Theme: Overwhelm is a clever eogic strategy This is clearly a very current topic (or at least in this household). I was listening to something recently and heard the famous Desmund Tutu quote ‘How do you eat an elephant?’. The answer being ‘one bite at a time’. I immediately resonated with this, having felt high […]
Why We’ve Decided to Move to a Remote Tropical Island
Ok, so we’re doing this?! I looked at my hubby and his face mirrored my emotions. Equal parts terrified and thrilled. We’d talked about this decision on and off for years. Never quite being able to commit, always finding an excuse. The timing wasn’t right. The kids weren’t the right age. We needed to save […]
10 Things I Learnt Travelling the Gibb River Road
We recently returned from almost three weeks adventuring around the Kimberley region of WA. We flew into Broome, before embarking on a journey of a lifetime, travelling over 800km on mostly unsealed roads, taking in the red dirt, gorges, rock faces and wildlife. We connected with other travellers, made friends, created memories and explored parts […]
Encouraging my Children to Know Their Niuean Heritage
Fakalofa lahi atu! (translation: a warm greeting to you). Something that you might not know about me is that I was born on a tiny island in the South Pacific; Niue Island. My mum is Niuean and my dad in Australian. They met in Perth in the 80s, fell in love and moved back to […]