Notes, photographs and whatever happened this week.
The book is finished. The walking is not.
This is where the rest of it goes — what happens next on the Canning, the photographs that did not fit between two covers, the things I got wrong and would do differently, and the questions people keep asking me at rodeos and roadhouses and in the queue at the IGA.
Barbara Schwarzmann
17 October 2026
Forget the UN, forget the Olympics, the real seat of global tension is the Bomaderry Townhall full of orchid people explaining why their flower deserved the ribbon more than yours.
Read on →27 September 2026
Had a proper day in Sydney – botanical gardens were worth every step. Then a cruise ship let its passengers loose all at once, like someone popped a champagne cork and out came a t
Read on →26 September 2026
I hired a driver for the day and went up north to see the temple Pura Ulun Danu thinking it’d be a quiet, contemplative sort of outing. Turned out my 500 new best friends from the
Read on →23 September 2026
Every temple pond has the same décor – a plastic dinosaur, half a rubber duck, and a handful of coins that instantly became fish real estate. You buy the little cup of food expecti
Read on →22 September 2026
Got picked up at quarter to two in the morning for a trip up Mount Batur, which is not a time I normally agree to anything. Base camp first, then a guide, then a fair bit of scramb
Read on →20 September 2026
I know I should be walking to one of the little local cafés for my morning coffee. Trouble is, I’m up before the sun, and none of them open before eight. The only place near my hos
Read on →20 September 2026
If you reckon your work-life balance is a bit off, have a look at Bali. Seven day weeks, all the safety gear and tools you could want, paid holidays, and everyone downs tools toget
Read on →18 September 2026
Seriously…! Who needs one of those?? Not me, apparently. Doing it the old way today — works fine, just looks half as impressive.
Read on →18 September 2026
Had to leave Australia for a week to tick some immigration requirement box — one of those things you just have to do. I picked Bali, figured it’d be easy. Rolled into Ubud a busy l
Read on →16 September 2026
Booked my Jetstar flight to Bali feeling very pleased with myself, then found the fine print. Meals not included. Apparently that little orange plane runs on hopes, dreams and your
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