Today we did a day trip from our base in Stanley to see the inland part of the Tarkine Drive. Our first stop was the Trowutta arch. We weren't expecting much from our first foray into the temperate rainforest of the Tarkine and were amazed by the sight that awaited... Read more →

Stanely is a super cute and picturesque Tasmanian town situated in the island's northwest. It has lots of historic buildings and was used as a location for the 2012 movie, The Light Between Dreams. It looks just as amazing by night as it does by day. We stayed in a... Read more →

On our drive from Deloraine to Stanley, we stopped off briefly at Penguin to see the giant, you guessed it, penguin! Penguin is a cute little coastal town with a boutique brewery and penguins everywhere, including rubbish bins and bollards. I loved the Doctor Who blue telephone box with it's... Read more →

On our last full day in Deloraine the sun decided to come out so we decided to go out and play. We spent a glorious afternoon wandering our way through town, visiting as many shops as possible and eating almost as much! We started our culinary journey with lunch at... Read more →

After two years of lockdowns and pandemics, it feels so good to be leaving the state and going overseas. Even if that 'sea' is actually Bass Strait and we're not technically going to another country but another state. I'm consoling myself by thinking that if I lived in Europe, Tasmania... Read more →

The ocean. The horizon. Mount Oberon. The river. Wildlife. Friends. Five days camping and sleeping under the stars. Bliss. Read more →

I woke up this morning all groggy and fuzzy (it's both a reality and a metaphor for how I've been feeling of late). The aim of getting up early was to get some work done before the kids woke up. It was my attempt to get back into the swing... Read more →

It's great having friends who know places to go to around Melbourne. And it's even better to spend a day with those friends visiting one of those places. Especially when that friend is knowledgeable about plants and which ones are good to eat like the native raspberry that was growing... Read more →

Staying at Wye River was incredible. When we came back from our day trip down the coast, we saw a kangaroo standing at the back of our cabin. The next day a three year old girl was walking on the grass outside the cabin, following a koala who was looking... Read more →

I started this morning slightly foggy headed from getting up early to work before the rest of the house awoke. Serendipitously a space opened up for me to take part in the online Creative Future Eco-Poetry workshop with Rachel Burns. It's part of the Gingko Eco-Poetry Prize in conjunction with... Read more →