Displacement vs Hugs Christmas with the family is a juggling act. The world, being a global community, manifests itself in many ways. Travel, experiences, general life and work are now more than ever literally accessible all around the planet, thus encouraging extensive personal exploration, resettlement, reestablishment, refocus and more often rejuvenation. A new start. Throughout …
Holidays can be a great time to really get your teeth into the jobs that need to be done around the house/yard/car/camping equipment, whatever. You know, those activities that require a number of consecutive days hard at it to see some progress. I do like having the time to focus on different things, use a …
Zen A bewildering testimony to the written word, conjures deliberate cognitive primordial thought soup. Littered with analogies, similes, metaphors, philosophies, theology considerations, provoking inquisitiveness; whilst oppressively addressing the overwhelming desire to extinguish all frivolous interactions. The written word being the required conduit. The cerebral mass, the destination. Intellectual stimulation, the compost. ……the moment of realisation…..…..the …
Sculpture Roden, Michelangelo and Donatello, they get it. The ability to physically change, manipulate materials, push boundaries and realise a thought, a dream, a vision, a utopian climatic crafted reality. That is literally what has been presented to the world at the Cairns Crankworx. World trail organisation sculpted the Smithfield wonderland. They are masters at …
Mountain biking Cairns “The golden age of Mountain Biking”. A phrase that flooded my ear canals and wormed its way into my schema, for eternity … and I like it. We arrived in Cairns in 2000, however it took me a further 10 years to learn about MTBing in Cairns, the number of tracks within …
Ravenshoe a wonderful find Every now and then, something that has been staring you in the face for years jumps out and bites you on the nose. That moment when you are looking everywhere for your glasses and they are already on your head. Trying to find your mobile phone when you are talking to …
Radar Love I have been wanting to roll my legs over again for weeks, months actually. My beloved Polygon was stolen a few months ago; we had been through a lot. Numerous eight hour races at Atherton elev8XCM, a few Rainforest Rural to Reef RRR races finishing at Port Douglas, so many weekly rides and …
Tully Gorge Time to head west. The beach is great, but it is time to find some swimming holes in fresh water. There are less things to eat or kill you inland. Hopefully no teeth bearing lizards just a natural bath or two, some with the installation of waterfalls to create a natural spa. Rainforest …
You know that point when the rice is just about to boil over. The water is rising quickly in a volcanic surge, with a desire to erupt onto the vogue cooktop previously cleaned to Martha Stewart standards. That’s where my brain is right now…work induced CTSD. That is current traumatic stress disorder……..we’ve all been there. …
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Moving forward from Adelaide towards the Flinders Ranges, a number of interesting small towns pop out to say hello. This one was very interesting, considering we have found where Nessy is hiding. Alligator Gorge boasts many undercuts, sheer walls, alpine trees and seriously loose and slippery rock trails. It was raining and the footing is …
iPhone The images in this post were taken and edited with an iPhone X. I decided to try this, as I have determined only having two arms is a definite disadvantage. Juggling a dSLR, a paddle and whilst standing on the SUP proved to be problematic. The images are edited with Light Room for iOS. …
Everything Once in a while you find something interesting, something unexpected. Not lost but definitely not where you thought it would be. In the middle of the Sunshine Coast and also on school holidays, we found a little gem. A hidden treasure, a secret haven, a moment of sanity, nestled within the quagmire of suburbia. …
