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One of the many alternative options to avoid watching Budget Night on television
By Anne Layton-Bennett March 28, 2025
One of the many alternative options to avoid watching Budget Night on television that successfully combines a creative commitment with conviviality and food.
Free range bantams have a tendency to scorn prepared nesting boxes and set up 'house' elsewhere
By Anne Layton-Bennett March 18, 2025
Hunting for Easter eggs might be a thing, but when free range bantams decide to lay their eggs away from the chook house, finding them can be a problem.
These creations are popping up across the neighbourhood
By Anne Layton-Bennett March 10, 2025
Harvest Market at Windermere in the Tamar Valley means it's also time for residents to show their creative side in the annual scarecrow competition
Badger's Christmas marred by a bee sting
By Anne Layton-Bennett January 1, 2025
It wasn't a happy christmas for Badger the beagle thanks to being stung by a bee.
Interrupting a bantam chook's determination to hatch eggs can be a challenging process.
By Anne Layton-Bennett December 17, 2024
When a chook's instinct fails to recognise their (non-existent) eggs won't hatch it can be a lengthy process to interrupt the cycle.
Did this juvenile possum realise the risks he/she was taking?
By Anne Layton-Bennett November 21, 2024
This unexpected wildlife visitor was guaranteed to cause excitement for Badger the beagle.
By Anne Layton-Bennett September 19, 2024
My response to the latest report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef was to write a poem expressing despair at government inaction to save it
Heavy rains and wild winds have toppled trees, and caused widespread blackouts across the state.
By Anne Layton-Bennett September 6, 2024
September blew in to Tasmania with a bang, with fierce winds and torrential rains that have caused flooding, power outages, disrupted internet connections and widespread damage across the state.
The intriguing story of a woman who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov
By Anne Layton-Bennett August 13, 2024
Was she truly Anastasia, youngest daughter of the last Tsar of Russia, or was she really Anna, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia, but who survived when her family was murdered in 1917?
Fixing our serial escapee's determination to hit the open road
By Anne Layton-Bennett August 4, 2024
Beagles are renowned for being escapologists if the opportunity presents itself. After several months with few issues, rescue dog Badger decided he wanted to roam. We disagreed.
Badger the beagle X is always up for a morning walk, whatever the weather
By Anne Layton-Bennett July 7, 2024
The morning dog walk can be a challenge on cold and frosty mornings.
When neighbourliness becomes crankiness as a result of dog owners' inconsiderate attitudes.
By Anne Layton-Bennett June 30, 2024
When neighbourliness becomes crankiness as a result of dog owners' inconsiderate attitudes, sparking some unpleasant commentary on social media posts.
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