Well the Mayor will be away for a while so I have to step up. My first meeting to chair is our first council forum next Tuesday night. I am looking forward to it all. Shall do my best.
I will also need to chair the Council meeting in November. A great challenge for a [...]

I have been elected Deputy Mayor in Kentish. A bit shocked really. Thank you to those who voted for me. What a challenge it will be.
Should I buy a tie?

Here is a photo from the 60’s. This is the stockyards that were on Hope St in Sheffield very close to where we live. It was a real social occasion for the locals. I heard a story of some cattle being brought to the stockyards up the main road in Sheffield with one going astray [...]

Have a good look at this photograph. Who can guess where it is taken? It is an old shot? Any ideas? The clue: not too far from Sheffield……..

The power poles in the middle of Sheffield are scheduled to come down on October 27. Hopefully. Things have moved slowly.
I think we will see a marked improvement in the appearance of the street after this.

We are really lucky. The paddock next to our home blossoms every September. Thousands of daffodils. We love them. The kids picks some and sell them on the street corner.
We recently visited the Daffodil Show at Sheffield Town Hall. It didn’t excite me very much. Walking through them in the paddock is much [...]

This mural continues to take shape. Dr Sender is coming up well. Good to see some new murals going up.

The work has started on moving the “little school” down to the “big school” in Sheffield.
It will be a multi million dollar project taking eight months or so.
The million dollar question is what will happen with the land that is vacated. It is prime land centrally located in the town.
As much as [...]

That is the night I find out if I have become Deputy Mayor. It shouldn’t take too long to count this election as there are no councillors to elect.
If this is your first visit to my site I welcome you. Please take the time to look through the entries I have made over the [...]

The Badgers. Ignored by most tourists and many locals. In fact there is a great little walk to a place called Kimberley Lookout. The first part of the walk is a bit of a slog but once it levels out it is easy going. A walk to the lookout will take you around a half [...]