Currently Reading: Cassandra Pybus – Truganini | Richard Flanagan – Death of a River Guide | Favel Parrett: When the Night Comes This article first appeared as a travel blog entry on the Allgoods Website on 17 November 2020www.allgoods.com.au Are you looking for an adventure to shake off those lockdown blues? Would you like to … Continue reading Three Capes Track – Tasman Peninsula
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East Coast Tasmania – Some Pictorial Highlights from those last days of Freedom
Currently Reading: Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch | Victor Steffensen – Fire Country We are now four weeks into lockdown here in Tassie - a similar timeline to that being experienced by people all over the world. The curve appears to be flattening in Australia, so we're feeling cautiously optimistic that there may be the … Continue reading East Coast Tasmania – Some Pictorial Highlights from those last days of Freedom
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
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
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
Hanging Rock and South Lawson Falls
Currently reading: Patrícia Melo – The Lost World | Peter Matthiessen – The Snow Leopard | David Foster Wallace – Infinite Jest (getting a run on with this one now...) | William Faulkner – Collected Stories (after skyping with my friend Nadine last night – who lives in beautiful Heidelberg – we have resumed our … Continue reading Hanging Rock and South Lawson Falls
Berghofers Pass – Mt Vic | Hassans Walls – Lithgow | Transit of Venus Walk – Woodford
Currently reading: Peter Matthiessen – The Snow Leopard | David Mitchell – Ghostwritten I was pretty happy to greet the weekend by Friday of this week. I texted Kev and Lee around 9am Saturday morning to see if they were keen to hike and we set out on an exploratory mission around Mt Vic, Lithgow … Continue reading Berghofers Pass – Mt Vic | Hassans Walls – Lithgow | Transit of Venus Walk – Woodford
Grand Canyon – Blackheath, Blue Mtns
Currently reading: Sir Isaac Newton – Opticks | David Foster Wallace – Infinite Jest (in it for the long haul…) My working weeks are pretty full on at the moment as I ramp up for the final months of thesis life, so I'm trying to get as much hiking in on the weekends as I … Continue reading Grand Canyon – Blackheath, Blue Mtns
Horseshoe Falls Reserve – North Hazelbrook
Currently reading: Jeff Greenwald – Shopping for Buddhas (still) | René Taton and Curtis Wilson (Eds.) – The General History of Astronomy Vol. 2: Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the rise of Astrophysics (dabbling for thesis) | Sir Isaac Newton – Opticks | David Foster Wallace – Infinite Jest (this one could take a … Continue reading Horseshoe Falls Reserve – North Hazelbrook
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