Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Anna Burns – Milkman I have been in the van for almost three months now, working on the peach farm in Jerrawangala, which is located in the Shoalhaven region of the NSW South Coast. The peaches have been delicious and I really enjoy working for the … Continue reading Fire Season
Author: Wander Lou
Van Life 2020
Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Margaret Atwood – The Testaments Teaching is over for another year. Well, I still have 150 x 2500 word essays to mark (small thing!) but this time I wrote the questions, so I am kind of intrigued to see what the students have come up with. … Continue reading Van Life 2020
Walking Coastal Sydney: The Rocks to Maroubra & Manly to the Spit Bridge
Currently Reading: Bill Dunbar – Telemachus (Pre-Publication – Draft 2, 2019) My mother (Naida) and brother (Steve) arrived in town for my Graduation celebrations last week, and we walked up a storm over the week they were here. We were occasionally grounded due to the onset of some much needed wet weather and by the … Continue reading Walking Coastal Sydney: The Rocks to Maroubra & Manly to the Spit Bridge
Walking Coastal Sydney: A Four Day Sojourn
Currently Reading: Jeffrey Eugenides – The Marriage Plot I recently spent five nights in the city, on a mini walking and writing holiday. I got off to a slow start on day one, as I'd met with workmates for drinks the night before, so was feeling fairly delicate, but was still determined to hike a … Continue reading Walking Coastal Sydney: A Four Day Sojourn
On the Road
Apologies for the long hiatus. I've been on a much needed screen break. As a reward to self for finishing my thesis last August, I decided to drive to Tasmania via the NSW and Victorian coastal roads during the summer break. After five weeks on the road, I crossed into South Australia at Mt Gambier … Continue reading On the Road
Walking Parramatta River – Part Two: Lennox Bridge to Kissing Point Wharf
Currently Reading: Paul Beatty – The Sellout | Herta Müller – The Fox Was Ever the Hunter The final round of marking for the year begins on Monday, but in the meantime I have just had a week off class, and finally managed to get in a hike with Jay (the first since about June). … Continue reading Walking Parramatta River – Part Two: Lennox Bridge to Kissing Point Wharf
Thesis life gives way to this novel concept called free time
Currently Reading: Alexis Wright – The Swan Book | William Faulkner – The Sound and the Fury | Jennifer Egan – The Invisible Circus I have been hermiting for the past several weeks as I went about the final stages of my 6.5 year PhD candidature journey. Hence the lack of recent posts. About a … Continue reading Thesis life gives way to this novel concept called free time
Walking Parramatta River – Part One: Lake Parramatta to Lennox Bridge
Currently Reading: Ernest Cline – Ready Player One | Patrícia Melo – The Lost World | Peter Matthiessen – The Snow Leopard | Herta Müller – The Fox Was Ever the Hunter I've had these books on the go for several weeks (in some cases months). There has not been much time for reading as … Continue reading Walking Parramatta River – Part One: Lake Parramatta to Lennox Bridge
A Week at Varuna – The Writers’ House
Currently Reading: Aldous Huxley – Mortal Coils I am currently staying at 'Varuna' in Katoomba on a one week writing residency as I near the finish line with thesis. This was the home of Eleanor and Eric Dark, who bought the land in 1923 and built the house pictured below. Eric was a medical doctor … Continue reading A Week at Varuna – The Writers’ House
Porters Pass – Blackheath + Sydney Writers’ Festival
Currently Reading: Patrícia Melo – The Lost World | Peter Matthiessen – The Snow Leopard | Herta Müller – The Fox Was Ever the Hunter I've struggled to find time to get out for a longer hike of late, hence the lack of recent posts. I've been active, but most of my time has been … Continue reading Porters Pass – Blackheath + Sydney Writers’ Festival
