"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

Category: Travel

  • The state of the river

    Last weekend we went up to Moama for the Pop and Pour festival. We had been wondering whether it would go ahead because of the widespread flooding through Victoria in mid-October. Echuca-Moama is situated where the Campaspe and Goulbourn Rivers flow I, not the Murray River. Both these rivers had flooded upstream from Echuca before…

  • This , then,

    is the extravagant landscape of the world, given, given with pizzazz, given in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

  • Kayaking in the Noosa Everglades

    While up in Noosa earlier this year my daughter and I went on a kayaking trip through the Noosa Everglades. We had a beautiful day, even the lake was smooth as we made our way across to the river of mirrors. This is probably one of the best ways to experience the everglades as it…