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Archive for 2015

Great Bluebell Creeper Cull update

Great Bluebell Creeper Cull update

Congratulations to all involved in the Great Bluebell Creeper Cull of February 2014 at the reserve on Bush Sanctuary Road. Karen and myself today (21 December 2015) did some follow-up work there and found remarkably few​ living specimens (which are of course no longer living) most of which were quite small and easy to manage. […]


Bush xmas 2015

Bush xmas 2015

Welcome…

Welcome…

A dream has been realised!

A dream has been realised!

Like our roads, the journey of A dream realised: Chewton Bushlands stories has been long, steep and rocky. But the book has now arrived. As the back cover blurb says: “In 1967 Brian and Merle Parsons purchased a parcel of land near Chewton in Victoria. A dream realised tells how Brian’s dream of creating a […]


Almond Milk

Almond Milk

Hi All, I’m making my own raw almond milk, if you’d like a batch let me know … Michael


Kundry’s seduction of Parsifal

Kundry’s seduction of Parsifal

Kundry’s seduction of Parsifal, the extraordinary love scene at the heart of Wagner’s final opera Parsifal, will be performed at Castlemaine Art Gallery on Saturday February 14 at 7.30 pm, Valentine’s Day. In a concert staging, US-born mezzo soprano Kristen Leich sings Kundry, the beautiful woman conjured up by dark forces to seduce and corrupt the unknowing Parsifal. Kristen made […]


Steve Charman: 107 Miners Hut Road

Steve Charman: 107 Miners Hut Road

    It was such a joy in early 2005 to buy 107 Miners Hut Road (the 2 storey stone and cedar house near the top of Miners Hut Road) and to find that there was little I needed to do. Having spent too many of my previous years renovating houses it was a relief […]