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I'm very sad I got a 3 for two of my swaps. I always put a lot of effort and thought into each swap I do.

Hippy, crafty, geeky new mum. Gwen was born on Dec 12 2008.

I live in South East Queensland, Australia, but grew up out bush (in the Northern Territory). If you've seen the movie Crocodile Dundee you've seen the landscapes I grew up in.

I grew up a bit wild and barefoot with a love for wild areas. I can't get enough of swimming and delight in being underwater. I love huge clashing thunderstorms and watching the sun set slowly over the garden while the birds and fruit bats fly past and I potter in my vege patch.

I live with my husband, two former RSPCA cats and a varying number of chickens. We currently have four beautiful black chickens that are known as australorps, but I think of them as austra-goths.

I used to say comedy fantasy/sci-fi, but lately my taste has become a bit more academic...it's so hard to find good fiction! Whats good? Well...

Anything by Douglas Adams

Anything by Kim Wilkins

Anything by Louis McMaster Bujold

Academic books include

Spice: The History of a Temptation

Propitious Esculent: The Potato in World History

The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe

Living the Good Life: How One Family Changed Their World from Their Own Backyard

The True History of Chocolate

Lampworking (making glass beads)

Artist Books

Clay Sculpture

Printmaking

(copied from alifromourpatch's profile) Being in Australia there are certain items that CAN NOT be received by me in the post due to strict quarantine rules.

Please do NOT include the following items in swaps as they will be seized by quarantine and destroyed.

...seeds or other plant materials (pressed leaves etc.)

... shells

...soil & sand

... tea with fruit pieces

...incense

...dried/pressed flowers

...raw nuts/seeds

...any animal products such as raw hide, feathers, teeth, bones etc.

...any wooden items

...anything church based (I'm spiritual but just not into organised religion)

...advertising

...brand name advertising stuff, particularly aimed at kids, like Disney

...coupons

...racism inspired humor

...heavily perfumed things (husband's allergies)

...food (many food in tolerances in this house)

The Labyrinth

The Dark Crystal

Never Ending Story

Drop Dead Fred

Willow

Flash Gordon

The Goonies

Back to the Future

Beetlejuice

Gremlins

The Princess Bride

Flight of the Navigator

Return to Oz

The Last Starfighter

The Pirate Movie

The Lost Boys

The 5th Element

Buraka

Being John Malchovitch

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind

Pans Labyrinth

Stardust

Spiderwick

Juno

Purple

Silver

Green

Dr Who! The 4th Dr (Tom Baker) was my favorite but the new ones are great as well.

Scrapheap Challenge

Farscape

Battlestar Galactica

Media Watch

Painting Australia

Star Portraits (with Rolf Harris)

Johnathan Creek

Black Books

Can We Help

Catalyst

The Cook and the Chef

Good Game

life at One

Dead like Me

Anything with David Attenborough

...getting enough sleep with this whole breastfeeding thing.

Some obsessions include cooking, Dr Who, my husband, gardening, sleeping.