The Last Beach Before My Travel Began, No 43: Lady Martin’s – 17 May 2015
Elizabeth Is this a bit of a cheat? I visited Lady Martin’s on 17 May 2015 – one week before I departed for my midlife gap year – but never posted…
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Leaving Australia – Flying Forever – Arriving Finally in Milan
The longest day in my life where flying becomes all I am. But that time now acts as a solid space between before my trip and on my trip.
Weeping for What Will Come and What Will Stay Behind
The tick-tock of time passing is getting very loud. Today is my Going Away Party. As I write I await the first of my guests. I feel anxious, nervous, excited…
Naked Liberation at No 42 Lady Bay Beach – 22 February 2015
Until recently I was dreading Lady Bay. It is the second of, I think, three ‘clothing optional’ beaches in Sydney (this one granted that status in 1976). The first in…
You May Have Your Mansion But the Beach is There for All – No 41, Kutti (1 February 2015)
Kutti Beach is in Vaucluse, long the most affluent of Sydney suburbs and still in the top five. Prior to European colonisation the area was home to the Birrabirragal clan…
A Riot of Kookaburras and Cerulean Seas – No 40 Jibbon (4 January 2015)
The strange summer continues as I’ve had to skip another (and hopefully the last) of the Hawkesbury beaches which can only be reached from the water. I will visit number…
My Traveller’s Year Continues
As I wrote about my journey to Jibbon Beach: I feel like I’ve opened myself to a traveller’s life and a traveller’s experiences even while still in Sydney. … I’m…
Let My Traveller’s Year Begin
I feel like I’ve mentally turned toward the trip and that it is now front and centre in my mind. This morning I was catching up on some emails and…
Is this heaven? No, it’s Bundeena – No 38 Horderns (21 December 2014)
This summer’s beaches have created challenges. I should have begun with No 35 Gunyah (Brooklyn) – up on the Hawkesbury – but it can only be reached from the water…
My Big Ideas About Bicycling and the Cities We Ride In
Forget about the damned motor car and build cities for lovers and friends – Lewis Mumford In January 2011 I gave this 15-minute presentation to the Australian Cycling Conference in…