Archives by Tag 'Suspense in the Tropics'

Trinity Picininis

By Helene - Last updated: Monday, June 14, 2010

There’s something very engaging about small children intent on their artwork. A tongue sticking out of the corner of a mouth, the furrowed forehead of concentration, the tunnel vision required to get that curved line just right. So absorbed are they, you can speak to them and they don’t hear you. It’s not that they [...]

Anna Campbell’s Reckless Surrender

By Helene - Last updated: Sunday, May 23, 2010

Hi Anna, thanks for dropping by my blog. It’s fantastic to be able to welcome you here. Congratulations on your recent ARRA Awards – Favourite Australian Romance Author and Favourite Historical Romance, woohooo!!! Well deserved wins.  Since we finalled in the Emma Darcy you have been an inspiration to me – and your support and [...]

And our holidays are over…

By Helene - Last updated: Friday, May 21, 2010

Back to work… After a wonderful holiday it’s always a touch hard to get motivated and this time was no exception. Spending so much time away from home with work meant I treasured the four weeks of having GW all to myself! I’m back in Sydney now and I have one final story from holidays [...]

Bikers Descend on Darwin

By Helene - Last updated: Wednesday, May 12, 2010

This should be titled ‘The people you meet on the road’! We went all the way to Darwin to have catch-up sunset drinks with Ray and Owen. They’ve spent the last week, along with 300 other bikers (as opposed to bikies…), riding from Brisbane to Darwin as part of a Ulysses Long Ride, raising funds [...]

Of gulls, and stingrays, and fishermen

By Helene - Last updated: Friday, May 7, 2010

This blog was meant to be about something quite different, but then we took our glasses of Dukes Cabernet Merlot and walked to the Bathurst Lighthouse. (I love a sunset over water….) Over the last couple of days I’ve been watching the beautiful stingrays swimming along the beach. They look like black velvet as they [...]

Tourist tames terrifying wild animal

By Helene - Last updated: Thursday, May 6, 2010

Ok, so maybe I’ve taken some liberties with the title, but it worked! Here you are reading a story about Mocha the Quokka on Rottnest Island. These engaging little marsupials are everywhere – including this one in our shower. We figured it was thirsty so GW put down a bowl of water. Five minutes and [...]

Moo to you too!!

By Helene - Last updated: Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Dig deep for the truth

By Helene - Last updated: Friday, April 30, 2010

Ok, I knew there were great wines in Margaret River – I’ve tasted a few… I’d heard about the awesome surf and now have to agree that it’s at least as good as Queensland’s Gold and Sunshine coast (maybe better?) But nowhere had I read anything about the caves! And I’m talking about the limestone variety not [...]

Definition of Perfection

By Helene - Last updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Incomparable nature! Why would we try to improve it?

Size doesn’t matter

By Helene - Last updated: Monday, April 26, 2010

Little Beach, east of Albany, punches well above its weight. As a devote beach goer, from a very youthful six months of age, I pride myself on being a connoisseur of sandy shores and surf breaks. I’ll even admit (reluctantly) to being biased and have always considered Queensland beaches to be the best in the [...]