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Journey through the world and life in pictures and words. Travel, narrative nonfiction and more

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@onethousandwords Mar 5, 2018, 7:50 PM UTC

What is your Steemit Legacy? : writing in permanent marker on the blockchain

When you die the people who love you, acquaintances, old high school friends, and your enemies will storm your Social Media. I know this because two years ago my sister stood from her jigsaw puzzle,…

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@onethousandwords Feb 13, 2018, 7:35 PM UTC

More than a Monolith: the desecration of Australia's sacred heart (SWC)

She rises in the distance, still in the desert heat. Not a hint of sweat as the sun begins its morning beat. She is home here, nestled in the crevices of earth below. The curves of her profile back l…

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@onethousandwords Feb 6, 2018, 9:51 PM UTC

The Battle of Bombo: in search of a Blood Moon on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia

If something happens once in a lifetime and you don’t see it did it happen? This is the question I ask as the freeway winds whip at my hair while I watch clouds gather in my rear view mirror. Concern…

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@onethousandwords Jan 17, 2018, 9:05 PM UTC

The call of the wilderness: South Coast dreaming

http://steepshot.org/api/v1/image/be0f6c96-a708-4040-b306-d66a9c5aee1f.jpeg - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Responsibility holds me in its tentacles. I want to chase the clear w…

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@onethousandwords Jan 16, 2018, 10:25 PM UTC

Sunset casts across an Uluru sky: Outback Australia

http://steepshot.org/api/v1/image/48096f2b-660e-4fc3-96b2-d8e39a78dd82.jpeg - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Uluru's changing colours reflecting the sunset light. A kaleidoscope…

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@onethousandwords Jan 11, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

Zen Disrupted: drop toilet wars and meteor showers on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia

The sun beats down as the car sways through coastal curves. I've hit the road with my camping buddy Chantel for an ingeniously timed mid-week getaway. Our hands hang out each window moving in a synch…

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@onethousandwords Jan 7, 2018, 1:51 AM UTC

The Bringing of Night: magic and mayhem across an Uluru Sky

Each night I plant my feet in the red sand dunes of this lookout. I feel the rhythm of the centre of Australia rise through my chest as I wait. Ready to watch waves of colour roll across this sky. Th…

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@onethousandwords Dec 19, 2017, 3:37 AM UTC

On Being Nice: how racism thrives in the polite society of rural Australia

Not much has changed in Cobar since settlement. The main street is an avenue of colonial architecture, wide enough to land a small plane. Empty except for the occasional dusty ute. Locals smile and n…

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@onethousandwords Dec 3, 2017, 8:42 PM UTC

Stalking the edge: life and death in the Australian Outback

The maps lay whisper still as I scan them by torchlight. An occasional dingo howl breaks the silence. Danger stalking the periphery. It is time to move, but where? Both directions a deadly highway. N…

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@onethousandwords Nov 20, 2017, 6:12 AM UTC

Time Travel through Outback Australia: the hidden bones of a lake with no water

The people began the business of sorrow weeks ago. The beasts, at least twice as high as them, keep their distance. Sounds of the women's wails echo across the lake. The furry animals would be cute i…

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