Hive Australia

Poor Caroline and Brad. I made them go swimming in cold waters in Victoria. They're Queenslanders. Their version of cold is opening up the fridge or putting on a long sleeved t-shirt. But to their credit,

Price fades. Builders remain. Hive gave me value, community, and choice—so I stay, blinkers on, enjoying the long game.

This is a cross post of @melbourneswest/user-pay-systems-the-hidden-tax-drowning-victorians-6wd by @aagabriel.User Pay Systems: The Hidden Tax Drowning Victorians by @melbourneswest

Good news my friends - the house is SOLD! How things can just turn on a pin. Last week I was in an anxiety spiral wondering how we were going to pay this stupid mortgage and afford to eat and now we have

We do joke with people overseas that all Aussies have kangaroos in their garden. But in this case, it's true. This week we woke up to three kangaroos in our front yard. One was even called Kylie. She had

I know a few people have been looking forward to this one, and I've been reluctant to post as I've just been so busy and to be honest, you might not see our vision. First of all, we bought in one of the

Last night I cried uncontrollably. 'Oh don't do that', Mum laughed. It was her fault - or maybe it was everything - the tension in my body for waiting a week and a half for an offer on the house to be

My grandson says, like many nearly three year olds that he 'wuvs' things. Elephants - he wuvs them. Edie the dog? Wuvs her. Me, I wuv my windows. I'm going to miss my windows out onto the garden. It's

Last night, I renovated our new bathroom in my mind ten times in my semi-dreams. You heard right. Our new house. Okay, well we have still yet to sign the contract of sale and do all of the paperwork, and

I always feel like I shouldn't love a zoo. It's quite the thing to see lions in small spaces, snow leopords hiding be beneath single pines, giraffes as you sip your latte. But dammit, Melbourne Zoo, it's

Although I'd love to say this photo is me, it's of my best mate, surfing a little hidden break on the surf coast called Pixies. Her Dad was a big wave surfer and shaped his own boards, and she's riding

I've been waiting for the Hive Buzz announcement for ages it seems - I felt like it was coming up to my 7 year anniversary on this amazing platform, but wasn't sure when. I felt like all the people I've

This is a cross post of @riverflows/week-1-surfebruary-in-which-i-raise-money-for-cancer-can-you-help by @riverflows.Grateful for support 🌊🙏

For those of you that have been following a long, we have been travelling in a Defender 130 with a difference - it has a custom tub that makes it a two door panelvan, a and we build a pop top on it, making

This is a cross post of @bengy/flour-water-salt-south-nowra-australia by @onlyjob.Flour Water Salt: South Nowra, AUSTRALIA

This is a cross post of @bengy/the-nielson-sydney-australia by @onlyjob.The Nielson: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Orbital is a book of perspective. It's the kind of thing most of us need a reminder about, wrapped up in the minutiae of our lives - the traffic, the bills - and believing we mean something against the

This is a cross post of @montycashmusic/the-new-age-of-abundance-a-call-for-balance-and-responsibility by @aagabriel.Abundance is Corporate Managerialism-speak for enticing the soul-wounded into vapid,

A doctor’s guilt spirals into madness after the mysterious death of his wife haunts his conscience.

I think I'm doomed to want to be anywhere where I'm at right now. There's always a sense of missing out on something, or being in the wrong place. Growing up, I lived in a small coastal town in Australia