“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T.S. Eliot Yes, dear reader after seven years of continuous travel I have settled down. Travel was becoming jaded, dull- always a sign that change is needed.… Read More Leaving the Travelling Life Behind
I, like most Aussies and many around the world, have become traumatised witnesses to the megafires burning throughout the eastern seabord of Australia. I couldn’t think of what to write and then remembered the monthly WeAreTheWorldBlogfest and the commitment of all participating bloggers to find a positive story of humanity to share with the world.… Read More Some Good news from the Ashes of the Fires
“Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse.” — Desmond Tutu On a flight from Canberra to Brisbane the evidence was clear; a mega firefront had developed, created by the union of bushfires burning for months with new ones…. the climate… Read More The New Normal: When Crisis becomes Everyday
Nanjing is one of the four ancient capitals of China and was my last stay in the Middle Kingdom before returning home to Australia. I was beginning to get tired and so, looked for that calm centre, not only within but also without, a traditional Chinese garden. By this stage, I had mastered the Metro,… Read More In a Nanjing Garden
It wasn’t until we landed and the plane continued to rock from side to side that I realised this was no ordinary landing. A couple of days later, in Xiamen I learnt that there had been a tropical storm on the day I landed. So I hadn’t exaggerated the extent of the turbulence on our… Read More Back to Earth in Quanzhou
“The land is my mother. Like a human mother, the land gives us protection, enjoyment and provides our needs – economic, social and religious. We have a human relationship with the land: Mother, daughter, son. When the land is taken from us or destroyed, we feel hurt because we belong to the land and we… Read More The Sacred Rock of Kakadu
It started off with the visit of a curious bird, the Wonga Pigeon. Of course at the time I didn’t know that was its name. One afternoon it arrived in the backyard of the holiday house “Woop woop woop….” a continuous melodic sound called me and I looked out the window to see this beautiful… Read More Birdlife of Moonee Beach
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”—Robert Louis Stevenson I was preparing to fly last Tuesday; cleaning, packing, planning , communicating and connecting, when this topic arrived in my head. So many of the aspects of travelling from place… Read More When Do You Become a ‘Seasoned’ Traveller?
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss As I detailed in a previous post, in April I injured my back in a silly yet painful bike accident. For the first week or two, after consulting my g.p. and a physiotherapist I slowly… Read More Back to Normal
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” ― Molière It was a perfect day for a cycle;temperature in the low twenties, no wind and a weekday when most people were at their workplaces. Perfect. Yet I wasn’t fully appreciative of the day and the opportunities for joy it presented. Instead, I was… Read More A Backflip on the Journey
Thoughts on the history and heritage of Chinese Australia
Fun, unusual and forgotten designations on our calendar.
Writing tales of then and now and the in-between
Things are as they are, not as they should be!
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Transform your life with Astrology
L'art de l'astrologie intuitive
The Cricket Pages
Karen DeMers Dowdall
Wedding photographer in Buckinghamshire
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reflections on life as an house sitter and perpetual traveller
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