Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Alice Bishop – A Constant Hum | Victor Steffensen – Fire Country Mum and I are into our tenth day of quarantine since she arrived home from New Zealand on the 22nd March. In the weeks before social distancing became the new normal, I spent ten … Continue reading Maria Island
Author: Wander Lou
West Coast Tasmania
Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Alice Bishop – A Constant Hum | Victor Steffensen – Fire Country | Ian McEwan – Sweet Tooth My primary reason for return to Tas this time round was to join a small group of family and close friends for a journey up the Gordon River … Continue reading West Coast Tasmania
Southbound from the Blueys to Tasmania
Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Anna Burns – Milkman | Victor Steffensen – Fire Country | Ian McEwan – Sweet ToothAfter the 2020 fire (I mean peach) season ended, I headed briefly back to the Blue Mountains via Kangaroo Valley and Fitzroy Falls at Morton National Park, before packing up the … Continue reading Southbound from the Blueys to Tasmania
Walking Between the Flames
Currently Reading: Trent Dalton – Boy Swallows Universe | Anna Burns – Milkman | Victor Steffensen – Fire Country | Ian McEwan – Sweet Tooth Despite the proliferation of fires in NSW and beyond, this summer hasn't been all smoke and ash. Although I couldn't get amongst the Budawangs, I did manage to complete some … Continue reading Walking Between the Flames
Fire Season
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
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
