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by Meridith Mckinnon An iconic industry for Australia – the Dairy industry – where my husband grew up, worked most of his life, long and hard. He has a bond with the land, farming is in his bones – but times have changed in every way, and as the seasons come and go so do farming legends, those salt of the earth characters that Phil grew up with and who mentored him in his trade.  For many years our Australian Christmases revolved around harvest. Leading up to Christmas every year would be debated whether harvest would be early or late, wet or dry, good or bad. Mind you this was before silage became the norm. We only ever did Hay.
Generally harvest would be finished by Christmas but as the years went by and climate change impacted, the seasons got later and towards the end of our days on the dairy farm the harvest was often not done until after Christmas. We also seemed to have heavier rains late September to drive the season even later. There are no regrets leaving dairying. Although rewarding in many ways, it meant long hours, hard work and...
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by Meridith Mckinnon MY FIRST BLOG! My friend Kate told me I needed to tell the story of how I wrote my book and came to know what I know. I’m happy to share all this but I’m not confident that anyone wants to really know! I tell myself I am not an expert but I have years of knowledge. I tell myself I am not alone in advocating for human rights and stateless people ...
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