It’s been a very long time since my last blog post. So much has happened that’s kept me away from my keyboard and blogging! Perhaps I’ll start with what is most distracting to me right now… a 9 week old kitten desperately trying to jump on the kitchen table as I type, excited at the…
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Category Archives: Postcards
ARMTour in Ntaria
What a brilliant week! I have just had a magical experience, and feel so grateful for the opportunity. I spent this past week out as an athlete role model on the ARMTours trip to the Northern Territory. It’s a programme run by NASCA (National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy) and it involves sending athletes out into…
Aurukun, A Second Visit
There is something truly magical about Aurukun, Qld. The dusty red earth, the magical and ancient bush, the wild river, and the kind hearted people: it certainly holds a special place in my heart. Aurukun has also had a profound affect on me. The two occasions that I’ve had the opportunity to visit and spend time in…
Gender, Idealism and Realism
I recently had the good fortune of travelling to Sumatra, Indonesia. It’s taken me over a week to consider how I might put that experience into a blog, and more importantly how to actually process my experiences. I’m not quite there yet, and feel there is much I still need to feel out, but I’m…
Australia’s Golden Sun
Australia, Australia, the land of golden sun. But what of our forefathers? Not the “privileged whites”, but the “chinks”, “wogs” and “abos”, Did they bathe in the diamond sun’s light? Did they feel the freedom bell of life? Scalpings, slave labour, death in prisons… Our past a past of bravery yet sadism. A past where…
Magical Venice
I’ve recently had the pleasure of visiting Venice, a stunning and shape-shifting city with ever changing waterways and an intriguing feel to it. It has to be one of the most curious places I’ve been to, and I fell in love with it immediately. What do people do there? I see people disappearing through narrow…
Aurukun, Cape York, Queensland
A couple days after arriving in Aurukun I was invited by the school teachers to present to the kids on the Olympics. I did two presentations on Friday morning, one to a small group of teenagers, one to a big group of kids. Although the teenagers were quite shy and didn’t engage much, it was…
Cape York, Queensland
It’s amazing up here in Cape York, but also very confronting. En route to Aurukun we stopped off in Lockhart River to pick up some more passengers (and drop a few off). Just before we boarded the miniscule plane for the final flight to Aurukun, I watched a little girl being taken to a plane…
To eBay, car boot, or donate?
If you’d asked me a few weeks ago whether or not someone could make a living on eBay and from car boot sales, I would probably have laughed and said no way. Of course, I was naive and completely unaware of the potential of both! Although eBay charges a fair whack through final purchase fees,…
6th great extinction
In my last blog post I was discussing some of the human rights abuses that are very likely to be exacerbated as a result of climate change. The issue of climate change doesn’t stop with obvious and direct human rights abuses though; it extends to all aspects of our livelihood and the livelihoods of the…
