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Back in 2011 I was living in the UK but that August I left behind a teaching career and a whole lot more to travel the world, write and see where life took me. After some solo travel in South America, I am now settling into Australian life and a more regular routine. For the moment. I'm hoping that this site will help me feel in good company as I come to terms with being so far from family and friends (yet fortunately surrounded by many good people).
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Total solar eclipse: the power of the universe puts things...
Posted on 20/05/2013
I’ve been putting off writing this up for some time. Why? Because everything I put down on paper feels empty compared to the actual experience, because each moment and emotion...
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Art, consciousness and a whole lot of doof at Eclipse 2012...
Posted on 12/05/2013
In my sheltered world, hippies and trancers don’t live harmoniously side by side. In my stereotyped view, people who dance to trance are off their heads on party drugs that sustain...
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Queensland Road Trip: And the heat and beat build
Posted on 16/04/2013
There was something about Kurunda that caught my attention that was less about the cute, independent coffee bars and tourist shops of the compact town centre and more about everything else....
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What to pack for a festival in the outback
Posted on 31/03/2013
Outback or bush, call it what you like, this would be the remotest, driest, hottest festival that I’d ever been to and unlike some travels where spontaneity keeps the magic alive,...
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Keeping it cheap in Cairns
Posted on 24/03/2013
Cairns surprised me. Because despite a glitzy facelift of the esplanade area, Cairns hasn’t risen to big city status and gone down the...
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Queensland Roadtrip Day 4: Going big
Posted on 11/03/2013
It all started with a giant mango. Sorry, a big mango. By all accounts, it was giant. It’s all relative. Or a matter of lexis. Or something. Actually, the day started with a relaxed...
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Queensland Roadtrip Day 3: The need to budget for health...
Posted on 02/03/2013
It was an emergency that stopped me exploring our camp spot by light. Everything got thrown into the car; pots and unwashed coffee cups shoved into ill suited gaps, L-man’s backseat...
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Queensland Roadtrip Day 2: Fluid definitions of friendliness
Posted on 19/02/2013
I have a hunch that should I ever get the chance to converse with wallabies, I’d find them to be quite friendly creatures. Gentle, but friendly. I just get that vibe. But on this...
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Two dogs and a snake stick
Posted on 16/02/2013
‘Here,’ she said, ‘take my snake stick. I’ve got a few. Be careful and beat the ground like this…’ She lifted the stick and brought its stout tip to the...
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Queensland Roadtrip Day 1: The issue of not being on time
Posted on 13/02/2013
Our race to beat the setting sun was a lost cause. If only we’d set off earlier, as planned then we might have got pitched in daylight. If only we’d not taken a diversion to put...
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