I spent my Easter weekend sitting in a cabin the the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, on a co-created ‘retreat’ style weekend.  The point of this weekend away (far away for me, as I’m typically based out of Brisbane) was to spend some quality time with a close girlfriend, Terri, while also delving into some ‘life stuff’.  We had wine, we had mini-eggs, we had a book to prompt the conversations and most importantly, we had given ourselves permission to look into stuff. The road to this particular cabin in the woods is not one fraught with off roading, it’s kinda just off the highway between Radium and Golden, about…

I was hit in the face with a realisation the other day. Over the course of the next 8 weeks, I will wake up in no fewer than 7 different cities.  What!?! That is crazy talk I hear you say. In this case, I completely agree with you! The best bit is, I planned it! Bah!  This led me to thinking about seeing new things in the old as 3/4 of the trip will be to places I’ve grown to know in some manner and 1/4 will be brand new.  I took myself for a walk along the river (in Brisbane, currently) and tried to see my ‘home’ city through…

The length of time it has taken me to write another blog post is a little tardy on my behalf.  I have truly been enjoying the lifestyle that living in the rural corner of South-East Queensland brings. Apart from the incredibly taxing waiting time for anything internet related to complete.  During our last gripe about this Mum lamented it had taken a whole day for a song to be downloaded through itunes…. Seriously, ask Beth and I’m sure she’ll tell you that kind of expanse of time is on par with Malawi timeframes.  The outcome of this is such that you unplug for a while reconciling yourself that all those…

Cacophony. If you have ever woken up in Australia, chances are high that you were greeted to the day by the song of a bird or 10. Especially in Spring, especially in Queensland. This morning I woke up to a chorus of song. There are whip birds, wrens, lorikeets, kookaburras, to name the ones that I am familiar with. It’s similar to being in a region specific bird sanctuary. This melody has taken Mum and Dad about 20 years to achieve. When we first moved to this block of land, it was basically 40 acres of clay with a house perched on it. Now there are flower beds, citrus trees,…

Landing at 2am and waiting for you backpack for an hour is not the most ideal situation in any country. In this instance it allowed for me to make friends with some of my fellow passengers and get some hot tips on how to approach the next 6 weeks in Peru. I was super stoked to have landed in a new country, knowing that there was a cab driver from the hostel waiting for me and I’d soon be asleep and have three days to explore Lima. I had a lot of energy for 2am as I’m sure you can imagine. During this waiting period, I exchanged emails with my…