NAtional Parks
Hiking in a Mother City
A “mother city”, you ask? The English word “metropolitan” is derived from two Greek words, “meter” meaning “mother” and “polis” meaning “city”, a “metropolis”. It also indicates a city from which others have been colonized, a parent state of a…
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time
The title of this post is a quote from someone called Steven Wright. I can’t remember where I first saw it, or even who Steven Wright is, but the idea of everywhere being within walking distance if you have the…
Breaking a 20+ Year Drought
Over the Victorian Labour Day long weekend, I did my 1st overnight hiking camp in more than 20 years. A week or so before that I purchased a 65 litre hiking backpack, and some new hiking boots. What follows describes…
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A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
Merimbula Marital Moments
As parents, Rebecca and I haven’t had more than a few days at a time away together from our children that were still young enough to be living at home with us. Now that Eliana is 16 years old, and…
A Sabbath at Mount Buffalo
A few weeks ago in the middle of May, before the Australian snow season started, Jesse, Eliana and myself spent a Sabbath hiking around the Mount Buffalo National park, in norther eastern Victoria (Australia). The original plan was that Jesse…