What happens when you flush the toilet? At my place up in the hills, the septic tank is about a metre from my 1960s house. I can...

The Amess Road development is back, with a plan to pack 3,500 people on the edge of Riddell, in a style of urban living what will feel...

Dogs love Barrm Birrm - what dog doesn't like stepping out along a dirt road, surrounded by all those fresh scents, and what dog owner...

Barrm Birrm, place of many yam roots, is the glorious bushland at the top of Gap Road, where the bitumen finishes. It is an...

Students from Project Ready at Gisborne High School have been coming to help clear the regrowth of gorse from the creek that runs down...

It was a foul Saturday morning, and I was watching the rain drifting past my windows, listening to Radio National's 'Blueprint for...

For Riddell’s residents, Barrm Birrm, place of many yam roots, has been a place to get away from the world. It's close, it's beautiful,...

The Correa has been in flower in Barrm Birrm since June, pale yellow bells scattered through the low plants. I planted a couple of the...

“Why is the gorse growing with other plants, and not much out on the open areas?" Each Friday for the last couple of months, students...

I've been thinking for a while that I must post more often what's out in Barrm Birrm. I had been walking a lot in the second half of...