Hitchhiked 900 kilometres across Eastern Australia to Drake Village. Rode my bike 15 kilometres to the banks of the Rocky River. Hiked through the bush, pitched my tent, lived on mung beans and lentils for a week… all so I could be at Rainbow Gathering. Was it worth it? Yep. Absurdly beautiful river. Lovely, lovely…
My friend Tania is a person of many talents: traveler, mother, community facilitator, revolutionary, life coach, and, it turns out, she makes fantastic scones. Here’s the recipe. Combine flour and soft butter in a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add a little bit of salt, and a…
While we weave, Bianca tells us a story… “Mum has always been an activist. She has always been a proud and vocal Aboriginal woman, but when I was in my teens I was ashamed of who I was. I grew up in a context that was profoundly racist. At school I was regularly…
Ian will drive his horse wagon around the entire circumference of the Australian continent, a distance of more than fourteen thousand kilometers. Ian doesn’t seem crazy, but he does make me feel quite normal…
Sitting beside a fire on a cool, clear night, what warms the heart and satisfies the soul like a greasy, smokey sausage, grilled to sooty perfection on a stick? You will need: 1 dry clean stick 1 – 9 sausages (depending how hungry you are.) Some bread A good hot bed of coals If…
…Mohamed climbs out and walks around the car. He squints at the sand around the door sills and kicks at the tires. Bill and I look at each other, and feel grateful we brought plenty of water. “Now we push”, says Mohammed… It’s 06:45. The sun’s coming up. I untangle myself from my sleeping…