“My working definition of love is sustained, compassionate attention. When you pay attention to another, it changes your relationship with them, and it also changes you. That attention is also what forms and sustains our relationship with the natural world. Your attention is one of the greatest gifts that you can give to the world, […]

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” ~ Vivian Greene Bribie Island National Park is situated 65km north of Brisbane, Queensland, and is linked to the mainland via a bridge. The geography of the park is made up of sand dunes, heathland, paperbark wetlands, […]

Bribie Island National Park Australian native flora

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Back in June, I held a sold out, beginner nature journaling workshop, where we were inspired by the lagoon and bush setting of The Lotus Cottage in Logan Village. The morning started out a bit chilly, but thankfully the sun popped out, […]