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
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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
Lockleys Pylon, Grand Canyon and Sculpture at Scenic World
Currently Reading: Patrícia Melo – The Lost World | Peter Matthiessen – The Snow Leopard | Philip Roth – The Human Stain | Herta Müller – The Fox Was Ever the Hunter I was lying in bed yesterday having a very lazy Sunday when the lads texted to see if I was keen to do … Continue reading Lockleys Pylon, Grand Canyon and Sculpture at Scenic World
