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- Arts in the Cassowary Coast Notices
- Book Creator's Circle Profile
- Bushtvprofile
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- A Prince, Cassowary Gift and Handshakes of Optimism
- A Very Murray Upper Christmas
- ABC Open Contributions
- Aftermath photos
- Aftermath project
- AntiCloud Dancing for our Cardwell Eclipse
- At ABC Open Camera Club
- Back on Track – Rotary in the Cassowary Coast
- Ballad of the Boots
- Ballad of the Boots, poetry for 500words
- Beyond the Summer of Sorrow
- But you Didn't
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- Children's Empowerment Camp – edited by Leandro
- Chopper Pilot on a Mission
- Church Lady Sees Change
- Creating a Memorable Story
- Crews clean up After Cyclone
- Cut Off – No Way Out
- Dance for Recovery – Behind the Scenes
- Don't Kill that Recorder
- Everytime I think of Cyclones, I wanna write songs
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- Faceless Portrait
- Food, Friendship and Fundraising
- Heart Strands in the Cassowary Coast
- Holiday from Yasi Land
- Hope Roof
- In a documentary on ABC Open workshop with Jean and co.
- Kind Words From Pam
- Leandro mentions Storify links
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- Leandro on Visiting Murray Upper
- Legend of Five Guitars
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- Local Stories – Cyclone Story
- Look Don't Touch – 500words
- Meditation, Memory, Mothers
- Mick mentions our Visit to Townville – Cyclone Sunday
- Mick's Write up of the Exhibition -Smile Within
- Moniques article – including some of my pics and words
- More at the Open Camera Club
- Mumford and Sons- I was there
- Murray Upper Dreamers – I helped with the sound (:
- My500words
- Natalie on the Smile Within Exhibition
- Operation Angel in Lower Tully
- Page143_Annual Report ABC
- Pam, Joe and the Mighty Yasi
- Pam, Joe and the Mighty Yasi – part 2
- Perkin's Aftermath Story
- Photo contributions
- Photographs to ABC Open
- Plucking up the courage to Comment, by Sonya
- Presenting with Aftermath in Brisbane
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- Returning North
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- The Farmers Wife
- The House that Shook, Mick Bromage and Perkins Family
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- This Sign Does Not
- Tully Church Lady Sees Change
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Artists Blog
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- Is A Thread of Life
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- Writer's Heart, Sally's Blog
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- ACT Writers Centre
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- Poetry Types
- Tasmanian Writers Centre
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- Toowoomba Writers
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- Townsville Writers web
- Traditional Evolution
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- Coming in From the Storm
- Dance for Recovery
- Dance for Recovery – at Creative Recovery Arts Corp space
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- Flickr Treks
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- Garden Therapy – The Video
- I am Blogger, Hear me Roar
- Interview with Shane Howard
- Lost Books
- Pam and Joe and the Mighty Yasi – For Creative Recovery
- Quoted on Dance for Recovery Project
- Reference to photo work – Connecting Community Voices
- Remembering Eternity: Book Sculptures Recovery
- Song Trails – Mentoring Song Writers
- The Anchor
- Writing Recovery
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Tag Archives: country life
Returning North
This story first appeared at ABC Open’s, New In Town. Head over there to read more stories on this theme. So many times my hubby and I were new and then gone. We always seemed to be just settling in when … Continue reading
Posted in ABCopen, Cassowary Coast, Country Life
Tagged cassowary coast, country life, June Perkins, moving, newintown, settled, Townsville, Tully
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Rescue Time
‘Guess what!’ My daughter sounded so excited. She put her head around the corner, and in her hands was a turtle. As they were driving home, her brother, Dad and she came across a turtle with a damaged foot. He … Continue reading
Country Music – Calls to My Heart
After an intensive blog challenge writing month, I am doing more private writing. Next month I will share fewer stories but more regular photographs. However, I am going to be disciplined and just share one photograph each time. Obviously I … Continue reading
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November 28, 2012
Tagged boy, cane, country life, country music, guitar, Music, regional, rural
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The Farmer’s Wife: Piece 16
She teaches me how to drive a car as if I was an extra sister or a daughter, so I can be free to leave my country home. She says St Christopher will keep me safe when travelling and … Continue reading
At the Oscars with the Perkins’s
So it’s raining – and our wet season, which is deciding whether to arrive keeps threatening. Just a moment ago we couldn’t see the canefields across the road. I’ve spent the morning trying to fend off a cold. As well … Continue reading
