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- Market day
When ‘Homecoming’ plays on my phone to wake me up at 6:00am, I switch it off to roll over and get more sleep. But it’s market day, so I get up anyway. I live in a highlands province in Papua New Guinea and it may or may not be raining, but it’s always humid. More often than not, I wear a meri blouse which is traditionally worn by Papua New Guinean women. While it doesn’t suit my body type, the floral pattern works for me. I wear it out of respect for the Papua New Guineans, often reminding myself that… Read more: Market day - Connecting with nature
As a child I tuned into magpie warbling, their songs adding joy to my day, no matter where my family were living in Australia at the time. I still love waking up to the sound of birds, only now I listen to the songs of native birds surrounding my home in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Nature is all around me and I want to share some of it with you. Though I’m pleased to say that there are less nasty bugs and beasties where I currently live, than in Australia. There are no redback or white-tail… Read more: Connecting with nature - I live in a unique part of the world
I am an Aussie with ancestral blood from the British Isles. But I’m currently an expatriate living in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Ukarumpa is the name of the place where I live. It is a valley often referred to as the ‘Centre’, but I don’t tend to use this term as it sounds somewhat businesslike, although for some people it may well be. Regardless, some, if not all, of the community would consider Ukarumpa to be a unique and sublime place in the world. I recently re-watched The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey, starting with Bilbo Baggins’s chill… Read more: I live in a unique part of the world