Walsh’s Pyramid (or Bundadjarruga) is a 922 metres high peak to the south of Cairns. It has a very distinctive shape – kind of like a pyramid really… It’s used as a training ground for those heading off to do the Kokoda trail. The Pyramid is also the scene of a race to the summit and Continue reading
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Sweet little bees
My dad introduced me to bees when I was about twelve years old. To my mother’s initial disbelief, he came home from work one day with a cardboard box full of buzzing, agitated insects. He’d found a swarm up a telegraph pole and, being the original hoarder, couldn’t bear to see them go to waste. Continue reading
A lovely way to start the day
A beautiful late-winter sunrise in Trinity Beach. The view is from half way up a set of stairs used by many people for their morning step-ercise regime. I hope they all find time to enjoy the changing colours of the sky. And it’s lovely to be home, walking Zeus in barmy 19 degrees! It always Continue reading
RWA Brisbane Conference
Whew! Have made it home to Cairns after a hectic weekend in Brisbane at the 2009 RWA conference. What a wonderful uplifting three days it’s been. As usual, the social whirl was exhausting, the training sessions were full of “light bulb” moments and the key note speaker, Mary Jo Putney, was inspiring.
Welcome
Welcome and thanks for dropping by. It’s been a busy year for me with many changes both in my day job – flying Dash 8 aircraft for Qantaslink through regional Queensland – and in my writing endeavours. I’m thrilled that Hachette Australia will publish my romantic suspense stories set in North Queensland and am looking Continue reading
Pilot’s tale takes off
Cairns Post, Monday, May 19, 2008. Kylie Reghenzani SHE has blown up Circular Quay and even had a romance along the way – all in the name of fiction. Pilot Helene Young, from Cairns, is one of eight finalists for her novel, Beyond the Borders, in the Romance Writers of America’s 2008 Golden Heart awards Continue reading