Category: Nature
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The Parable of the Twins
The Parable of the Twins I came across this parable at the time my daughter was about to give birth to her first son and was enchanted by it. I had studied “The Republic” by Plato at Armidale Teachers’ College, and had learnt about a similar metaphor, that of The Cave, included in The Republic.…
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“Snakey” by Roger Britton
“Snakey” by Roger Britton I soon learnt Death Adders were dangerous in more ways than one. The common belief among us school boys was that, once you were bitten by a death adder, you only had three minutes before your tongue went black, the whites of your eyes turned pink and you fell over and…
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The Ghostly Light
This is an early excerpt from a chapter of my novel “Karrana”, second draft well under way at this stage. When he got to Halfway Creek, he had to stop to catch his breath. It was pitch black now with the stars blotted out by the height of the trees and the lay of the…
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Black Swans Surfing
“Only in Australia” Thanks to Brian Moore for alerting me to the video clip below: Four black swans seen riding waves at Kirra Beach on the Gold Coast (Queensland) in Australia. #Only in Australia This post shows two photos I took at Kirra Beach last summer. (Not the video clip, which may have been taken…
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Poetry of Place: Down Under
One of the advantages of living where I do in Sydney is that there is water all around me. I’ve always lived near the beaches of the eastern suburbs, Coogee, Clovelly and Bondi. For two years my partner and I decided to experience a harbour change, and to live on the north side of the…