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20/10/2026

Cabin life
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18/10/2026

I’m a youth worker

It’s not a job to me, it’s a calling
To walk alongside a young person and help them on their journey is the greatest privilege.
However…
My journey now is changing also as I go into the afternoon of life.
Quiet and slow mornings, fireside chats, the forest, family and close friends are more important than ever.
My focus is shifting from chasing life to letting go and letting life ‘happen’

If you build it they will come
I have built it
Let them come

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13/10/2026

Authenticity

Somewhere to just be quiet, still and alone
Most of us never take the time to reset.

Nature bathing, or Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing), is the Japanese practice of slow, mindful immersion in nature to restore mental and physical wellbeing.

Given the pace of modern life it’s more important now than ever

06/10/2026

How lucky we are to be surrounded by such magnificent scenery, changing seasons and landscapes.
To just sit and admire
Quiet spaces in a noisy world
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20/09/2026

Wheres your happy place?

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09/09/2026

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22/08/2026

Winter feels

Coming out of the cold here in these beautiful mountains always makes me feel grateful.
Grateful for rain, grateful for the short days that allow me to regroup,rest and consider the work needed going forward.
These times are more than ever a reminder of why I have chosen to build a getaway to sit, chat and be present
Forward we go
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09/08/2026

08/08/2026

Question

What is the longest time you remember being alone? No human contact.

In 1996 I left Adelaide. I was stressed,burned out and totally exhausted.
I had a 4wd a dog and money but absolutely no idea where to from there.
I literally flipped a coin at the highway
Left to WA if heads or up the East coast if tails. Tails it was.
I kept a journal

I decided to avoid the bitumen and ride the Great Divide. Within a week I had found what was to become my all time favourite campsite that would lead to my new life in the little village Elands.

It was July, cold and yet beautiful.
I was alone and for the first time I could remember….free.

At first it was uncomfortable. Always feeling like I ‘should’ be doing something. I had stocked up on food, w**e and basics so there was no need to keep pushing.

It took near on a week before it happened.

I fell into truly being present. Not still, not quiet but present. I had not felt this way since being a child at my Grandparents farm where I would often go for walks in the scrub alone. I would just walk, watch and listen.

I stayed in this beautiful place and beautiful mindset for weeks. Just myself, my faithful companion Samson and the forest.
I wrote in my journal to remember this feeling. To never forget what real peace felt like, what it felt like to sleep properly, eat well, move slowly.
It was surreal

Skip forward 30 years

Here I am and what a ride it has been but I yearn for that feeling again.
Time to slow down and reflect
All the great sages, teachers and stoics knew that the secret lays within, but how many of us get the opportunity to truly be alone or are brave enough to seek it?

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