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 co…

- Hazel Hawke

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

- Hazel Hawke

The Garden Was My Delight. I grew up with gardeners and I just love gardens. I was always very much aware that gardens were important and they were f…

- Hazel Hawke

Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, intera…

- Hazel Hawke

Most of all, I like the quiet, rounded tugs. They remind me of women. As I watch them work I see them as kindly, no-fuss boats which patiently tend m…

- Hazel Hawke

A Garden Is Not Passive. It has its own way of responding to your involvement and commitment to it. When you walk into a garden, you know whether it …

- Hazel Hawke

I think that women of my generation have had a real need to form networks and friendships because it's been, as they say, a man's world, and women ha…

- Hazel Hawke

Women who have had more opportunity to develop their own strengths and talents, or who are quite satisfied and content in a traditional role, unfortu…

- Hazel Hawke

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

- Hazel Hawke