When we weren’t busy taking in sunsets and feeding birds, our weekend in Maleny was spent in serious pursuit of sloth. I’ve always been rather partial to sloth, even though we get far less of it now than in our unfettered early twenties. I don’t… Read More
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Sunshine Coast Hinterland 1: sea/sun
This is my first two-part post. It feels rather indulgent, as I have been telling myself that I need to exercise more restraint in my posts – fewer words, in particular. But I am too attached to too many photos of our weekend away in… Read More
Byron Bay hinterland
I like the sound of that word – hinterland. It’s not a word I ever heard used in New Zealand, but here in Australia it’s in common usage. Technically, hinterland refers to a rural area behind a coast or river shoreline, or an urban area. … Read More
Where I’m from
Whenever someone asks where I used to live in New Zealand I’m not content with a simple answer. I say that we used to live in Auckland, but that I grew up in the rural Far North. I might have lived away from the Far North… Read More