Leonie Dukes
I took part in a workshop on botanical Dyeing with Petal Plum at Think Thornbury. It was a great day and really interesting to see the way the different dyes work, and the way different leaves, flowers and additives could create a huge range of colours.
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Today I headed over to the other side of town for a Balinese Cooking Class. I discovered that I had met the teacher, Patrick, last year at the Avoca Food and Wine Festival. We also made kaffir lime ginger fish cooked in banana leaves, and had black sticky rice with
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McAlpin Reserve is a small reserve in North Ringwood. It has a lake, playground and BBQs, and was very popular with dog walkers while I was there. It would be very easy to never notice this reserve, as it is tucked away from the road.
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Today’s weather was cooler, but very humid with a smoke haze covering everything. I visited Cardinia Reservoir Park, and walked from Crystal Brook Picnic area to Duffey’s Lookout picnic area and back. It was only 600m each way, but was fairly steep uphill to start with.
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This weekend I attended an intensive cheesemaking course, run by Graham Redhead. It was a very full on couple of days, but I learned a lot and feel much more confident about making cheese at home. The course was held at Presentation College in Windsor, a beautiful old school started
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It has been years since I have been to Ringwood Lake. There has been a lot of work done and it is a beautiful spot – in many places it feels like you are in the middle of the bush rather than the centre of Ringwood.
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I took advantage of the light public holiday traffic and Melbourne Zoo’s early 8am opening to make a visit before the crowds and heat of the day. It was a great time to visit – by the time I left around 10:30 the crowds were building up and it was
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Bedford Park held its first Sustainability Fair today. I helped host a stand for the Buy Nothing Project. It was a great day and well attended.
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Today I took part in a basket weaving class with Adrienne Kneebone in East Warburton. It was a beautiful location and an enjoyable afternoon.
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Nine months after picking the grapes it was time to bottle the wine. It was great to have Mum & Dad help, and share a picnic lunch at the winery afterwards.
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