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Writer | Traveller | Dreamer. A lesson in contrasts; I am a hopeless romantic and a commitment-phobe; a homebody and a wanderlust sufferer. I have an obsession with striped t-shirts, distressed denim and cocktail dresses and survive mostly on grilled cheese sandwiches.
Each year the Australian Writers’ Centre (formerly the Sydney Writers’ Centre) holds the Best Australian Blogs competition which aims to celebrate, showcase and support the outstanding writing that’s happening in the Australian blogosphere. I’m chuffed to announce that Blonde Ambition has been nominated for the People’s Choice Award, along with a staggering 1007 other Australian […]
MoreWhen I was 12 years old, I had to change schools after being bullied. The emotional and verbal attacks spanned the better part of a year; kids who used to be my friends suddenly refused to sit with me, made fun of my appearance and said unkind things about my family. I think it hurt […]
More“Everyone has something unique they can offer the project.” —Travis Dewan, papergirl Brisbane organiser— Last week I read about a new street art concept happening in Brisbane which takes inspiration from the old-school paperboys of America. Originally founded in Berlin in 2006, Papergirl Brisbane follows a simple concept: art and writing is submitted by the […]
MoreLast year, on the eve of my 30th birthday, I gave myself a swift kick up the butt and decided it was time to stop living life on the sidelines and get into the game. Nothing good—aside from a Ryan Gosling movie marathon—was going to happen while I sat on my couch. I had to […]
MoreThis week is DonateLife Week and, to mark the occasion, I signed up to be an organ donor. DonateLife Week (Sunday 24 February—Sunday 3 March) is Australia’s national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation. There are around 1600 Australians waiting for an organ transplant. Sadly, many of them will die while they wait […]
MoreAs the big screen spluttered to life, a hush fell over the gathered audience. The air smelt of hot buttery popcorn mixed with insect repellent and bats in the nearby fig trees competed with the rustling of bean bags as we settled in for a three-hour adventure to Middle Earth. This was summer in Brisbane at its […]
MoreLast year, Australians sent more than 10 billion text messages. This year, I hope to send at least 50 handwritten cards to the people I love. According to a news.com.au story published this week, the art of sending a handwritten note—especially one of thanks—is dying out. The story explained how a recent study of 1000 adults, commissioned by Churchill Insurance, […]
MoreSummer has well and truly arrived in Australia; in fact more than 10 million square kilometers of our land girt currently ablaze with bush fires. The days are long and understandably hot and, as per my Summer Manifesto pledge, I’ve been enjoying many dinners on my deck with friends. Saturday night was no different; after […]
MoreAs part of my brother’s 25th birthday earlier this week, we decided to surprise him with a portrait of his five-week-old Doberman puppies. While Michael was out for the day, we let his five pooches—two male and three female—run riot in the quest for one image to put on a canvas so that he would have something to remember them by when […]
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