In this episode Liz shares the stories of three mothers and their families, in tribute to Mother's Day, which Australians celebrate in early May.
The first woman featured is Doris Turner, who emigrated from England to Western Australia, after the Second World War, with her husband, Ted, and their ten children. She swapped a modern bungalow in the New Forest, for a termite-ridden, four-roomed farmhouse in the south-west of WA, and a dairy farm infested with rabbits. But according to her daughter Wendy, whose story features in Liz's book, City Girl Country Girl, her mother kept heart and her sense of humour while continuing to nurture her family.
In the second story, Liz shares memories of her own mother, Elaine. Raised in Melbourne, she married a farm boy from the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, and built a life that reflected the experiences of thousands of city women, who fell in love with men from the land during the Second World War.
And finally, we meet talented show cook Tammie Driscoll, who lives on a farm near Walbundrie, in the Riverina region of NSW, and the sad but inspiring story of her mother Shirley. The episode ends with Liz walking you through how to make Shirley's simple but delicious one-bowl orange cake, originally featured in the national bestseller, The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook, just released in a new paperback format.