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More than a few of us had the good fortune of growing up in a world without so many screens, where the suburbs edged up to creeks and we...
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rosscolliver
- May 7, 2022
- 3 min
Talk to someone
We've just finished three workshops on how Riddell can respond to climate change. It was exciting to be with other people doing things,...
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rosscolliver
- Apr 28, 2022
- 4 min
Small steps make a difference
Sean McConnell, Riddells resident, has stepped up When there's so much that needs to be done, how do you decide what you are going to do?...
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rosscolliver
- Apr 10, 2022
- 5 min
An apology in advance
Shire consultation needs to provide a place for residents to talk to each other, so communities can form their opinions. First community...
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rosscolliver
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Getting back into place
I bought my 5 acres just out of the suburban part of Riddells Creek 12 years ago. I bought on impulse, driven crazy by the construction...
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rosscolliver
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
No fences and no new tracks
There it is, as stark as can be—a single strand of barbed wire, at waist height, steel stakes at intervals, sturdy steel corner posts. ...
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rosscolliver
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
A Reader's Summer
It's been summer The beach people have made their way to the beach, and the river people, if they were lucky, have idled a week away...
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rosscolliver
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
On the mid-slopes
We were tipped out of covid straight into Glasgow and the climate change conference. I was ready for the liberty of moving around as I...
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rosscolliver
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
A mystery solved
Our Landcare group has made good progress in clearing the gorse and bluebell creeper from the northern corner of Barrm Birrm. Surrounded...
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rosscolliver
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Not So Simple Spring
Spring is the simple season. Spring says ‘Grow’. It says: breakout, push to the light that lengthens each day, bud and flower, go to the...
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