Ok, so it’s far from being the actual “outback”, and it’s about as far from the Red Centre as Manchester is from Warsaw (don’t quote me on that by the way, I ain’t GoogleMaps), but it’s the “outback” to me…or it may as well be. Marvel Loch is a small mining town situated 33km south … More Day One in Marvel Loch
Lists…lists, lists, lists. I’m well aware that I have a bit of a thing for lists. I love a shopping list. I love a list of things to do. I love a list for the sake of having a list, you know, just so I can write unnecessary shit down in order to inevitably forget … More What a difference a year makes
There has to be more to life than this; to sit in a cage, in a tank, in a pond, and work for a man with whom you have no bond. To monotonise your weeks, your years and your life for a suffocating slavery of struggle and strife. You work, you come home, you eat … More More Than This
Disclaimer: the information in this post is mainly sourced from a purely observational perspective; and from subsequent internet research; from watching how people behave and interact, and from talking to members of certain communities, towns and demographics, and in no way claim to be the absolute truth; merely an opinion based upon observational findings. I … More Shall We Have A Chat About Aboriginal People?
About eight months ago I wrote a blog entitled “Things I’ve I learned About Hostels. Part One” in which I described all the things that can and probably will occur when you resign yourself to life on the road and inevitably, the hostel life – the good, the bad and the downright disgustingly ugly. Having stayed … More Things I’ve Learned About Hostels. Part Two.
1) People in general and by nature are not bad. People can be very kind, loving and generous. They can and will go out of their way for you for purely unselfish reasons, motivated by a desire to help out and to make others happy. Being kind and loving is the most natural thing in … More What I Learned About Actual People While On My Actual Travels (Part One)
As the distant drumming sounds echoed through the frosty air; as the eerie sound of bagpipes were carried along on the settling early morning mist, I felt a chill run down my spine; and not because it was 5:30am in a freezing cold Orange, NSW; not because I was tired and drained, but because this … More Anzac 100: A Dawn Service Experience
Well well, it’s been almost seven months and I’m still here, still learning and still growing. When I first arrived I have to admit I was impatient; wanting everything to happen at once: the self-discovery, the inevitable growth, the development of character etc. My friend Nichola told me to bide my time, to take it … More Things I’ve Learned About Myself Since Being in Australia
Christmas is well and truly over. New Year celebrations have been and gone and it’s now the beginning of February; 2015 is in full flow, and surprisingly (or maybe not) I find myself in a place called Orange in central NSW. The decision to come to Orange was not one I made on a whim. … More Life In Technicolour…Or Just Orange.
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