Paws and Reflect

(this wasn't even on the official Trail....it should be!)  A few weeks ago we became aware of the latest book written by Julia Baird, "Phospherence - on awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark". She is an Australian TV presenter and Historian and had actually written the book in response to some quite hefty life challenges. It was pure coincidence that the book was released at the beginning of the Covid19 Pandemic and, as a result, has flown off the shelves. I persuaded Von it might be a good read, and has proved thus far to be so. In the book Julia talks about how do we achieve inner light over things we have no control of. Amongst the writing one of the things that resonated with me was 'seeking awe and wonder daily'. She goes on to say that:- 'we take 'awe' for granted. Awe makes us stop and stare. Being awestruck dwarfs us, humbles us, makes us aware we are part of a universe unfathomably larger than ourselves...... w onder

Crikey! I can't quite believe we have been back on the road for only 7 days. The 1st June marked the first day that the State Government of New South Wales declared we could travel within the State (well, all people, not just us, that would be weird). The announcement was made in the last week of May and this meant that a number of places, which had been shut for almost 12 weeks, had very little time to get themselves ready for tourists albeit domestic ones. So we've had to be fairly flexible as to what is open or not. This hasn't, in any way, prevented us from finding an abundance of interesting things to see and do; in fact quite the opposite, so I've had to edit considerably and bring you all the highlights! I am happy to report that Australia is still providing many BIG Things and statues of people and horses, and people 'on' horses. It was a bitter sweet moment leaving Kangaroo Valley, having been cocooned there for 12 weeks but we are back in Augu