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2025 Year in Review

December 27, 2025
17 min
Photo of front gate with hand made sign

What Difference Can I Make?

December 23, 2025
21 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 3 of 3

November 18, 2025
10 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 2 of 3

November 14, 2025
8 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 1 of 3

November 6, 2025
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A Friend on the Street

October 21, 2025
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Brisbane to Airlie – Day 3-4

October 17, 2025
17 min

Instincts 05: Tribalism

October 15, 2025
8 min

Brisbane to Airlie – Day 2

October 15, 2025
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Brisbane to Airlie – Day 1

October 13, 2025
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Hitching North to Sail South

October 13, 2025
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Instincts 04: Playfulness

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vegetable garden

Instincts 03: Acquisitiveness

August 14, 2025
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Instincts 02: Altruism

July 16, 2025
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Book Cover - peach on blue background with white writing

Frugal Hedonism

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Minimilism – Film Review

April 16, 2025
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April 14, 2025
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28 min

2025 Year in Review

December 27, 2025
17 min
Photo of front gate with hand made sign

What Difference Can I Make?

December 23, 2025
21 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 3 of 3

November 18, 2025
10 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 2 of 3

November 14, 2025
8 min

To Sydney by Sea – Part 1 of 3

November 6, 2025
7 min

A Friend on the Street

October 21, 2025
14 min

Brisbane to Airlie – Day 3-4

October 17, 2025
17 min

Instincts 05: Tribalism

October 15, 2025
8 min

Brisbane to Airlie – Day 2

October 15, 2025
5 min

Brisbane to Airlie – Day 1

October 13, 2025
6 min

Hitching North to Sail South

October 13, 2025
22 min

Instincts 04: Playfulness

September 8, 2025
21 min
vegetable garden

Instincts 03: Acquisitiveness

August 14, 2025
13 min

Instincts 02: Altruism

July 16, 2025
10 min
Book Cover - peach on blue background with white writing

Frugal Hedonism

June 12, 2025
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Minimilism – Film Review

April 16, 2025
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USB Controller Repair

April 14, 2025
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Repair, Reuse, Reconnect

April 14, 2025
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Book Review: Less is More

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