The Gap Year Junkee

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Sometimes the roads most travelled give us great memories too. those buses... 🚌 looking back this week at my very first gap year: Latin America 👣 bit.ly/GYJ_CBD

Lazy Sunday. Newie Beach, Newcastle Australia

The grand entrance to the Ocean Baths Newcastle Australia

"I am from the sea." No filter required. The gorgeous Pacific Ocean.

This is my 'country'. I know the texture of its sand, the colours of its water, the heated scent off the trees. I'm never really homesick because I'm never really 'away'. I carry it with me as much as my own skin.

In Australian indigenous culture identity is tied to 'country'. But your 'country' is not as abstract and changeable as your nationality or the quarter acre block you have a mortgage on. It is the earth, the sky, the trees where you were born, where you are from, where your ancestors and people are from. To know it is to know yourself because are a part of it. You come from it. You belong to it. Its landscape and stories are in your DNA. You can change places, learn and live but you will always be of there.

When we need a wall to protect a wall that's protesting the need for any wall at all.

A gorgeous morning in beautiful Berlin

Zig Ziglar

Getting ready for the big sled dog race in Aviemore Scotlands Highlands. Check out my latest blog post for all the pics from the Sled Dog Rally http://bit.ly/SCO_sleddogs 

It was so cool to see these dogs in action. Some cruise along with their tongues out and others take it mad serious. Check out my blog post for some pics and facts about the sled dogs. http://bit.ly/SCO_sleddogs

I love these dogs. They are gentle, kind and always warm and cuddly.  And on this day, he has his game face on...it’s race day in northern Scotland at the Sled Dog Rally. See the pix on my blog http://bit.ly/SCO_sleddogs