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TAKING LEAVE
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I’m trying to get my head around this thing that’s a thing for everyone. But I can only truly get into the shoes of my own experience and...
Scratch101
Mar 20, 20203 min read
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Strange Days
Before arriving here in New Zealand I booked a flight to Brisbane in Australia because I needed an outbound ticket to get myself through...
Scratch101
Mar 17, 20202 min read
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It Feels Like Something
The lady at the check-in desk asked me if I had a visa for New Zealand and an onward ticket. And I’m so organised these days that I knew...
Scratch101
Mar 4, 20204 min read
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Salt Water
I’m just about to leave Australia and it’s got me tumbled. I think it’s fair to say, I’m having a blip. Maybe it’s an every three months...
Scratch101
Feb 29, 20202 min read
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Heaps Good
On Monday, I left Byron Bay and spent a night up at Mount Nathan on the Gold Coast with a dear friend I made in the Philippines. We fed...
Scratch101
Feb 25, 20204 min read
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Excited and Calm
I’m at risk of turning into a diving bore. If I haven’t already. And I’m sorry, but not really. Because it’s become such a big part of...
Scratch101
Feb 9, 20204 min read
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Hello Again, Bali
I do like coming back to a place. And this time it’s making me think some more about what happens after my trip to New Zealand. Before I...
Scratch101
Feb 2, 20203 min read
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This Gift of a Thing
Nusa Lembongan is the prettiest of islands. And I’m so glad I made it here and I’m so happy to be spending time back under water. It’s...
Scratch101
Jan 30, 20204 min read
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Three Days
If you asked me, I’d quite confidently tell you that it takes three days for me to get the feel of a place and to feel settled. But...
Scratch101
Jan 20, 20203 min read
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Backstage Pass
I’ve booked a flight for next Friday from Brisbane to Bali. I leave late in the afternoon and will touchdown in Denpasar at about 9:30pm...
Scratch101
Jan 18, 20205 min read
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Australia
On Saturday I left New South Wales, with some friends to visit some friends, and headed north up to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. I’m...
Scratch101
Jan 7, 20202 min read
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Happy New Decade
Having had my mind on other things, and people, since arriving in Australia, and still not really grasping the idea that we’ve just...
Scratch101
Dec 31, 20192 min read
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It’s Beginning to Feel a Little Like Christmas
I’m flying to Sydney, I said to the lady at the check-in desk. You’re in Sydney, she said. And smiled. It had been a long day and exactly...
Scratch101
Dec 22, 20194 min read
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So long, Siquijor
Stay and make friends, she said. And Mum, you were right. I had thought I’d visit another island in between here and Australia as I was...
Scratch101
Dec 15, 20193 min read
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What Kammuri Did
Wednesday morning Kammuri was definitely not a ten-a-penny typhoon. 200,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the central and...
Scratch101
Dec 6, 20193 min read
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Jolly Me
I’m sitting in Jollibee in Robinson’s Mall. Jollibee is a kind of Philippine version of McDonald’s and serves up Chicken Joy, Yum...
Scratch101
Dec 1, 20193 min read
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Butterflies & Turtles
The butterflies here are enormous. The first one I saw was when I was out on the dive boat on Friday. It was so incredibly big that at...
Scratch101
Nov 25, 20196 min read
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24 Little Hours
The birthday party on Sunday, notably the karaoke-fun, went on way after the kids were in bed. But I decided it was just another sign,...
Scratch101
Nov 19, 20194 min read
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An Awful Lot of Cobbling
I’m reading Sweet Thursday over again. It’s my new favourite book. There is so much to it and I seem to be using it as a kind of...
Scratch101
Nov 17, 20194 min read
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Palawan
One day I might just worry about something that’s worth worrying about. Because I have, despite all the angst, arrived safely in the...
Scratch101
Nov 15, 20195 min read
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