There are many rite of passage traditions we observe, give meaning to and feel some strong emotive connection with. Today our daughter and her partner boarded a plane for Europe, a trip the two of them had planned for more than a year. Funny how I never imagined how important this would be to me […]
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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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This small tree meagering an existence on the parched skyline of Kings Canyon is living a struggle which makes most of our lives look like that of pampered royalty. If we tried to live naked in such an inhospitable but oh so beautifully place I am sure that stark beauty would be lost in self […]
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There’s a short time twenty to thirty minutes after sunset where something magical happens to Uluru. The combination of darkening sky and the spreading yellow glow of the horizon lights the land in a deep orange glow and makes the rock look like it’s glowing from within. So many people had packed up and headed […]
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I remember once hearing an old Polynesian saying, ‘The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing’. I am certain that there also exists the same grace when taking the time to watch the sun fall through the changing colours of the darkening horizon into evening twilight. For a time […]
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