I mused during my morning commute, as I people watched, the lost art of conversation. Most of them either had headphones in, eyes glazed over listening intently to music/ podcasts or there were some without headphones mindlessly scrolling through their phones. I mentally match-made young couples from what info I could easily gather using only…
Read MorePassport refund? Or a time we will remember, long after the ink has faded.
Yesterday, I chatted to a woman, who showed me photos of her travels to Morroco. Ornate archways that lure you through them to romantic dreamscapes, vibrant tiles on crooked walls, mismatched patterned textiles that somehow work perfectly together – quaint cobbled roads, foreign and unknown, yet hauntingly familiar. I asked her how long ago she…
Read MoreFirst Section, Bibbulmun Track
The first section of Western Australia’s toughest endurance hike from Kalamunda to Albany. 1005km of preserved forests and coastline, meandering its way through the bush like a snake. Here’s our first several hundred km of the journey, which as expected was the hardest with my blown out knee and adjusting to walking on terrain with a 16kg pack (Caleb’s was 25kg!)
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Music by Pat Devlin
Read MoreBibbulman, musings at 200kms..
As I walk, everything passes me by. The ever-changing bushland, wildflowers, bird life, huts. Sometimes just a blur of green, browns and greys in my peripherals. Time seems to stand still as I stop to bend down and look closely at a single tiny flower. A butterfly flight pattern can affect my own internal rhythm.…
Read MoreGetting creative outdoors. Look at those flies! (Gallery within)
The day I became a Bee Mama.
I spent the weekend leading up to Bee-Day, poring over pages of bee facts and beekeeping videos. The more I learned, the more excited I got and the more my state of awe regarding bees grew. Conversations NOT about bees, went in one ear and out the other. I was focussed on finally fulfilling my…
Read MoreLife, Death, Love… and homage to my Mum.
Maybe this is a morbid subject. Some people fear death and sadly some people welcome it, or have no choice but to live with it as their shadow. I’ve had to come to some terms with it for myself, living with a chronic illness, but it wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I…
Read MoreImagine.
Every single person I have come across in my life suffers from varying levels of mental illness / anguish, psychological issues / wounds, anxiety and unjustified insecurities. All of us. I am a loving, observant, non-judgemental & interested people-person so I believe, if we spend some time together, I could identify at least one of…
Read MoreI’m sorry, I’m still learning.
This is a story about my bus ride this morning, and how at the end of it, I told myself I must do better to practice what I preach. I sat across Tim in my raincoat, overcautious dress and my scarf made of silk and unconscious bias. Tim had a short red beard, blue eyes,…
Read MoreThis cannot be Western Australia!
I had been waiting for what felt like an eternity to do a meaty multi-day hike & had heard that the Stirling Ridge Walk was a fairly well kept secret. This hike is not for the faint-hearted… and we set out, grossly underprepared. It was Good Friday eve, and I managed to get out of…
Read MoreItinerary: The unforgettable South Is. New Zealand
We had just spent a decadent fortnight in Italy, drinking too-many litres of red wine from the region, ‘snacking’ on the best cheeses I’d ever tasted and staring slack-jawed at the perfect, rolling green hills of Tuscany. It felt like I had lived in a dream whilst there. A wonderful foggy dream of happy delirium.…
Read MoreOodnadatta track & the wonderful William Creek
Most Aussies have “Driving across Australia” on their bucket list. I’m not a bucket list kind of girl, but when the opportunity arose late last year, during a work stint in Sydney, to drive home to Perth with one of my best friends — saying no didn’t even enter my mind. We planned very little,…
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