How often do you wonder what you get for paying your rates? Most people work out those direct services that they experience for themselves as where the value is. Certainly that’s my first thought. Given we don’t even get a rubbish collection service I... You could almost hear the sign of relief around the garden today. Rain at last. This was rain that wet the roots and brought a bit more colour to the leaves. and will make all the difference to the trees making it through the rest of this summer. With 98mm of rain... Our bassets could do a different walk every day for around 2 weeks. I wonder how many dogs have that much choice to their daily constitutional. Some dogs get a quick run around the back yard, others maybe a romp in the park. Fortnum and Mason get to choose from a... No need to clean your specs or adjust your monitor. We’re in the mist and have been most of the day. It’s been the sort of day that people with curly or temperamental hair should stay indoors. Try as the bassets may to protect their hairdo it’s... I keeping looking at the pictures but still can’t quite believe it. The extent of the damage, the flames, the death toll, the pure devastation. I guess that most Australians who are living this nightmare of bush fires can’t quite believe it either. Put... 