Its that time of the month when we bloggers share positive stories of humanity to offset the miasma of negativity which pervades our world. I chose this story of a resilient Koala and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital because I am familiar with the area and the good work those volunteers do in protecting our… Read More WeAreTheWorld Blogfest: The Resilient Koala
Xiamen was the second city I visited on my recent China trip, but in most ways it was the first. I first flew to Quanzhou and arrived in a tropical storm, the plane rocking side to side even after we landed. In Quanzhou, after checking in at my hotel, I thought ” What have I… Read More Xiamen, cosmopolitan city on China’s coast
“The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton It’s come to this…finally! After booking my ticket almost a year ago,this afternoon I commence my 26 hour journey to China. Three hours by bus to Sydney, 9 hours by plane to Singapore, a 5 hour stopover with hopefully… Read More That Moment of Take Off
There are no alligators in this river- the early explorers got it wrong, as they so often did! There are plenty of crocodiles though. When I visited the river was full of them;mouths open in that crocodile smile, ready to catch a fish or gliding ever so gently into the river with only a few… Read More A Journey down the East Alligator River to Arnhem Land
“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
The Grenfell Tower fire in England was a horrific event in which residents lost lives, homes, possesions friends and family members. We now know from a later inquiry, that the fire was an avoidable fiasco caused by systemic neglect and incompetence. You could say that it revealed the dark side humanity. But as we WATWB… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: Healing hearts after the fire
Here in the top end of Australia, nature is different. The trees are a melange of European, Asian, and native varieties and in the gardens are impossibly juxtaposed and yet seem to fit together well The earth itself is of an altogether different colour and texture, red, porous and in parts coarse. Life in this… Read More Nature in the North
Last week I flew to Darwin,capital of the Northern Territory, colloquially known as ‘The Top End” . It’s closer to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and just across the Arafura sea from Indonesia than it is to Sydney or Melbourne. Everything about Darwin is different to the southern states; for a start they only have… Read More Entering New Territory
“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry “And do you travel with a group…? It’s a familiar question I’m frequently asked, carrying all that is implicit in the questioner’s… Read More The Loneliness of Travel
Winter is whale season on the northcoast of NSW. I’ve been staying here for the last three weeks, walking the beaches empty of people yet abundant in marine and terrestrial life. Each beach inevitably ends at a bluff or headland, which acts as the perfect location for observing the joyful journey of the whales as… Read More Following The Whale Trail
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