Australia week 3

Time for a holiday within a holiday, yippee. I spent the week in the Royal National Park, where Jane and Michelle live. We had beautiful days; costal walks, cooking, chatting, knitting, reading, feeding the cockatoos from Jane's veranda and I've been running along the beach in training for the Luang Prabang half marathon. Lots of conversations about how life is so different in Australia and Laos (consumerism versus survival) and great to have time to get absorbed in a book, loving Donna Tart.
Feeling very relaxed, I'm a lucky boy.

Australia week 2

Sydney has beautiful walks, Judith and I bounced along the harbour and on it's beaches. I'm loving the Aussie fragrance, it's spring so everything is in bloom and smelling fab. They have a great life here, great to see life happening all around; surfing, yogaing, parenting.
We celebrated Marky's birthday. He was my professor at Sydney Uni when I worked here 20 years ago and became a great friend. Love his wisdom, gentleness and his interest in the world and people around him. Happy 92nd Birthday Marky!
And then to Tasmania! Great to see Ana and her beautiful family, her children are having such a happy childhood, they are fun-loving and free. So happy to re-visit Wineglass Bay which is unspoilt, beautiful and peaceful, I think they should keep it a secret.
Hobart has heaps of history, a beautiful harbour, fantastic food and now MONA, great story how the founder has donated this to this city.

I'm feeling very happy and also lucky to have so much more holiday time ahead.

Australia week 1

so good to arrive in Sydney, feeling very lucky with so much time ahead to relax and be with friends.
loved arriving to the familiar australian smell; clean, unique and comforting.

a rainy start so went to museums, usually i bomb around in 30 minutes and head to the caf, but this time i especially loved the history of aussie art, i must be growing up!

then, to southern highlands. great to see fi enjoying life and she's featured in this month's country style, her textiles are fab and based on aussie botanics, and she's also developed a wallpaper range, check out her website 4leafclover.com.au
and. great timing, it was luc's 10th birthday, happy birthday luc, my gorgeous aussie godson.
lovely to be able to walk in the spring blossom and bump into roos, very cute.
birthdaytastic, judith was celebrating 73 years, more cake! yummmm

back to sydney for a sunny weekend at bondi where the young and beautiful live, the average age is 32, i kept my clothes on!
lovely to be with Adam and his beautiful daughter, Isobel. checked out all the green areas he's created, his favourite eateries and walks.
Jenn also has a lively and beautiful family and I can't wait to housesit in bondi next weekend.

and, fortuitous timing, i gatecrashed the sydney uni class of 95 reunion, so good to see people i taught 20 years on, lots happens in 20 years, loved the volume of chatter and seeing how we've grown up, our idiosynchrosies more pronounced, there was a fabulous warm energy.