Spring Rains allow for reflection

by Jo Avalon Durand

I did something I rarely do, and that’s cancel attendance at an event. Particularly in a town I enjoy visiting. However, sometimes you have to follow your gut feeling to pull the plug and stay home. I mean, it was raining, storming, winds, hail……well, maybe not hail, but you get what I mean! So I

Posted on October 15, 2018
Family History, Intuitive Process

To the edge of the Outback

by Jo

To the edge of the Outback – from Trangie to Broken Hill After a lucky escape from the Hotel California* haha, I leave Trangie and the clouds behind. After a while I turn off the audio cd story and just focus on the road ahead. Over the next few hours I notice the changing landscape:

Going west, a step back in time.

by Jo

Literally, and not because I think the towns here are stuck in the past, not at all. What I mean is that, about 10 years ago, I started researching the Australian history of my husband’s family, the Durands. I searched and compiled and wondered about these Central NSW towns that were mentioned – Walgett, Trangie,

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