Blog Burnout

Under a cloudy sky, and with a strong, fresh wind whipping around me, I ran and walked the Ross River Parkway for six intervals of ten minutes of running and one minute walking. I had promised myself ...

‘Darwin Descendant Drops In’

While working at my desk facing a window with a view out into the rather tangled vegetation of our yard, I have, over the three months we have so far resided in Rosslea, been distracted by many things...

A Confusion of Seasons

At 6 a.m., my bicycle lights flashed white and red into the Queensland twilight as I rode to the fitness track. There, I sat up and chinned up, and swung and rotated hips while dawn swept in with clea...

Preparing for Tasmania

Today, for the first time since our arrival in Australia, I attempted to maintain and generally succeeded in maintaining a comfortable temperature in our house without the use of air conditioning. I o...