My Life in WW2 until Easter 1940
I was ten years old when the Second World War was declared by Britain and France against Germany on 3rd September 1939, but for my family and me the war really began somewhat earlier.
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Facebook buzz: parking post gets the Valley talking
You know it’s a proper community issue when a simple Facebook post gets 55 likes and sparks a conversation that runs for days. That’s exactly what happened when Paula Sellar suggested local workers and shop…
Pet of the Month!
Name: Hans Breed: Hans is an American Staffy Age: 12½
“But what can I do?” – Ideas for collective environmental action
World Environment Day – 5 June World Environment Day provides an opportunity to reflect – on the kind of future we want, what we’ve achieved to get there, and the work still to do. It’s…
While the kettle boils
Gidday readers. Welcome to this new monthly column called ‘While the kettle boils’. I’m a health practitioner (yoga teacher, acupuncturist and shiatsu therapist). I’ll be offering a monthly column, sharing information focused on physical, philosophical…
Kangaroo Valley Voice Book Club
This month we look at Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This is a rich and multilayered novel. The structure of the book is four interconnecting dramatic storylines. At its heart it is a story…
More Children of the Valley poems for your enjoyment
As part of our ongoing feature of local school children’s creativity, here are more poems from former students of Kangaroo Valley Public School, published in a booklet by Julie Meddows in 1993. Thanks to Bruce…
