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RSPCA supporting victims of domestic violence

RSPCA supporting victims of domestic violence

Every day, RSPCA NSW helps many 100’s of abused and neglected animals. But little known is the support they also offer to women (and Men) and their children to live a life free from fear and abuse.
RSPCA NSW aims to assist in empowering women and their children to escape domestic violence through their Safe Beds [...]

Tooling Around with Handy Manny

Tooling Around with Handy Manny

Sponsored by Nuffnang.
I have to admit, when I first saw Handy Manny, I thought looked like a cross between Bob the Builder and Dora the Explorer. Handy Manny is a Playhouse Disney animated preschooler program about the title character Manny, a bilingual handy man, and his tool box full of talking tools including the humorously [...]

Pawfect Match

Pawfect Match

This Valetine’s Day weekend, Hill’s Science Diet and RSPCA will be holding an Adoptathon at RSPCA Shelters across the country. The  goal is to find loving new homes for 50,000 dogs and cats in 2010 and they need your help!
If you are currently looking to adopt a pet, or know someone who is, visit the [...]

10 tips for choosing a school for your kids

10 tips for choosing a school for your kids

The Government’s launch of the Myschools website has sparked controversy and debate amongst the Australian public over choosing the best option for your child’s education. Has it made it easier or hard when decided the best school for your children?
Social commentator Glen Gerreyn, who has worked in Australian schools for 10 years, claims the public [...]

Win a Laptop and other prizes with Renault Koleos

Win a Laptop and other prizes with Renault Koleos

How would you like to win a shiny new Dell laptop, or 1 of 2 $100 Coles Myer vouchers thanks to Renault Koleos. Read on to find out how you can win!

The Renault Koleos is a sexy French compact 4×4 packed full of European styling and funky features. Thanks to Renault, I currently have one [...]

Homemade Recipe Book for Charity

Homemade Recipe Book for Charity

February 2009 saw many parts of Victoria suffer the worst bush fires our country has ever seen. Entire communities were wiped out, left devastated by the loss of 173 lives and 1000’s were left homeless.
During the aftermath, so many Australians wanted to reach out and do something to help those effected. A group of crafters [...]

RSPCA Cupcake Day

RSPCA Cupcake Day is back again this year.
Monday August 17th (my birthday!) is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia will descend on their schools, workplaces and social groups with batches of yummy homemade cupcakes to sell. With 100% of the proceeds will go to the RSPCA.
Whether you want to be an [...]

RSPCA Millionpaws Fundraiser

RSPCA Millionpaws Fundraiser

The Million paws walk is coming up again on the 17th of May. A great RSPCA event that has helped raise money and awareness  for the RSPCA across Australia since 1994. It’s also a great day out for people and their dogs.
That’s great and all, but what about all the cat lovers of Australia?
The RSPCA [...]

Pumpkin, chorizo and chickpea soup

Pumpkin, chorizo and chickpea soup

A hearty and filling soup.

Marinated Lamb Skewers

Marinated Lamb Skewers

Oregano and Capsicum Lamb Skewers.

Chocolate and banana muffins

Chocolate and banana muffins

Easy chocolate and banana muffins.

You are what you drink

You are what you drink

Do you know what is in your tap water? Or the environmental impact of bottled water consumption? Until recently, it wasn’t something I had given much thought to. We use a lot of bottled water in our house each week, purely for the convenience. Tap water can be a chemical cocktail with many impurities, [...]

Red wine lamb shanks with herb mash

Red wine lamb shanks with herb mash

Red wine lamb shanks with herb mash
1 cup plain flour
sea salt and black pepper
4 lamb shanks, frenched
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 brown onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups full bodied red wine (such as Cabernet Sauvignon)
1 cup beef or chicken stock
2 bay leaves
For the mash
4 large Desiree potatoes, diced
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup hot milk
1 tablespoon [...]

Dirty Water

Dirty Water

The United Nations declared this decade (2005 – 2015) as the decade of “Water for Life”, but how much is changing?
Today 1.1 billion will have no choice but to drink dirty water. That is 1 in 6 people who are exposed everyday to diseases such as malaria, cholera, dysentery and typhoid without access to safe [...]

RSPCA Cupcake Day

RSPCA Cupcake Day

Those marketing folk at the RSPCA are a clever bunch..no? Can there be a better combination, cute animals and yummy cupcakes!
Monday August 18th (a day after my birthday!) is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. RSPCA Cupcake Cooks across Australia will descend on their schools, workplaces and social groups with batches of yummy homemade cupcakes to [...]

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