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Travel: The Big Merino, Goulburn.

Jesus loves them, Mary had a little one, and Little Bo Peep didn’t know where to them. Oh, sheep. Many of us even have their woolly coats knitted as our outerwear. So what makes the sheep/ram figure so endearing? And why is there a 15m statue of a merino ram in the heart of country New […]Read Post ›

Photography: La Perouse Beach, Sydney

Around 15 minutes away from home lies a little gem once unbeknownst to me, the La Perouse beach in South East Sydney, Australia. My friend drove me there, believing that sea salt and the forecast of falling seagull excrement could shock my brain into writing those pesky final essays for university. Extra large milkshakes aswirl with thick, chocolatey […]Read Post ›

Upcoming: Adrift in China!

Howdy, I bring good tidings! (I have always wanted to greet in this manner without coming across as an octogenarian). But this time, the good news is so significant to me that it warrants the use of the slightly outdated word, “tidings”. Right, back to the good tidings: I won a short scholarship to China! Under […]Read Post ›

Photography: Laughing in flowers

“The earth laughs in flowers.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. Taken on a summery afternoon at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney:

The Kiss by Robert Graves: A recital

There are many ways to communicate, but nothing says “I want you” quite as memorably as a sensual kiss. It may be a kiss impressed on trembling lips on a stormy night by a cliff. It may be a kiss exchanged, clandestine and forbidden, beneath dewy desert stars. It may simply be “un baiser volé” on a […]Read Post ›

Photography: The Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens and her petalled denizens

As promised, a happier post to follow yesterday’s overflowing glass of dark whine. So today, on my way to a Very Important Interview, two goliath-sized crows swooped at me, preying on the remains of my superstitious frame of mind. As if I needed another reason to add to my endless list of why Monday Sucks!. The Bird Kingdom, not yet satisfied with […]Read Post ›

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