When Muslims are killing Hindu students in their hostels in Bangladesh and the world is distracted by events in Israel and Gaza, Kerala is a unique reminder that multicultural cohabitation can work peaceably well. But perhaps the secret is to mix trade, commerce, business with religion – it seems to temper ideology and even engender…
When I heard that friend Grant was ill I started to write out some notes about him. I had done something similar after David passed away. I figured I would get something down before Grant passed but I was too slow and I had barely got this underway when the news came through that he…
After we finished the conversation with the Apple SOS AI bot we packed up camp. The day has started out overcast but it clears to a blustery sort of day but there is no rain thankfully. Had there been any rain we would have left the tarp up. But the best pickup point is on…
Monday 11th Sep 23 South Coast Track, Tasmania It is quite reasonable to edit ones track notes when publishing. I’ve refrained from doing so in this entry in an effort to retain the immediacy of the thinking. It all looks and feels different a day or so later, especially from the comfort and safety of…
Sunday 10th Sep 2023 South Coast Track, Tasmania It is quite reasonable to edit ones track notes when publishing. I’ve refrained from doing so in this entry in an effort to retain the immediacy of the thinking. It all looks and feels different a day or so later, especially from the comfort and safety of…
Saturday 9th Sep 23 South Coast Track, Tasmania …who pings their PLB. It is quite reasonable to edit ones track notes when publishing. I’ve refrained from doing so in this entry in an effort to retain the immediacy of the thinking. It all looks and feels different a day or so later, especially from…
Friday 8 Sep 23 South Coast Track, Tasmania Ironbound Low Camp is a very loose term. Camp is not what you might imagine the the word. Any patches of ground that looked reasonable proved, on close inspection, to be potential ponds, or were located under vast tonnages of timber which is disconcerting to say the…
Thursday 7 September 2023 South Coast track, Tasmania Camped at Low Camp, Ironbound Range. 900m up and not quite 900m down. Descent like coming down a steep ladder covered in grease. Knackered. 0613 departure after discovering at 0500 our site was flooding. Slept despite listening to wind in the trees and surrounded by lots…
Wednesday 6 Sep 23 South Coast Track, Tasmania When I undertook my officer training we had what must have been the most idiotic leadership assessment exercise, run (I use the term loosely) by an officer who I can happily report did not survive her student review. Legend has it that she became a lady of…
Tuesday 5 Sep 23 South Coast Track, Tasmania We have woken to an unexpected sunny morning. The four day forecast had us expecting to pack up in rain and as we dropped off to the sound of rain last night that was a reasonable expectation. I did consider that the nature of the rain –…