Hi Croc and welcome.
Some lovely people to meet on this forum.
I am in Neerim South, only 15 minutes from you. Small world!
Regards Ursula

I am so sorry to hear your news Ross. All the very best for Thursday. I'll be thinking of you both. They can do so much these days; treatment has come such a long way, particularly with this cancer. So hard watching someone you love go through something like this. But you will help her through it al...

Hi all in Oz, Further to an earlier post, Misty Gully, now under the new name of Smoked and Cured, now has the F1 starter culture available to order. That was nice of Andrea to follow up, but the price is a whopping $38. This culture has been available at Master Butchers Coop for a while, along with...

Hi Lynn, Just wanted to add my best wishes for a lovely birthday to you. I hope you had a wonderful day. It's nice to have such a lovely lady contributing to this forum. Your contributions are always really lovely. Hope your day was great. And thank you Ray. That was very sweet of you. And yes, I ha...

Hi Redzed,
Thank you for the lovely thought.
Now that's an angry looking koala!
Needs to keep off the grog - it's not making him feel mellow at all.
I had a lovely quiet birthday, and did enjoy a beer, but a homemade Czech Pils.
VB is overrated.
Warm regards Ursula

Hi Red, When you stayed out of Iquitos did you stay at the Miyuna Ecolodge? I'm with your wife on this one, though. The mosquitoes ate me alive. Tha Amazon is for others to enjoy! I did study Spanish for several months for my South American adventure, but it takes a long time to become proficient. A...

Is that a real elephant? Or a statue?

And your dog is almost human!

Hi Sambal,
So glad you posted! What an interesting part of the world you live in. Those sunsets are just amazing. And is that you in the boat?
Love to see more photos
Ursula

Magnificent, John! There is something magical about snow, isn't there? (although I imagine you get tired of it after a while. Here we never really get snow; it doesn't settle, anyway. What we did have last week was 4 days where the mercury exceeded 105. Not much fun. Crispy tomatoes. Del Norte, your...

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny, Ducko! You always make me laugh.
Ursula

Now that's a lovely setup, Bob. And you've even got room for an icecream maker on the right!
Ursula

I thought it would be nice to share some photos of where I live, and hope that others might share too. I loved Mark's Canterbury photos, and am curious to see where and how others live. We live in such a beautiful world. I live on four plus acres in a little log cabin. It's dairy country with hills ...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9116311/Meat%20Forum/P1100252.jpg This is the ARY Vacmaster VP112 that arrived recently. It's a brilliant machine (very heavy though - will have to find a permanent place for it.) It operates efficiently and the best thing is the bags are so cheap. With the other...

Luis,
Your English is outstanding.
Ursula