This sunset view of the Barunga Range from a nondescript sheep paddock in South Australia’s mid-north town of Burnsfield, was a wonderful respite in out eight hour drive home today. Even the towers of the Snowtown wind farm dotted along the ridges seem to belong.
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The Fort
Fort Glanville, tucked away in a little coastal corner of Adelaide, is like a preserved snapshot of South Australia’s 19th century colonial heritage. Built in 1880, you can still see the original armaments, intact, and reportedly still operational. Never actually used, its very reason for being is a story unto itself. I have driven past […]
Read MoreMy Childhood Playground
This little corner of the Barrosa Valley, part of the village of Bethany, has been a playground to me for as long as I can remember. Nestled between the Schrapel vineyards, Tanunda Creek winds its way up Schlinke’s Gully into the Barrosa Ranges leaving people and farmland behind and replacing it all with bracken fern […]
Read MoreSitting In My Tin Can
With a view from far above I’m made acutely aware how tiny my little boat is in this big ocean. It’s curious how seeing a fragile version of myself in a much bigger context shifts my thinking from being in control to just being. Not so bad really…
Read MoreAlone In a Rainbow Sea
Wow the sky put on a performance tonight! For twenty minutes after sunset the colours in the sky shifted through reds, yellows, greens and blues then back to deep reds again before fading into the indigo and violets of twilight. How lucky to experience this natural masterpiece with only a pod of dolphins and the […]
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