At Utungan Farm (just outside Macksville), we set up the caravan in the cow paddock. There was so much good stuff happening during our few days at the farm, like sharing meals with our much-loved cousins and generally taking in the scenery and beauty of the family farm, hosted by Tamara, Matt, Geoff & Nadine, and their folks Marlene and Doug who have been on the land for decades . We canoed up the creek for a little spot of fishing, had a pizza-oven night, bathed in the creek during the hottest parts of the day, played in the dirt and explored the local area. We visited The Pub With No Beer and loved it. And took a drive to Bellingen and then up the range to Dorrigo where we discovered - with a huge amount of excitement from the boys - a railway museum with hundreds of old trains and carriages (and other industrial relics from Australia's earlier years) in the open air. Later on, I took some time out to plan our journey, drawing in the dirt with a stick. I'm...
Joanna Becker is the author of Dusty’s Wonder Bug and Max’s Bright Fly. As a pianist and certified Meditation Teacher specializing in pregnancy and early childhood meditations and stress-relief techniques for parents and children alike, writing these books with accompanying classical music was a way to deliver fun, colourful , engaging storybooks for young children that captivate imagination and transport the readers and listeners.