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 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