When I bragged to a neighbour that Brian Ayliffe was The Triangle podcast feature interview this month, she quietly said, ‘Brian is my hero. I would follow him anywhere. In fact, I did follow him into some pretty hairy situations when he was my captain in the fire brigade.’ Others made similar remarks about what…

Since 1992, Merryn Carey has propagated plants in Dignams Creek. She caught the bug working as a volunteer for Greening Australia when living in the western part of Sydney. ‘I just knew it was something I wanted to do. I just had to do it. When I moved here as a young idealistic mother of…

As a young child, Iain Hamilton couldn’t tear himself away when a blacksmith was at work in Old Sydney Town, local shows or even in movies. Making his first knife at fifteen, Iain bought his own anvil by twenty-two and never looked back. That anvil is still used today at Mother Mountain Forge in Dignams…

A special Diggies someone has left the valley. Vale Dave King, dear friend, dear brother, who cherished this place, and we him. Dave wasn’t a full-time resident, but he made it as often as he could, especially for the Folk Festival and to ring in the New Year. We all knew when he was home…

It was normal for kids to go off and play all day when Dignams Creek resident, Maggie Clowes, was a child in England. She was busy identifying the insects, butterflies and birds listed in her little I Spy books. Maggie’s lifelong fascination with observing nature persisted when she moved to Australia. ‘You’ve got these wonderfully…

Often misused, the word awesome is the right word to describe the career of Leigh Small and also the view of Gulaga from her place at Diggies. ‘Sometimes you can’t quite put into words what living at the foot of Gulaga means, but it has such a big impact.’ Diggies became the permanent home for…

The Triangle spoke to members of the Cobargo Fire Brigade to ask them why they joined and why they stay. Julie Welsh joined the fire brigade in 2017 after a fire at her family’s property. “We came the next Thursday night to thank the Brigade and husband and I joined that very night because Cobargo…

Emma is someone I wave to on my road, a neighbour and someone who pops up regularly on the Cobargo mailing list inviting us all to play tennis or come along to a community event. She recently let me into the Cobargo Preschool Bookfair an hour early. I had a bag of books to offer,…

A step ladder was the first Coop purchase I made within days of arriving here, almost eight years ago. Tim, the manager at the time, carried it to my car, which made such an impact because, at that time, kindness from strangers was almost shocking to me. Soon after, I became a proud member of…

Sonia English starts work at 4.00 am to have all the bread, pies and goodies we enjoy from the Tilba Bakery ready when it opens at 8.00 am. The tables were all full when we went to see her, so we had to wait for many scones, roast beef and gravy rolls, mushroom pies and…

As a loyal customer, I’m convinced that Valiant coffee tastes even better when sipped in the backyard of the CWA cottage. I enjoy meeting people down there, especially while live music is gently playing in the background. While enjoying a quiet cuppa in the shade one Saturday morning, I asked James Bristow about what drew…

Among the most successful presents I have given to family and friends are special wooden boxes, hand crafted by Ivan Hollins. Maybe you have also been tempted by them when browsing in Cobargo Creators, or by his river redgum tables with antique sewing machine bases. I invited myself over to Ivan’s place for morning tea…

A lot of people in our Triangle community know Linda Sang from her involvement in Well Thumbed Books, the Cobargo School of Arts Hall and this publication. Also, she is a prolific caterer and you have likely eaten some of the delicious food Linda cooks for local events. The carrot cake or trout dip from…