Tag: Australia
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National Arboretum Canberra.
Location: ///luxury.fire.draw35°17.55096’S, 149°4.29126’E Took Juno for a walk up to the arboretum to catch the golden hour and perhaps grab a couple of snaps. Only he had other ideas, certain that the only reason we could possibly have come up here was so he could pee on a tree from every country on the planet.…
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Theatre 3.
Location: ///solved.barn.anyone35°16.89438’S, 149°7.3425’E Theatre 3 is home to one of Australia’s oldest theatre companies, Canberra REP. It is a simple brick building with a seating capacity of less than 200 and it usually stages around six productions a year. Back in another life I played the trumpet, and it so happened that I participated in…
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The long drive home
After surviving a bumpy road trip filled with potholes and over salted chips, it’s time to tackle the mountain of laundry and plot the next adventure. A brief pause to digest the journey, then it’s full speed ahead to plan the next escapade – Japan!
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Final day at Byron Bay
Last day in Byron Bay before following the temperature gradient south to Canberra where the Maximus Celsius has been around number nine. A frosty reception awaits. And here is a Koan: A student asked Dongshan, “When cold and heat come, how can we avoid them?” Dongshan said, “Why don’t you go to the place where…
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Cafe culture
Enjoying a meal at the picturesque Byron Bay General Store, I delve into a delicious acaci bowl while engrossed in a book on monistic idealism and quantum mechanics, scored from a remote second-hand bookshop.
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The church
Location: ///rambles.mistreat.comforting28°40.93548’S, 153°26.33388’E Out for a country drive and stumbled across this beautiful old wooden church (St Aidans’ Anglican) just outside the town of Eureka. Originally built around 1895, it has obviously had some recent attention and a fresh coat of paint. I love the rich simplicity of this design. Standing on tiptoe I peered…
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Wish you were here.
Location: ///suave.glittered.replica28°38.41446’S, 153°36.73026’E Another postcard day walking the sand at Byron Bay. Sure the town has become the embodiment of everything I hate about over-development. But the beach…the beach remains just as I will always remember it. Seaspray, spirit-scapes and sand in the swim trunks.
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Hanging heads for old skool cool.
In case you were wondering, the practice of head shrinking (known as tsantsa) originated amongst the Jivaroan Indians of the Amazonian rainforest. It was believed that shrinking the head of a slain enemy would allow an individual to both acquire the dead persons soul and protect them against suffering the same fate. The heads were…
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