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1. Karijini National Park

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When I think of Karijini National Park the colours rush into my head. Rich reds, slate blues and intense yellows. To get there, we travelled south from Broome and then inland from near Port Headland. I could sense the landscape […]

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2. Unconventional Fan

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I’d never waved and screamed at a group arriving at an airport. I’d never had a body part signed. I’d never had a poster of a pop star on my wall. I’d never written a fan letter. I had certainly […]

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3. Cocktail Cabinet

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From the simple and sophisticated, to intriguing concoctions of fruits and even spices, cocktails for me evoke 1920s flappers, Deco, prohibition, Gatsby decadence, but most of all friendship. My first experience of the cocktail was far more prosaic and began […]

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4. All the Neighbourhood’s a Stage

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This one began with what I suspect has long been for me, the attractive combination of a man and his dog. My first such love was The Phantom …the Ghost who walks and shall never die. As a child, I […]

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5. Floating beneath Glowworms

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At Waitomo Caves in the North Island of New Zealand I could have donned wet suit and signed up for the black water caving adventure promising thrills, spills and (less compelling for me) plenty of chills given the time of […]

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6. Vintage Vehicles

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I have no interest in cars beyond the A to B thing. The ones I have owned, I have driven hundreds of thousands of kilometres until they have collapsed from exhaustion. I rarely clean them myself. They have been handy […]

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7. Deckchair Cinema

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I’m not sure if there is a term for fear of deckchairs. Mine arose from an unfortunate childhood incident in which I was setting one up in the back garden to read in the sun. It slipped the notch and […]

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8. Lest I Forget

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The last Anzac Day Dawn Service I had been to, was at Gallipoli in 1990. It was my first trip overseas and knowing my paternal grandfather had fought there I detoured to the Peninsula on the way to Istanbul. It […]

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9. Walks by Water

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Sydney lies in one of the most beautiful natural harbours in the world. I don’t think you can ever tire of walking the Quay from beneath the massive sandstone pylons and grey arches of the Bridge to the stunning curves of […]

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10. Wrangling Technology

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Technology and I have always co-existed in a slightly uneasy relationship in which we tolerate each other but there is little warmth or kindred feeling. I use it for work on a need to know basis, seem to frequently be […]

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50 new things

  • 1. Karijini National Park
  • 2. Unconventional Fan
  • 3. Cocktail Cabinet
  • 4. All the Neighbourhood’s a Stage
  • 5. Floating beneath Glowworms
  • 6. Vintage Vehicles
  • 7. Deckchair Cinema
  • 8. Lest I Forget
  • 9. Walks by Water
  • 10. Wrangling Technology
  • 11. Creatures Featured
  • 12. Backpacking with the Young (er) Ones
  • 13. Dear Friend
  • 14. Open Other End
  • 15. Decodence
  • 16. Sea Kayaking
  • 17. Unread Classics
  • 18. Return to Birthplace
  • 19. 3D Movie
  • 20. Western Australia
  • 21. New sights
  • 22. Game On
  • 23. Spider Walking 
  • 24. Bush Fire Evacuation
  • 25. Ice Cream…Ice Cream
  • 26. New Zealand Relations
  • 27. Letters to Strangers
  • 28. Star Gazer
  • 29. The Hand of Fate
  • 30. New Ideas
  • 31. Much Ado about Playing Beatrice
  • 32. Kangaroo Island
  • 33. Taking a Stand
  • 34. Sandboarding
  • 35. Playing Piano in a Museum
  • 36. Aboriginal Walkabout
  • 37. Tracks Across the Heart: The Ghan
  • 38. More Blessed to Give
  • 39. Behind the Scenes
  • 40. Waiting for Dolphins
  • 41. Birth Date with Sydney Harbour
  • 42. Kiwi on the Rails
  • 43. Hardcore to Oud: New Live Music
  • 44. Darwin
  • 45. Sleep Overs
  • 46. Paths Less Travelled
  • 47. Parks of Steam
  • 48. Art for Art’s Sake
  • 49. Suburban Adventures
  • 50. Lights on the Edge
  • Then and Now
  • Notes to Self
  • Counting the Cost
  • Reckoning
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