Living in Brisbane is enhanced by knowing how handle public transport, but in the Cassowary Coast there isn’t any to handle so I am seriously rusty about how to do it. So settling in well has meant rediscovering how to navigate it. The internet makes it relatively easy to journey plan your trip by rail,Continue reading “Journey Planning”
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Driving City and keeping a challenge small
Image Credit: Greg Neate Creative Commons some rights reserved Those of you who follow this blog regularly will know that I have been a bit wary of driving in Brisbane. So much so that I just didn’t drive at all for our first few months here. You will know that it took me many yearsContinue reading “Driving City and keeping a challenge small”
Art singing and dancing in the Streets
Art in the city, not shut away in galleries, but everywhere you look. It’s on power boxes, telegraph poles, railway station walls. climbs onto walls and alleyways. chalked, painted, sprayed, and poster papered. It’s murals with messages from Martin Luther King everytime I used to catch the bus in Marrickville I’d see his face withContinue reading “Art singing and dancing in the Streets”
Hidden Walks
Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
Banana Field in Tully Town – June Perkins Every town, urban or rural, has the hidden walks. These are the ones the locals know about and love. These walks can be found in the oddest places. They might be alongside a river, behind a school, near a local…
The country heart opening to the city
Since moving back to the city I miss that the country heart knows the families of the people the streets are named after, and always has the possibility of running into people well known when on a trip to the supermarket. I found that like a security blanket, because everywhere I went there wasContinue reading “The country heart opening to the city”
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