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One Thousand Words
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Journey through the world and life in pictures and words. Travel, narrative nonfiction and more
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2017-07-12 10:50
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blockchain
2018-03-05 19:50
What is your Steemit Legacy? : writing in permanent marker on the blockchain
When you die the people who love you, acquaintances, old high school friends, and your enemies will storm your Social Media. I know this because two years ago my sister stood from her jigsaw puzzle, walked
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jerrybanfield
2018-02-13 19:35
More than a Monolith: the desecration of Australia's sacred heart (SWC)
She rises in the distance, still in the desert heat. Not a hint of sweat as the sun begins its morning beat. She is home here, nestled in the crevices of earth below. The curves of her profile back lit
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onethousandwords
travel
2018-02-06 21:51
The Battle of Bombo: in search of a Blood Moon on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia
If something happens once in a lifetime and you don’t see it did it happen? This is the question I ask as the freeway winds whip at my hair while I watch clouds gather in my rear view mirror. Concern building
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travel
2018-01-17 21:05
The call of the wilderness: South Coast dreaming
Responsibility holds me in its tentacles. I want to chase the clear waters, the open road. I want morning light filtered through canvas rousing me to life. Dusk calling me to slumber instead of fluorescent
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uluru
2018-01-16 22:25
Sunset casts across an Uluru sky: Outback Australia
Uluru's changing colours reflecting the sunset light. A kaleidoscope of magic that pulls down the desert sky. I stood here night after night mesmerised by this sacred stone. The beating heart of Australia.
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travel
2018-01-11 23:46
Zen Disrupted: drop toilet wars and meteor showers on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia
The sun beats down as the car sways through coastal curves. I've hit the road with my camping buddy Chantel for an ingeniously timed mid-week getaway. Our hands hang out each window moving in a synchronized
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travel
2018-01-07 01:51
The Bringing of Night: magic and mayhem across an Uluru Sky
Each night I plant my feet in the red sand dunes of this lookout. I feel the rhythm of the centre of Australia rise through my chest as I wait. Ready to watch waves of colour roll across this sky. The
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australia
2017-12-19 03:37
On Being Nice: how racism thrives in the polite society of rural Australia
Not much has changed in Cobar since settlement. The main street is an avenue of colonial architecture, wide enough to land a small plane. Empty except for the occasional dusty ute. Locals smile and nod
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travel
2017-12-03 20:42
Stalking the edge: life and death in the Australian Outback
The maps lay whisper still as I scan them by torchlight. An occasional dingo howl breaks the silence. Danger stalking the periphery. It is time to move, but where? Both directions a deadly highway. North
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travel
2017-11-20 06:12
Time Travel through Outback Australia: the hidden bones of a lake with no water
The people began the business of sorrow weeks ago. The beasts, at least twice as high as them, keep their distance. Sounds of the women's wails echo across the lake. The furry animals would be
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travel
2017-11-01 08:01
Life in the Big Hole: bliss filled days at Ellery Creek
> My favourite thing about Ellery Creek Big Hole is the lackadaisical name, only Australians would reduce over 300 million years of geological activity to the phrase 'big hole'. You can't fault it for
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travel
2017-10-16 06:48
Welcome to Coober Pedy, the weirdest town on earth
Around campsites and caravan parks in Coober Pedy the leading question among travellers is: "Where are you heading?". The unspoken understanding is that nobody could possibly have come all this way with
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blog
2017-10-13 00:01
Tiny Living Goes Wild: 6 weeks in 1.5 square metres
Despite the fact that I've packed up my life, planned a trip to the Aussie Outback, and hit the road -- I am fundamentally quite lazy. I had originally planned to camp my way from Sydney to Uluru and this
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introduceyourself
2017-10-08 02:09
From the Ashes … how I came to be drifting my way solo through Outback Australia
Writing my first Steemit Post on the banks of Pamamaroo Lake With enough lived years most of us come to an event that flips our trajectory at least 180 degrees, often providing a few 360 degree loops in
