Out in the Fassifern Valley, through the town of Boonah is Kooroomba Vineyard.

As well as grapes and production of their own label under the guidance of winemaker Dillon Rhymer, Kooroomba is also a lavendar farm.

Set in a spectacular valley, surrounded by hills of the Scenic Rim, Kooroomba makes for a pleasant drive especially if the trip is broken to include lunch at the restaurant.

Cellar door sales are available including Kooroomba Chardonnay, Verdelho, Marsanne, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot. 

While the recent rain has given the whole area a pleasing touch of green, do not be fooled. Looking into the dams and creek crossings, almost all are dry.

With the Federal Election date finally chosen Rudd has has kicked off his Kevin 07 electioneering at home in Brisbane.

Hot topics currently are Literacy, Dental, Water for our Future, Work / Life Balance and House Affordability.

With the coalition steaming ahead into campaign overdrive these topics may well change as November 24 comes closer.

Electoral roles close today. Make sure you are enrolled to vote by 8pm or you will miss out. 

Stumbled across a website Brisbane Insects.

Given its spring, with insects in abundance, its fitting the site is known by more of us in the river city.

The site features many of the insects and spiders in and around Brisbane. The site is well constructed and includes a significant number of accompanying photographs.

Well worth investigating.

Reading Brisbane has been interrupted in the past week. We are back now with posting to resume.

Melbourne over the weekend was superb, with Casey Stoner re-confirming his title with a win on Philip Island at the GMC Australian MotoGP.

In scenes reminiscent of summers gone by, Monday night and last was a perfect reminder.

An electrical storm lit up the city and suburbs and then proceeded to sweep through with wind and rain. Not enough rain of cause, but lets start slowly.

The storm of cause interrupted power across many suburbs, with reports received in wide geographical areas across the city. Power was restored quickly and its understood all by “wake-up time” Tuesday morning from Mondays events. Fires were also reported following the storms last night.

Lets hope the summer storm does return and as well as turning gardens green also puts some rain in the catchment areas.

Brisbane is back! 

Interested in hearing your local member candidates talk about issues important in the Brisbane Central electorate? Would a beer make it even more interesting?

Down at the Brunswick Hotel tonight between 7-9pm all candidates have been invited to speak and answer questions.

Anne Boccabella from the Greens and ALP candidate Grace Grace are conformed starters.

Ms Boccabella is sure to discuss the Greens light rail proposal for Brisbane that was released on 25 September.

The by-election for the State District of Brisbane Centre will be held on Saturday, 13 October 2007.

The election was was forced following the resignation of former Premier, Peter Beattie.