For most of the last fortnight we have been holidaying.  As I prepared to write this post, I reflected on why people holiday and why we choose the places we do.  I thought about many of our friends, who are at a stage in their lives where they travel overseas to see long dreamt of places, but what exactly is it about holidays and travel that motivates us to be away from home?  Let me say...
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What can I say?  Two Mondays have been and gone and I haven't posted anything but it wasn't for lack of trying.  We have been on holidays, and I could have sworn I was all organised to keep this blog going while we were travelling, but no.  Everything technological conspired against me so here I am, back at work, with lots to do and no time to write anything until next Monday. Apologies to my...
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It's another amazingly beautiful morning in the central highlands of Victoria.  Dawn is just breaking and the sky above the tree line is stunning orange, streaked with yellow and deep grey, fading to shimmering white.  It is changing by the minute as the sun continues to rise.  I can see the white ground emerging and the intense colors of a few minutes ago are fading; we have another heavy frost and the inevitable cold that...
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