Category : Red Dirt Stilettos

You can take the girl out of the bush, but you can’t take the bush out of the girl! It’s been a really massive start to the year, and over the last few weeks I have been appointed to the board of the Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Network; relocated from Charleville to Brisbane [...]

Last Tuesday I flew out of Charleville on the same Qantas Link plane that brought a Red Cross ‘Every Ready’ team to Charleville. As I was waiting to board, I got chatting to one of the blokes who was carrying a back-pack and a big, cuddly teddy bear. He had been called at 6am that [...]

Leadership is within us all, should we choose to accept. In 2010 I applied to participate in the 2010/2011 Queensland Leadership program run by Social Leadership Australia. I was lucky to gain a place in the program thanks to a rural scholarship from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation. Queensland Leadership taught me to how to [...]

Today I closed the door on a significant chapter in my life. I no longer officially reside in Charleville, Queensland 4470. I have spent the last few days out there, packing up and giving away my things. A momentous decision, and one that has required a big ‘leap of faith’. In 2007 I moved to [...]

So they say life is a journey. I begin 2012 launching this new website for KBS, a soon to be new Rural Image Gallery (to replace the older Karen Brook Photography website) and this blog Red Dirt Stilettos. And yes, all of it has been a long time coming. But good things come to those [...]