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Last night I was surrounded by hundreds of sweaty, shirtless men gyrating to music. Streamers were shot into the sky and fell across my shoulders as people weaved their way through the dancing crowd waving strings of flashing helium balloons. My arms were in the air and there was a smile on my face. But I wasn’t at […]
MoreWould you believe I’m feeling somewhat melancholy after my long weekend in the rural town of Queensland at Chinchilla’s Melon Festival? There wasn’t a free motel room to be found for miles (or possibly even in Miles*) as more than 15,000 people converged on Chinchilla last weekend, effectively tripling its population, for the celebration of all […]
MoreI once read that the secret to a successful closet clean out was to start by writing a list of your favourite pieces (mine would go something like: striped t-shirt, striped t-shirt, striped dress, blue jeans, pink jeans, lighter pink jeans, striped t-shirt). The theory being that if you stop and think about what your […]
MoreWhile I don’t intend on ‘kicking the bucket’ anytime soon, I love the idea of bucket lists— finding new things to try, places to visit and adventures to have. It doesn’t need to be filled with grand plans of faraway places, in fact I think it’s good to always include things that are close to […]
MoreWhen Jeremy Scott was four years old, his parents told him he was going on holidays. They lied. Unable to face telling their young son that he needed open heart surgery—a procedure that was still considered a ‘lottery’ in 1977—Jeremy’s parents chose instead to tell a little white lie. The eldest son of Steve and […]
MoreDoes the thought of Christmas shopping with crowded car parks, thousands of people and flashing red SALE signs everywhere fill you with panic? Never fear, I have put together a quick gift guide filled with wonderful things you can buy online! Hurrah! And as keen as I was to just make this a gift guide […]
MoreSunday mornings are made for sleep-ins (or an attempt at one), morning walks along the river, trips to the markets and if I’m lucky, a lazy brunch in the sunshine. They are not, in most cases, for running through bushland in a pair of camouflage overalls that (unattractively) expose your ankles, wearing what looks like […]
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