Category: Australia
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Notes from a weekend in Tasmania
Escaped the city for Tasmania’s tranquility, embracing near-tech-free living and nature’s wonders, like the Northern Highlands and Cradle Mountain. The trip—ferry and cozy cabins included—inspired a return to mindful consumption and hope for sustainable futures. In Tara Brach’s words, we often miss living in the present, something this weekend remedied.
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An escape from the city
A couple of weekends ago, Peter and I visited Daylesford, the charming little town popular with Melbournians seeking refuge from the workweek. It was our first overnight escape from the city since we moved to Melbourne in 2022 and something we had been looking forward to doing for a while. And it was so worth…
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Sydney, Australia, via everywhere else.
In February 2017, after four years living in Colombo, Delhi, Pune, and Singapore, I moved back to Sydney. This is a post about falling in love with my hometown after several failed attempts over the years. But first, some context Though I was born in Sydney, clocking over thirteen years in Australia in bits and…