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Review: A High Country Life: tales and recipes from a NZ sheep station by Philippa Cameron.
20 Apr, 2021 07:27 PM
3 minutes to read
The book provides a tantalising and tempting insight into life on a high country station.
If you have ever done an online search for a tried and tested recipe for a hearty morning tea or delicious smoko break snack, chances are you have ended up on the whatsforsmoko blog or Instagram page. This site, packed full of recipes for chocolate cake, cheese scones, bacon and egg pies and plenty of other tempting treats, is the work of Philippa Cameron, a busy wife, mother and station cook.
Precious cargo . . . Philippa and Joe Cameron, with daughters Evelyn (4) and Flora (5). The Camerons refuse to allow Flora to travel to school on the bus, until it has seatbelts fitted. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Philippa Cameron will continue driving a 64km round trip to Kurow twice a day until she can be assured her young daughters will be safely belted in on their school bus ride.
The Otematata mother, who has more than 16,900 followers on her Instagram page What’s for Smoko, has launched a petition to get seatbelts on school buses and has managed to collect about 3000 signatures so far.
The issue made its way on to Mrs Cameron’s radar about a year ago, when her eldest daughter Flora was about to turn 5.