My first trip to Washington DC consisted of my friend JJ and I arriving on a night bus first thing and leaving on another that evening. I did the same thing eight years later when I made a last-minute trip from New York City to catch up with some old friends from Antarctica. As you…
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Mar
Here Silvana Benincasa and David Feldman were kidnapped on 2 June 1976. Popular militants. Detained and disappeared by state terrorism. It was just over two months since the coup d’etat that saw the military take power. Some Buenos Aires pavements have plaques like those above and below. Six weeks after the Argentina won the World…
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Mar
I hope not. It took me 46 years to get to San Francisco. Below is not the most flattering photo, but I want to prove that I crossed this bridge and will put up with a close-up of some wrinkles to do it.
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Mar
I want to swim in all the world’s oceans. This is me doing the North Pacific in Muir Beach near San Francisco, September 2015. Note the hoody below. Sunburn was not a concern that day. The North Atlantic was more inviting, but though Muir Beach wasn’t quite the Polar Plunge! Only the Arctic Ocean to…
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Mar
I’m on the road from Broome to Cape Leveque. I’ve always liked this picture, and not just because it was taken 17 years ago. There is an unspoilt beauty to a red unsealed road. The worse the road, the more we could have it to ourselves. Two weeks earlier, I was on the Gibb River…
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Feb
Perth’s Hyde Park in a dry summer still has at least ten.
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Feb
Last year, I wrote an advanced draft of a comedy show that I planned to stage at the 2021 Fringe World Festival. After COVID hit, I kept going, but by June, I felt too exhausted by everything. I couldn’t imagine learning the script. I was also worried that Perth might get locked down, and I…
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Feb
