The first of May is last day of my forty-third year. In fact, I had to do some counting to figure out how old I actually am. Two years ago I was in Tasmania for almost a week and it was both fantastic and appalling. I had to say goodbye to my dad the day …
At 5.30pm today I was leaning over a fast running creek filling up a 10 litre bottle of water and rinsing a bucket of salty clothes. It was the first time that we had been able to leave the boat all day without getting soaked by rain or pummelled by hail. Here I am… All …
We left Franklin in the care of Grant and put the Huon River behind us – not sure of where we would get to before stopping. Leaving the river took quite a while, and we decided to head to Copper Alley Bay for another ride on our friend’s mooring. The time there was almost a …
Exactly 26 years ago I was catching public transport around the various areas of Geelong (Hamlyn Heights, Newtown, Highton, Norlane) seeking out addresses I had been given by the Deakin University Housing Co-op. They had lists of houses available for students who needed to rent in the area in order to attend uni. In addition, …
The night after Small Brother left M and I had a Large Row. Both of us were tired, grumpy, and over it. Thank god the boat has separate hulls – we both stalked off in separate directions. We were anchored at a very shallow part of Sandy Bay. At 1.47am I was awoken by the …