People

People, History

Childhood on a farm in England in the 1930s

At 96 years old, John Skidmore offers a remarkable window into a vanished world – his childhood on an English farm in the 1930s, where families lived without electricity, indoor plumbing or phones during the…
People, Kids and Young People

Pet of the Month!

Name: Hans Breed: Hans is an American Staffy Age: 12½
People, While the kettle boils

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…
People, Book Reviews, Community, Kangaroo Valley Voice

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…
People, Kids and Young People, Poetry

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…
People

Mothering Every Day

Many of us know Paige Nutter as our dedicated editor here at the Voice, but this Mother's Day, we're turning the tables to share her story as a mother in one of the Valley's special…