I left Ulladulla today and travelled by coach to Bateman's Bay down the coast and then on another coach inland to Canberra, the capital. The countryside is lush with green rolling hills and open plains - very unAustralian! The town is rather like a very large park with occasional large cement blocks throughout - these being government buildings and national monuments etc. Quite strange. The CBD itself reminds me of Rotterdam - lots of concrete, 70s shopping p...

I took the coach down to Ulladulla (three hours south of Sydney) to meet Kelly's friends Stephen and William. Stephen is an ambulance driver by day and a clairvoyant/psychic healer/reiki master the rest of the time and runs courses with his wife Jennifer. William has a retreat in the Bush with cabins and has recently discovered his own psychic abilities. Together they are starting to put courses on at the retreat to allow people to connect with the earth ener...

Today is my last day in Sydney and so this part of the journey is done with. After 4 months i have got to know the place quite well but there is so much i didn't do or see for whatever reason. Didn't go to the Blue Mountains. Didn't see the famous drag show in Kings Cross. Didn't visit Hunter Valley wine region. Didn't climb the Bridge. Didn't even have lunch at the Fish Market. However, that's all irrelevant because what i have done and seen has been life ch...

Not really been interested in writing on here lately but I couldn't let this sad day go by without marking my respect for the special spirit that was our Jaspie. The perfect dog. What more can you say? The perfect companion and the purest and noblest friend. How many dogs come and give YOU a hug whether you like it or not? A warm and sturdy, soft and tactile physical presence. A dependable, unquestioning source of solace and love. How can we say goodbye t...

One year ago today i left lovely Blighty, and hasn't it flown by? Well actually it's a strange combination of seeming like yesterday and seeming like it was in another lifetime...weird. Anyway, I've had a bit too much caffeine today and my mind is a scramble so i'll come back this w/e and put more on then. x