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  • Ginger the Cotton Cat

    When Sam Coulton decided to diversify his family’s cotton growing business in 1992 he assembled a tight-knit team of designers, marketers, and managers to operate the business. Goondiwindi Cotton fashion house was born – but as Sam later discovered, there was one member of staff he hadn’t counted on. Official cat duties When I arrived…

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  • Toowoomba to Westmar But No Dingoes

    China has its Great Wall, Germany had the Berlin Wall, and Australia has the Great Barrier Fence – first constructed in the 1880s to keep out the graziers’ most feared threat, the Australian Dingo. After being revived in the 1940s, the fence stretched a record breaking 8,614km from the Eyre Peninsula to the Darling Downs…

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  • Pearl & Merlin Waiting for the Rain

    This is the story of Pearl and Merlin, two 2-year-old tabby and white cats from the outback town of St George, Queensland – one of the many Australian towns facing record breaking drought. When I visited them on a dry, sunny spring day in September I was greeted by their cat-mom, 15 year old Molly.…

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  • Haloumi & Eggplant Burger

    Welcome to our kitchen! Today, we are cooking a quick and easy burger that has now become a favourite of mine. When I transitioned from house life to van life there was one thing I didn’t want to sacrifice – the ability to cook wholesome, delicious meals. For the most part, my cooking style didn’t…

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  • The Towns That Time Forgot

    Along the highways and back roads of the outback, hidden behind the scrub and Casuarina trees, they stand. Their impression held only in the minds of few that live, and preserved only in newspaper clippings in another town – they still hold on. The outback sun has stripped their paint, and the wood that has…

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  • Cats and Flowers in Toowoomba

    Flowers, flowers, flowers! If there’s one event that everyone is talking about come Spring it’s the Toowoomba Regional Hayfever Society AGM Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. We left Gatton – and no we didn’t spot any lions, but Willow kept an eye out. Once ascending the range into the Garden City there was one thing I…

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  • Lil Jess Nearly Sees the End of the Line

    Gatton, Queendland After our night at Lake Clarendon we took a short drive West past Gatton where we stopped in to meet a very special cat. Have you ever been saved? I mean truly saved. This was the case for Lil Jess (2.5 years), a rescue cat from South Australia who nearly saw the light…

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  • Springtime Road Trip

    Pack the snacks, organise your playlists, and don’t forget to bring a jumper – today is the first day of Spring and the start of our Springtime Road Trip! And guess what – you’re invited along on our adventure! So, welcome! Join us over the next three weeks as we head to where I hear…

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  • Coot-tha is for Cats

    Mount Coot-tha, Queensland Wake up Willow, there’s no time for cat naps this morning. Today we are going on a real adventure. No, you can snooze later. Yes, Steph is coming. Get ready, we are leaving now! Cat and Carry This is Willow’s ‘Adventure Bag’. Okay, it’s actually a baby bag I found at Target…

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  • Meeting Mark and Mya

    When we heard Mark and his white shepherd, Mya, were visiting Brisbane for the All Dogs Spectacular we knew we had to meet them. But how would adventure cat Willow react to meeting adventure dog Mya? Now, while Willow and I’s style of adventuring is limited to napping in new and unusual places, unfolding the…

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