Category Archives: Australia

Food Glorious Food

Posted on 21 March 2025 by sheg4184

Fiore is the Italian word for flower. It is also the name of a rather gorgeous little Italian restaurant in McLaren Vale. And on a hot afternoon during this Indian summer, it was the best place to spend a wedding … Continue reading →

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Strolling Down Memory Lane

Posted on 11 February 2025 by sheg4184

‘It’s Easter Sunday in Sydney. Boats gently nudge pontoons, tall masts point up at soft blue skies smudged with the odd wispy cloud. Trees creep down to the water’s edge, hemming the small bay in deep, lush green. A teasing … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on 6 January 2025 by sheg4184

And welcome back to She Gathers No Moss. Sitting among the detritus of the Christmas season – a season of love, laughter and chaos – I have finally come up for air, with time to sit and admire the world … Continue reading →

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Lives of ‘Gratified Activity’: A quest to unpack the inspirations & motivations of a family of ‘Awakened’ women in settler-colonial South Australia.

Posted on 1 December 2024 by sheg4184

My title comes from the words of South Australian suffragist Catherine Helen Spence, who once described herself as a new woman, awakened to her sense of responsibility to both family and community, that ‘the world may be glad that she … Continue reading →

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A Patch of Heaven

Posted on 21 May 2024 by sheg4184

Driving through the Adelaide hills in autumn, the glorious deciduous trees are festooned in bronze, ruby and saffron leaves. We are weaving our way up the Fleurieu Peninsula to Stirling for a special birthday lunch at Patch Kitchen & Garden. … Continue reading →

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Roaming Through Gippsland

Posted on 19 April 2024 by sheg4184

Thou through the fields and through the woods dost stray,Roaming the countryside, a truant boy,Nursing thy project in unclouded joy,And every doubt long blown by time away.~ Matthew Arnold, The Gypsy Scholar We’ve snuck away for a week or two … Continue reading →

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A Delight-Full Anniversary

Posted on 20 March 2024 by sheg4184

An anniversary. An invitation for a secret rendezvous. A wine bar. A degustation menu of wondrous delight. Hidden behind the petrol station on South Road is the old village of Aldinga. There you will find a bakery, a pub and … Continue reading →

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Sticky Rice & Drunken Noodles

Posted on 4 March 2024 by sheg4184

Last weekend, we drove up the freeway to the Sticky Rice Cooking School on the Old Mount Barker Road. The invitation suggested we “come journey around wonderful SE Asia. Full of vibrant, fresh, exciting flavours and dishes you will cook … Continue reading →

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An Evening Breeze

Posted on 5 February 2024 by sheg4184

Last Friday night I lay at the feet of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, soaking in some truly beautiful and soothing music. Sanctuary Series 1, “Fragmentation” at Grainger Studio was an hour-long performance by the ASO. Neither perched high above the … Continue reading →

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And so it begins…

Posted on 15 January 2024 by sheg4184

“The sun is up, and the early morning swimmers are trudging up the beach, damp and dripping, to gather for coffee on the veranda at the Normanville Kiosk & Café. In dribs and drabs, the dawn patrol of dog walkers … Continue reading →

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