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
Katoomba
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
Late light hike – Giant Stairway to Furber Stairs + Faulconbridge Point with the dawn
I returned home from work one afternoon this week still itching to hit the trail, so I squeezed in a 2 hour ramble before the sun set on another day. I am trying to learn to differentiate between the different eucalypts that I find in the Blue Mountains area but I have my work cut … Continue reading Late light hike – Giant Stairway to Furber Stairs + Faulconbridge Point with the dawn
Golden Staircase to Ruined Castle
Currently reading: Levison Wood - Walking the Himalayas (still) | Cristina Garcia - The Lady Matador's Hotel (still) | Jeff Greenwald - Shopping for Buddhas (still) Christmas Eve was shaping up to be another hot one, so I decided to do a short version of one of my favourite valley floor hikes to the Ruined … Continue reading Golden Staircase to Ruined Castle
