Category Archives: travel

Guest author: Darlene Foster – Ten Truths About Critique Groups and Why Writers Need Them

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Never underestimate the importance of a good critique group.  Without one, a writer may simply flounder in a sea of words and ideas. A critique group can make the difference between a mediocre story and an excellent piece of writing … Continue reading →

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Leaving Australia… Steve Tanham

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It’s going to be a wrench, leaving Australia. We’ve been here nearly a month and that’s the longest time we have ever been away from the UK. It has been a wonderful time. The star of the show has been … Continue reading →

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 Journal of the far side: 9 – The Island of Impossible Life – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Continuing Steve’s travels in Australia “Welcome to Central Station…” We thought we had misheard; sitting on the back row of the four-wheel drive bus – yes, I did write 4×4 bus! There’s a picture below, just to prove it. There … Continue reading →

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Journal of the far side: 7 – Tjukurpa – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Silent Eye – more of Steve’s visit to Uluru… It is, in the end, all about creation time. The meaning of this is not obvious to the Western psyche steeped in its causal logic, locked into this-to-that … Continue reading →

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Journal of the far side: 6 – Dreamtime from Steve Tanham

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“Mama Mala, there is man missing – a tourist. He was last seen with you!” “Yes, child, I know… the man who asked…” Sigh…”Asked, Mama? What did he ask? How did he ask?” “Water flows between the meeting places, child. … Continue reading →

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Journal of the far side: 5 – Longitude 131 – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Longitude 131 is the place where Uluru lives. Right in the middle of nowhere… It’s 06:10 in the morning and the mercury is rising past twenty-eight degrees centigrade outside our air conditioned and life-saving room. Most of yesterday afternoon, it … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Far Side – 4: The 1954 Coffee Bar – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The pictures on the wall tell the story – they’re an homage to how the world was in 1954, the year that Pellegrini came to Melbourne and established his iconic coffee bar. It was also the year I was born, … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Far Side – 3: City of the Shining River -Steve Tanham

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

More from Steve’s travels to Australia: I’m not a lover of big cities. I like to visit, but find little ‘humanity’ in their towering steel and glass trophies that seem to impose conditions of spiritual sterility on us – conditions … Continue reading →

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Journal of the far side – Day 1: Dubai – Steve Tanham

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

My eldest son and our daughter-in-law left for a life in Australia in July of this year, taking with them our only grandchild, Alice. As recently-qualified doctors, both were dismayed by the politics being played by the UK Tory government … Continue reading →

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A strange gift…

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Like most mothers, I have been the recipient of some strange gifts in my time. When children are young, what seems appropriate in their eyes may seem downright bizarre to an adult observer not privy to the inner workings of … Continue reading →

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