My first sighting of one of these little critters was at night as it scuttled in behind the woodpile on the front verandah. I saw the long tail and thought it was a rat. It was way too big to be a mouse. The next time I saw one it was climbing up the verandah […]
Being the Newbie
One thing I hadn’t prepared myself for when moving to Shaggy Creek was becoming the newbie in town. I’d spent most of my life in the town where my family had its roots. Both sides have been established there for over 100 years. My mother’s family had a pub there back in 1857. The town […]
the ‘WHY’ of it all…………
Why Shaggy Creek ?? Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted a ‘bit of dirt’. Didn’t need to be ‘flash’, just some acreage to call my own. Preferably a buggered up bit of land that need some TLC, something to keep a man ‘active’ in his old age. I’ve seen way too many fellas […]
Around the yard.
These are some photos from around the house taken at different times of the day back in 2018. They are some of the first photos we took here at Shaggy Creek. Unedited, straight from the camera, they’ll give you a feel for the place. You can see how much we love the open space and […]
It’s a Shaggy Homestead
We’re not flash at Shaggy Creek and neither is the homestead. In fact, ‘homestead’ is a bit flash for the home we live in. It’s pretty much a holiday cabin set on 30 or so acres and left to exist in peace. There’s no insulation. There’s no storage. The carpet is different in every room […]
How did Shaggy Creek get its name?
The first thing you need to realise is that memory doesn’t improve as we age. In fact, we forget lots of things, especially if they’re not important. Now, it’s not that the property wasn’t important to Mr Shaggy. It was probably one of the most important things he’d ever done. But once you’ve bought a […]
Meet the Maxes.
It started with two. Two magpies sitting on the gate, each of us watching the other through the kitchen window. Of course, during breeding season the inevitable happened and two became three. Three magpies sitting on the gate. We call it the “gate to nowhere” because it just leads into a paddock which is the […]
It’s all Mr Shaggy’s fault.
Of course, it is. Isn’t that the way life works? No, this time it’s true. Mr Shaggy made a grave mistake when he bought me my first camera. He didn’t know what he was in for. Neither did I, to tell the truth. It didn’t take long to become a camera-crazed she-beast who lurked beside […]
How many kangaroos are there?
I’m used to having kangaroos around the place but, living in a relatively built-up area, they passed by at random and in ones and twos. Not so at Shaggy Creek. We have a mob of around 40 which pretty much lives here. On a good day, this mob is joined by others from the bush […]
Mr Shaggy buys a house
Mr Shaggy had been looking for a place of his own but he hadn’t been able to find his ideal property. I was unfamiliar with this part of Victoria but I hunted around online anyway. RealEstate.com.au became my first stop every morning. I spotted a likely looking property one day. It seemed to have everything […]