Women, I believe, learn to think on their feet, to cope with change and survive.

Beautifully Bleak. I likened the hills encircling Canberra to the sea. They, like the sea, could be a sunny beguiling blue, or deep and inky. They could be distant and mysterious, or beautifully bleak as the wind tore across the plains from their snowy peaks. The hills were ever changing like the sea.

FIGHT FOR THE EARTH: The earth can't speak for itself, it will just slowly die if we don't fight for it.

It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do.

One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands or threats.

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains.

The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work.