• When I look out the window into the garden and see all the wild birds feeding, it occurs to me that all the humans who spend most of their daily [...]

  Hubert the hawk, then ‘Waltzing Matilda’.

  June 21, 2012
• These are all Mrs GOF’s photographs. Over the course of a year we have around 40 species of birds which visit our garden, many of which [...]

  Wildlife in the garden

  May 12, 2011
• I Hope You Dance (by Lee Ann Womack)I hope you never lose your sense of wonder.You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger.May you [...]

  I hope you dance

  March 23, 2010
• (I swear everything in this story is the truth) All of Australias native birds are protected species, possibly even budgerigars, but as they are [...]

  Turkey stew

  August 27, 2009

• Australian Friar bird One of my great pleasures comes from the prolific bird life in GOF's Paradise.  The only sound we hear every [...]

  My bird asks too many questions

  February 4, 2009
• At 8 am on Monday 20 March 2006, GOF and Mrs GOF were standing in front of their modest rural cottage, looking at the deep blue sky and [...]

  Appreciating the little stuff

  October 5, 2008