We’re in the final throes of organising an overseas holiday. We will visit friends and family in Britain and then […]
Archive for ‘nature’
Off the beaten track in Japan
Recently the Japanese tourist authority asked Australians heading to Japan to consider travelling off the beaten track. I suspect it’s […]
Taking stock at Cloverdale
It’s funny how life moves through different phases. After a few years filled with the hustle and bustle of resettling […]
I can see for miles and miles and miles
I start most days sitting on the veranda with a cup of tea. Even on a chilly winter morning, the […]
Summer daze
When you live in Australia, it’s hard to avoid the feeling that, one way or another, nature is going to […]
Design icons: Christmas
From my series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. This end-of-year special was first broadcast on 16th December […]
Design icons: Ebenezer Howard
From a series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. First aired on 4th November 2023 (you can listen […]
Prince Harry
We’ve got five more mouths to feed at the moment. Beaks, actually. After several months of being on his lonesome, […]
This other Eden
Everyone knows Australia is teeming with beasties. And even if I hadn’t been aware of it, someone very helpfully gave […]
Cooped up and freaked out
I can’t quite believe that we’ve been living here for a full year. I had imagined we might even have […]
Colin Bisset 