Dec 21, 2014Each month of 2014 was blooming marvellousThis year, I was extremely lucky to live on 3 very different continents: North America, Australasia and Europe. And I had a ball! I was welcomed, I was farewelled, I took a month off to travel, farewelled again and welcomed back. You see that “International Jetsetter” t-shirt there? …5 min read5 min read
May 10, 2014New dreamsA poem — Let sleeping dogs lie Let old dreams dissolve A new dawn is nigh A new life to unfold Choose what to forget Guard good times you’ve shared Trust what’s to come yet Is all you can bear Your path is not set You build as you go Your heart and your head You feel and you know That your truth is your own Your story is rich You reap what you sew You cross the next bridge To your new promised land New mountains and streams You shift with the sands You build your new dreams1 min read1 min read
Published inTravel Narrative·May 3, 2014JillarooBikes, beef and a world well beyond my own — Photo by Jennie Short In my 3 years Down Under, the best question anyone has ever asked me has been “Do you want to take your bike?” I’ve spent a lot of time on bicyles. I’ve cycled / pushed my bike from one side of England to the other and…13 min read13 min read
Published inTravel Narrative·Apr 29, 2014All creatures great and even biggerThe Lord God made them all; but in Oz, he super-sized them — On many nights I used to hear a noise outside my bedroom window. As the single resident in my apartment, I preferred to remain in denial (you get up to find an intruder in your apartment, what are you going to do? Seriously, what are you going to do?) …7 min read7 min read
Apr 27, 2014Looking for CateHow Sydney’s Newtown soothes the parts other neighbourhoods cannot reach. — Photo by Oscar Colman Whenever my friends from Brisbane visit Sydney there is an unspoken rule that we spend as much time outdoors as possible. They’re neither Vitamin D deficient nor claustrophobic. …5 min read5 min read
Published inTravel Narrative·Apr 27, 2014Found myself in a strange townMy search for an Aussie life in some conventional and some not-too-conventional places — Dean Sewell It never occurred to me that moving to a new country in your mid-30s would be a whole different kettle of fish to moving to a new country in your 20s. I’d lived in Spain for going on 7 years when I moved to Australia. During my first…12 min read12 min read
Apr 25, 2014How to truly enjoy a travel experienceDo absolutely no research whatsoever. None. — Photo by Andre Froes I was practically an Australian before I moved to Australia. In the two and a half years prior to my move to Sydney, I was, to all intents and purposes, living in my Aussie friends’ apartment. It wasn’t intentional. I met them 3 days after their…8 min read8 min read
Apr 25, 2014Between two continentsMy ode to Oz as I get ready to set sail from Sydney and head home to Madrid — Photo by me Wow. What an amazing piece of technology. What can I use you for? Well, in 3 months’ time I will be leaving this Great Southern Land, the Land at the Edge of the World, The Land that Man was Never Supposed to Find, Australia. Oz after 3…3 min read3 min read
