high that the experience…
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Parenting Tricks and Tools of the SAHM Trade
I’ve decided to share a few tools that are helping me perform. Lately I’ve been flooded with articles and social media posts about stay at home mums (SAHM) and working mums (WM) and how difficult their lives are. This post certainly isn’t going to touch on any of those issues, it is about how I’ve…
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Book Review Police of the Harry Holt Thriller Crime Series
Police by Jo Nesbo is part of the Harry Holt series and the first one that I have read. But it won’t be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thriller novel. Unlike every other book I’ve read I didn’t have a favourite character. Or a character that I couldn’t stand. Every one played an…
The Beaches Farm Girl
Straight talking sustainability
This is how it all started…
My eco-warrior journey started out as a primary school child when the World Wildlife Fund visited my school. I became aware of people who were looking out for Mother Nature and her creatures, and realised that I was one of those people.
The journey of an eco-warrior is never ending, and when I moved out of home I was quick to start growing my own herbs. At the same time I figured I may as well grow my own tomatoes and strawberries too, and this attempt led to an unexpected friendship with my elderly neighbour who didn’t speak English and I who didn’t speak Italian. What my neighbour didn’t know in English she made up for with food growing knowledge and kidness which she passed on to me. It was her influence that has led me down the path of empowering others to grow their own food.
Nadene Dorling
Blogger, Eco-Warrior and Actor