Today I’m joined by one of the Graziher Celebrities, Jane Smith – also known as The Shady Baker from a sheep station east of Broken Hill in New South Wales. Jane’s writing and recipes have been a feature in all but one issue of Graziher Magazine – and people, like you, have grown to love her work, her food and her gentle description of her life on the land.

To me Jane Smith is a true home-bod – when she has to leave, she can never wait to get home.

She loves that she knows everyone in her community – never feels isolated and her favourite thing in the world is to cook for her family. All these things are unique and relatable for thousands of women (and men) across rural Australia – and so I asked Jane to start with a small reading of what homesickness means to her.

The internet connection for this chat – is dodgy in parts – I think trying to find a perfect line from the east of broken hill to the isolated hills of Blakney Creek can sometimes be a hard ask sometimes!

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