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

  • Tasmania 2024 Day 2 – Tesselated Pavement and Port Arthur

    Today G and N went off for a long run about 10 mins drive away in Murdunna while S and I had a bit of sleep-in before heading to the…

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  • February 2024 Books

    Breath – Tim Winton The title of this novel is very clever, with the idea of breath popping up in various ways throughout the book. It begins with Bruce (a…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Weekend @ Pt Lonsdale It was a long weekend last weekend and we spent it down at my parents’ place with a selection of my siblings and their kids. It’s…

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  • Tasmania 2024 Day 1 – Flying, driving, Eaglehawk Neck

    We flew out of Tullamarine mid-morning on Friday. The flight was delayed by 30 minutes but G has access to the lounge so it wasn’t too much of a hardship.…

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  • Good Things Friday

    It’s once again been two weeks since my last good things post, but we were away hiking last Friday. Our trip was a very good thing over the fortnight but…

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  • I’m back … and a teaser

    We are back from our holiday in Tasmania. We spent the first weekend on the Tasman Peninsula, then four nights in Hobart before returning to the Tasman Peninsula with the…

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  • Good Things Friday

    Rounding up all the good things this week. I wrote that sentence last week and then got so busy, I’m now rounding up the good things from the last two…

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  • List #7: Places I’ve Lived

    I have never lived outside Melbourne. We currently live the furthest I ever have from where I was born which was the William Angliss Hospital in Ferntree Gully—31 km away.…

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  • Good Things Friday

    A few of the good things from my week … Cutback Week with Albert Parkrun Last weekend I was still on my cutback week for running, which I love. It…

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  • Hiking @ Ferny

    I’ve mentioned before that my husband has moved to a 4-day work week and I work casual hours from home, so some weeks we can do some fun things during…

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