The sun and its golden glow had long since disappeared beyond the western horizon. You could be forgiven for thinking the sunset was over. Looking high up into the eastern sky however the golden orange light of a west bound sun still clung to the clouds. There amidst that orange glow a waning gibbous moon […]
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Western Delight
I love living with a Western horizon hemmed by sea. There is something very special about the sun setting over the ocean. There is a completeness to the day. To watch as the sun moves on to be replaced by the twilight and then the starlight is to have the day’s wrinkles smoothed over by […]
Read MoreA View to a View to a View to a View
A View to a View to a View to a View It begins looking out over a eucalyptus tree line falling away from the the summit of Mount Lofty, the highest place in the region. Soon the detailed structure of leaves, branches and trunks transitions to a rolling velvety green of the Adelaide foothills. Beyond […]
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Roman had a life long dream to come to Australia, to visit Uluru, the Australian outback and to experience as close to true wilderness as possible. He’s used to rugged terrain, to challenging climbs and to the demands of the trail but in his home near Salzburg the mountains are full of people, full of […]
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And we thought the way up was hard work! The first section up that chained face of Uluru is steep and would indeed be dangerous if it weren’t for the chain. As steep as it is though that first section gives only a little insight into the actual effort to complete the rest of the […]
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