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“My biggest fear as a kid was being sucked out to sea through the river mouth at Vivonne Bay. We used to have a big old double-ended whaling boat we called ‘Noah’ down there and it used to be sunk in the river and we had to pull it up each year. I had this fearContinue reading “Andrew”

“I remember clearly that throughout my life, I’d always told stories way back before I even knew how to write properly. Stories with adventures. Over the years, I did say to myself, ‘well, you’re never going to make a living out of this, what else are you going to do?’ So, I sort of trotted around life andContinue reading “Darry”

“I am from a place called Aschaffenburg, near Frankfurt, and worked for Kempinski in Berlin. I have worked in hotels all my life. I started training as a chef in a hotel and completed my apprenticeship in north-west Germany. Then from there, I went to Berlin to hotel management school for two years and asContinue reading “Gerd”

Let’s celebrate all the wonderful women in our community, the ones before us and the ones still coming, the ones that influenced and inspired us. We are lucky to have so many amazing role models for our children on this island. Here are some wonderful quotes of a few of those. Happy International Women’s Day!Continue reading “International Women’s Day 2021”

“The happiest moment of my life was the birth of my daughter Willow in 2004 in Waikato hospital in New Zealand. I’d always wanted a girl and I knew I was going to have a girl. I would say to Chaye that we would have a girl and name her Willow. I just wanted aContinue reading “Doug”

“Mum and Dad moved here when I was six years old, so it’s pretty much been my home for forever. I’ve tried living elsewhere but my feet and soul have always been here and I’ve come back. I love our beautiful home and its wonderful nature and think the best feeling is when you’ve beenContinue reading “Nikki”

“My mother used to say, ‘you need to be careful if you get blessed with too many talents, Susie, because with talent comes responsibility.’ As a kid I grew up playing the piano and singing and then Mum and Dad bought me a guitar when I was 11. I just started writing songs and I can stillContinue reading “Susie”

“My grandma’s husband was a very smart man and from very early on he would get me into market places in Paris and into fossicking to find antiques then. He was very into art, had a crazy collection of books with a library in his house. He was a wealthy man and had all those collectableContinue reading “Olivia”

“I was born in Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula and I spent my childhood on our farm at Bute.  I came over here to stay with a girlfriend when I was in year 11 and we went to the pub for tea. Simon had just cut his hand and wrapped a dusty pair of Chillers’ jocksContinue reading “Madelyn”

“My family came here in 1967 and I grew up at Snellings Beach. We moved to Kingscote and my family bought a property at Hummocky, between Stokes Bay and Cassini, when I was ten. It has a massive gorge and it’s one of the largest bits of bush on the North Coast. I spent aContinue reading “Craig”