I live in a beautiful part of Australia, the Hawkesbury River Region on the North West of Sydney. I grew up here, in such a precious unspoiled part of the world. Living on 3 acres in a rural citrus growing area, we were free to spend every afternoon in the bush behind our farm, catching frogs and yabbies from the creek, making billycarts, climbing to the tops of giant willow trees. I loved my childhood, at least the parts outside of school hours! I rode horses from the age of 8, and fell totally in love with them when my first pony came to live with us, Patches, the fiery...more
