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

  • Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Port Stephens

    Sunday morning, we left Sydney and drove to Bannisters Port Stephens. The hotel overlooks Port Stephens and is an old, remodelled hotel. ACTIVITIES We had a few activities planned here…

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  • Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Sydney

    The first stop on our Noosa road trip was Sydney. We arrived on Friday at about 4:30 pm and left on Sunday at about 9:30 am. We’d been to Sydney…

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  • Friday Thoughts #15

    We have arrived in Noosa, not without a little bit of stress. Driving into the Gold Coast late Wednesday afternoon, the engine warning light on the car came on, and…

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  • Friday Thoughts #14

    Today’s post is coming to you from … Sydney! We left home at 6 am this morning and 889 km later, arrived at our accommodation at 4:30 pm. We had…

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  • In the Garden May

    I’m doing this early in May because we will be away on the 22nd. We leave this Friday, so I spent some time today tidying the garden and preparing it…

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  • April’s Books

    Human Croquet – Kate Atkinson ★★★ I picked this because it was in a list of recommended books with time travel. The writing is excellent, but I thought overall the…

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  • Friday Thoughts #13

    I’ve been cutting back my overgrown herbs so the garden is neat before we go away. The lemon verbena was particularly unruly, so I gave it a good trim and…

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  • WITL: Sun, May 7th

    7:05 Wake up. Wild.Ai check-in. I haven’t been doing Pilates as I get back to full health, but I think I’m ready now so I log on and book into…

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  • WITL: Saturday, 6th May

    7:00 Wake up. Pre-long run breakfast, almond butter and banana on two slices of toast. Get dressed. Current temperature 10.3C. Forecast: 13C with 95% chance of rain. 7:25 Go for…

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  • WITL: Friday, May 5th

    7:00 Wake up. Check-in on the Wild.Ai app. Lectio 365. Pray. 7:27 Get out of bed. Put on the steam oven. Get dressed. Current temp: 10.6C feels like 6.8. Forecast:…

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