Welcome to Ridgy-Didge!

Ridgy-Didge is Australian colloquial for 'just right' or rather 'fair dinkum!'

When we bought the property over 7 years ago, it only had a number and no name. It needed a name as the place certainly has a personality. Well, it sits on a ridge with a grand view northwards to the Bunya Mountains, so what could be more 'all right' than sitting on the veranda with that view, whilst you have your breakfast or in the evenings with a glass of Australian wine? Or even watching the amazing stars at night or the tail-end of a storm as the lightning flashs in the vaste banks of clouds. Or maybe seeing a pair of Wedge-tail eagles as they soar in circles in the high thermals of the vasteness of the azure sky?

This house is a 100 year old Queenslander cottage. Quite small and unpretentious, but it has a gentle atmosphere and we have had many friends and family members come to stay and have enjoyed the peace and quiet of the place.

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Orchard Butterflies


The Orchard Butterflies are amazing. They are about 5 inches across and there are masses off them at the moment. They are really beautiful on the bottle brush bushes as they are mostly black and white, the males having a row of orange dots along the bottom of the wings. As they are bigger than the tiny Yellow Rumped Thornbill birds that fly through the garden in teams, it is strange to think that they are butterflies. Another name is the Citrus Butterflies, so I guess that's what their caterpillars eat! And that is why my citrus trees look so nibbled!
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Sarah said...

Wow, your house looks amazing. Hope to be able to come and visit you there one day. Glad the blog inspired... if you're in the UK in the summer or autumn you'll have to pop round for some allotment-grown produce.
Hope you're both well.
lots of love and hugs
Sarah and Adam xx

1 February 2008 at 11:20 am

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