Caroline

This Year Feels Like a Bean Year / 今年は豆の年！？

The weather has been wonderfully sunny lately, and the temperatures have been perfect for cycling, so I've been visiting my garden quite often on my bike 😊 Among all the…

Do you like pumpkin?!

Almost by accident, my partner ) and I grew a butternut pumpkin as long as my torso! We like gardening. I grew up with a mother who was into permaculture. And when Brad was a…

Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, Australia - 2004

Was this the best road trip I've ever taken?

For the longest time, I didn't think I was very lucky. Sure, I was grateful to live in Australia, where most of us can take our food security, public education and relative…

6000 km later: The first long story about our recent epic, Australian road trip

It started with an invitation to a four-day workshop in Sydney, and before I knew it, we were planning a seven-week, multi-state road trip. We left our home in Brisbane on the…

How much did the garden grow in our 7 weeks away?

As we pulled into the driveway yesterday afternoon, Brad and I were both wide-eyed, curiously looking at the garden to see how much it had grown. Many of the things we'd cut…

48 nights later

And we're finally home! I'm sitting on my bed. In the place I've called home for almost 7 years. And after 7 weeks away, I can tell you: It's nice…

Today was my 333rd parkrun!

We went to Jerrabomberra. That meant we got a 3rd "J" for our alphabet challenge. It was also a trail, which I love. A hilly, hard - half up, half down - trail. I loved the…

We're on the home stretch! Well, sort of.

This morning we left Merimbula. Our accommodation had the best views we've had on this entire trip. We had a 180 degree view from a wrap around balcony and could see beaches in…