“For the apparel oft proclaims the man” Said Shakespeare so perspicaciously – and we all know its true. Just about all of us, either when feeling slightly low or deeply depressed, reach for a different outfit or look to add an uplifting touch to our wardrobe. That’s why I love this good news story about… Read More WeAreTheWorld Blogfest: A Change of Clothes Can Change the Mind
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.” – Buddha . The workmanship of these warriors is exquisite. All have unique facial expressions and are stamped with the symbol of their craftsmen creators. Over 700,000 artisans worked relentlessly over 40 years to create an army… Read More Warrior Slaves of the Qin Emperor
I flew to Xi’an from Xiamen, a flight which left that beautiful little coastal city and travelled over sharp mountain peaks which were the most verdant I had ever seen. When I arrived in Xi’an, one of the biggest adjustments I had to make was coping with the size of this ancient capital of China.… Read More Xi’an; Ancient Capital on the Silk Road
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
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
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