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Finding love at the footy 17 Apr 2011 | 11:53 pm
I went to the footy last night. AFL, a match between Sydney Swans and Geelong. From memory this is the second time I have attended an AFL game. It was held in the rain at Sydney Cricket Ground. We had...
Starting from the end 26 Mar 2011 | 05:34 pm
I am still reflecting on transition, memory and time. My thinking has been placed into overdrive as I am writing this from Mongolia, my first visit since leaving four months ago. I arrived on a clear ...
Keira's World 17 Mar 2011 | 05:19 pm
Keira has found the "Photo Booth" on my laptop. She is having a wonderful time recording her view on life...In this recording she is exploring secret language (I wonder how much Mongolian is in there!...
A little bit about Keira 17 Mar 2011 | 02:50 pm
Each of us in this house are on our own transition journey. Although we are in the house together we travel separately through the ups and downs of this change. This is mostly a good thing, because i...
Making memories - goodbye Mongolia 12 Feb 2011 | 09:42 am
It has been just over two months since I left Mongolia. The days pass, regardless of how I feel. I am busy setting up a new house, getting the girls into school, re-entering the bureaucracy of being a...
Erkaa's Ger 30 Oct 2010 | 01:44 pm
The first night there were six of us sleeping in Erkaa's ger. Me in one bed (boss!) and Amaarsanaa in the other bed (our sometimes cranky old driver). The other four people slept side-by-side on thic...
Elder's Day - Songino 30 Oct 2010 | 01:24 pm
I was attending the harvest festival in Songino Soum in Zavkhan. The cooperative had chosen to hold their festival on Elder's Day, a big celebration in the soum. We arrived after the program had star...
Frost 30 Oct 2010 | 01:00 pm
We left Uliastai in the dark, after waking the petrol station attendant to fill up. Uliastai is a stunning valley with mountains rising on either side. I couldn't see anything other than the dusty roa...
Harvest Time - Gobi 25 Sep 2010 | 03:32 pm
I love this time of year in ADRA's food security program. The gardeners harvest the result of their hard work over summer and everyone eats until they can eat no more, then has a party. I recently ...
Thailand 11 Sep 2010 | 01:51 am
It seems every year for the past three years that we get the chance to visit Thailand. This time we went for an ADRA Australia workshop, me to represent ADRA Mongolia, Chris to get acquainted with the...
