Blog Posts

It’s okay to say you’re not okay, A Poem for You

September 13, 2018

R U OK? It’s okay to say You’re not okay. When life’s a raceway, Or you want to hideaway It could be your DNA, Or time for a holiday. You may have forgotten to play Or lost your way. When you feel the world weigh, Sometimes it’s hard to see past today. There’s no need…
Special Recognition Award for ‘Masonite Fire’: Light, Space & Time Online Art Exhibition

September 4, 2018

I am excited to announce my photograph ‘Masonite Fire’ was selected out of over 700 entries to receive a ‘Special Recognition Award’ in Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery‘s Open (No Theme) Art Exhibition, now online! I took this photograph while on day deployment with my NSW Rural Fire Service brigade to the wildfire near…
A journey of 1000 steps

September 3, 2018

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu It is no small wonder that you are alive and that I am writing to YOU. One thing that’s become ever more apparent this year is just how precious life is. It isn’t straight forward to be born into this world or to…
Mental Mountains: Perry’s Lookdown to Du Faur Head Return, Blackheath Blue Mountains NSW

July 17, 2018

“If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ― Dale Carnegie Whether we recognise it or not, each of us live with fear everyday. I don’t think it’s possible to conquer it entirely but I know for sure that we gain so much if we…
Cowan to Berowra Waters Return in Winter

June 25, 2018

Who’s the kid on the hike? Oh wait, that’s me… Among the burn in the legs, the sore arches and the mental game of putting one foot in front of the other up the hills, I find so much joy and accomplishment from hiking – and the elation of being a child again. This time…