Tag: #community

The 2021 dunny door mural

Each year my young neighbour Nikola and I paint a mural on the toilet door underneath my house. We save a small portion of the mural from the previous year and then add a new design. The ‘dunny door’ mural project started three years ago. Nikola adores dogs and three beloved pups featured in the first mural. Nikola loved the big turtles in the 2020 design, so they were kept. 2021 sees the mural tell a story of how Flash the peacock saves and falls in love with Princess Pertrisha the stranded peahen with the help of her turtle and dolphin friends.

Robin and Nikola admiring our 2021 mural which tells the story of how Flash the peacock falls in love with Princess Pertrisha

Flash the Peacock finds love

by Nikola

Flash the peacock is searching for a girlfriend near the beach on the Sunshine Coast. He looks everywhere for her, under the tall trees, in between the bushes, and along the water.
Flash looks into the horizon and spots a lady peacock stranded on an island, surrounded by a school of dolphins.
As quick as a flash he gathers logs and flowers to make a raft. He cries out to her AHHH , ohhhohhohh to tell her he is coming.
Princess Pertrisha the peafowl, calls out to her dolphin and turtle friends and asks them to drag Flash over on his raft.
It is a long way for the dolphins but, they were happy to help Pertrisha meet Flash.
On the island Flash dances for Princess Pertrisha and they fall in love.
THE END.😍😍

  • Starting a New Year tradition, Nikola and I paint the dunny door. Of course, we have the help of Harvey.
  • Nikola and Harvey with the 2020 dunny door mural

Buy from the Bush Qld-Kerri Brennan

Meet Kerri Brennan, the amazing woman who founded Buy From the Bush Queensland. It’s a story of resilience, compassion, inspiration and leadership.

Kerri and her husband John run a cattle property Tralee, on the Southern Downs, Queensland. They did not inherit the farm, they worked for years to buy Tralee and for the past seven years have been battling drought, just as John was made redundant from his job in town. Kerri homeschooled their five children and believes education is about more than the classroom.

Katherine and Kerri Brennan at Tralee

Like so many farming families grappling with drought, Kerri needed to diversify the family income and bought into a small business in Toowoomba, selling maternity wear. She could relate to the women and loves the conversations and support she is able to provide.

Kerri wanted to support other women on the land who had started a small business, so she set up the FaceBook group Buy From the Bush Queensland. The site has promoted over 1000 businesses and has 20,000 followers. Kerri says #buyfromthebushqld is about more than selling, it is about connection and support for women.