no to the bubble
In Darwin I noticed the prevalence of the ‘bubble’ fashion, something I daresay may eventually come to Alice, but then again not, if we’re lucky (I’m sure we miss many fashions altogether). If I...
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As I was cabbing towards Darwin airport, I thought, please let there be no one I know at the airport, especially not someone who’ll want to talk about some dull aspect of local social policy for ages...
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winging it
The other day, I went to the physio. I hadn’t been in ages, because generally I can’t afford these things so often these days, and I try and deal with my various aches and pains with yoga and...
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sleeping with bears
On Sunday morning, I caught up with the not-so-speedies (a ka: the ‘slowpokes’). For those not in the know, this is a consortium of peoples who prefer to ride at an average speed of 23 kmh. This...
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this floating life
Yesterday, the cats and I packed into a life-raft fashioned from plastic tubes filled with lentils, almonds and raisins, and set forth on the ever-burgeoning Todd for Adelaide. In case you fear for...
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I'm now at a cafe on the northside of Alice where there is power...the owner has kindly let me use a powerboard in front of the 'stage' where there is unfortunately live lunchtime music (most live...
View Articlethe woman of the cattery
Just had a telecanvasser:Her: Can I speak to the Man of the House?Me: There isn't one. Are you a telecanvasser?Her: Am I speaking to Mrs Elsewhere?Me: No, you're speaking to Ms Elsewhere and this has...
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road trip
I'm sitting in the Olive Pink Gardens (view from Annie Meyer Hill right), eating my last bigilla before I head off on a road trip. That's right: how could I road trip begin without a fortifying...
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Coober Pedy leg
I'm eating moussaka and grilled prawns at Tom and Mary's Taverna, the only place I know worth eating at in Coober Pedy. This is a 'choice' place, as one of my best teenage friends would have said...
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travelling south
In the morning I drive slowly around Coober Pedy. I feel a renewed fascination for the place, after living for six years in the Centre. There's a program on local radio about how country women manage...
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the return
<iphone photo of the view from High St> 'The thing that I noticed about returning to Adelaide,' Sebastiane said when I visited her there, 'was the lack of broken glass on the footpath and of...
View Articlethe Olive Pink of Merri Creek
So, so, so...I'm at the end of leg one of my move to Melbourne, having (a) started my new job and (b) moved into my latest rental abode. When I say moved in, I mean me, the swag, the esky, a suitcase...
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crazy cat woman leaves town
<Lulu, her new view and the view she's given up> Originally, I had some narrative accompanying the images above, but the text wrap function in typepad is so appalling, I gave up. You can...
View Articlecan any good come out of Thornbury*
I felt I would write a blogpost before I became consigned to history as a self-confessed crazy cat woman or was totally overtaken by spammers.The gloom has suddenly descended here in Melbourne in the...
View Articleit passed like a dream
Going about my daily life in Melbourne, there are constant reminders of central Australia. Some of these are presences; others are absences. When I go to the bowser at the petrol station, there's no...
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when was blogging?
As no doubt is becoming clear, I'm blogging less and less, partly because moving interstate along with everything else I do is making me that much more busy, partly because I'm, er, running out of...
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the last post
This is the last post of this blog, the one-thousandth post (yes: and there’s more, but not for long). When I saw it was coming up a few months ago, I decided it would be the final one. I was hoping...
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This blog and website has been archived as a part of the National Library of Australia's Pandora Project.
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Update your feed-readers: for the next three weeks I’ll be blogging about my experiences riding the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley over here, wi fi willing.
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You've seen the blog, now here's the book...
Check out this link (no, it's not spam posted by a bot). Should be available in early September!
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