The rest of the time Small DB and I spent in Melbourne was staying at the home of the Mothership and T. It felt crazy that we hadn’t been in their house for THREE YEARS! What the? Small DB was very happy to be there – remembered all the things she liked to do – […]
family
The Comforts of (not being) Home…
Above the shifting eucalyptus there is boundless blue. I peg the washing out. Clothes and tea towels are clean. Clean. The kind of clean only achieved by a two hour front loader wash cycle. Clothes are generally washed in suspect coin laundries – maximum cycle time: 34 minutes, if you’re lucky. The alternative is submersion […]
Brisbane
A brief stopover in Brisbane was what was planned – long enough to catch up with the Almost-Bus-Dwelling-Cousin and get a sail fixed. However, the aforementioned cousin texted me just after we’d gone over the Wide Bay bar – there was some work for me in Brisbane – so 24 hours later, we were motor […]
Black sand, hot river, a search party and an interesting ride home.
Our second last day on Tanna. Over on the other side of the bay was not somewhere I had been – a beach of coral and sand, with a restaurant hut 100 metres from the shoreline. Although we’d previously decided we wouldn’t need a guide to walk to the John Frum village the next bay […]