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
4 min

Minimilism – Film Review

April 16, 2025
2 min

USB Controller Repair

April 14, 2025
8 min

Repair, Reuse, Reconnect

April 14, 2025
5 min

Book Review: Less is More

April 9, 2025
2 min

Threshing pigeon peas at home

April 7, 2025

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A Friend on the Street

With plans to sleep rough in Airlie I was looking for a power outlet to charge my phone. I’d seen one outside the public toilet and was just

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Brisbane to Airlie – Day 3-4

Arrived in Airlie, days ahead of time. Waking at first light to a cacophony of birdsong must have once been a near universal experience. There’s a certain comfort

Reflect Reflections & Philosophy

Instincts 05: Tribalism

The need to belong Belonging is not optional for humans. It is a deep need that shapes identity, safety, and meaning. David Samson argues in Our Tribal Future

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Brisbane to Airlie – Day 2

1150km completed, 25km to go. A very fruitful day! After a somewhat rough sleep, I steeped my porridge in the strangely warm tap water at the rest spot

Low-Impact Journeys Move Travel & Transport

Brisbane to Airlie – Day 1

420km completed, 750km to go. After skipping from bus to train to bus, I finally made it to the novel part of my journey at around 1pm, standing

Low-Impact Journeys Move Travel & Transport

Hitching North to Sail South

Today I am setting off on the start of a four or five week multi-modal journey with the aim of intensely developing my sailing skills. Ever since we

Reflect Reflections & Philosophy

Instincts 04: Playfulness

Taking a break for play It seems only too relevant that I’m writing about playfulness after taking a break from content creation to focus a little more on

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Instincts 03: Acquisitiveness

Explores our instinct for acquisitiveness, how it shapes saving, spending, and security, and the personal journey from fear and hoarding to community, balance, and living with enough in a world of environmental and social limits.

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Winter Update Part 4: Stories and Reflections

This is the last in our short series of updates of our activities over the past couple of months, this time focusing on the stories we have been

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Winter Update Part 3: Sailing, Cycling, and Slowing Down

While our lives have stayed firmly grounded at home these past months, a lot of time has gone into movement. Not the fast kind, but the deliberate, effortful

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
4 min

Minimilism – Film Review

April 16, 2025
2 min

USB Controller Repair

April 14, 2025
8 min

Repair, Reuse, Reconnect

April 14, 2025
5 min

Book Review: Less is More

April 9, 2025
2 min

Threshing pigeon peas at home

April 7, 2025