Christmas Tree – Celebrating the Giving of Love and Life
Christmas became a celebrated occasion during the nineteenth century in England. Its ethos is about giving love and life, of which the tree is a powerful symbol
Celebration
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday – Catch it If You Can
Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day, the day before Lent begins, a time to cleanse your soul, kitchen and house, and origin of the tradition known as Spring cleaning
Fête de la Musique – Five Years of Celebrating Love and Life
Get set to let your hair down when the world’s largest international live music event Fête de la Musique returns on June 21 2013 at Brisbane its 5th anniversary
Australian Wattle – Symbolic of the Australian Spirit
Australian Wattle is symbolic of the Australian spirit. I was reminded of it as I traversed the Hume Highway from Melbourne to Sydney in September of 2010, of the loveliness of the Australian wattle tree. Driving through previously devastated bush fire areas of Victoria, great swathes of bushland were busy…