The Cradle Mountain Hike, Tasmania, Australia

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This hike in Central-West Tasmania, also called The Overland Track, is one of the most famous in the world, and it would have to be in part for its pristineness. Need to Know Description: Point-to-Point HikeTime: 7 daysGrade: 4 out of 5 Requires endurance. Weather can make things challenging. This hike in Central-West Tasmania, also … Read more

Yep, you can use a ‘keep cup’ during Covid-19. Here’s the facts.

WAR ON WASTE VS. COVID 19 Yep, you can use a 'keep cup' during Covid-19. Here's the facts.

Hello. This is a post I wrote to help coffee drinkers and cafe owners navigating the HUGE misconception that, “You can’t use reusable, or BYO, cups during Covid”. Fact is: you can. So why is everyone saying you can’t? Same reason that everyone panic-bought toilet paper…because everyone else panic-bought toilet paper. Time to bust this … Read more

I have a simmering rage.

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I do love this passage by Lang Leav from The Universe of Us. Rage is upon us. At this moment in his-story, it might be her-time. Rage, when nurtured and directed right, is thoroughly appropriate and needed. In This One Wild and Precious Life I refer rage as necessary for courage, which we need right … Read more

A hiking guide to King Island, Tasmania

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A trip to King Island, anchored in the middle of the Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania’s North West coast, is not likely to be what you expect. It’s wilder and remoter than popular lore would suggest and you’ll struggle to get a good latte. The hikes are unmarked, the food options limited (due to the remoteness; … Read more

A mountainbiking guide to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia

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Have you been to the incredible Flinders Ranges in the South Australian outback yet? Not so many have. Which is madness. The place is a supreme mix of outback expansiveness mixed with stunning rock formations and surprisingly oasis-lush landscape reminiscent at times of California or Greece…all within a few hours drive of Adelaide. Well four-to-five, … Read more

When wellness friends get caught up in QAnon conspiracies: some resources

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Earlier this week I decided to write an oped for The Guardian about a phenomenon plaguing many of us – how people we know, mostly “loose” friends from Facebook who, more often than not, are wellness warriors or spiritual types, have suddenly bought into QAnon-inspired conspiracy theories. I wrote the piece because I was really … Read more