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
Sunrise
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
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
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
Gone Goastal: Hiking in the Royal – Heathcote Station to Loftus Station via Audley & Honeymoon Stairs + Pope’s Glen & Braeside, Blackheath
I'm book-ending this post with two unrelated shots of lovely sunrises. I have started rising with the birds again and it's amazing what you see in those early hours... I've been meaning to do some hiking in the Royal National Park for as long as I can remember. It's Australia's oldest National Park and provides … Continue reading Gone Goastal: Hiking in the Royal – Heathcote Station to Loftus Station via Audley & Honeymoon Stairs + Pope’s Glen & Braeside, Blackheath
Booknboot 