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Secret highlights of an unknown rural gem
Recently I spent a week on writing retreat in rural NSW, near a place called Clarence Town. I’d never heard of Clarence Town before. It’s a few hours north of Sydney, and has a population of less than 1000 people. It’s inland, and you have to turn down several side roads to get to it. […]
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Lessons from Australia: You don’t hit sleepy lizards
Last week I was on a self-styled writing retreat in country NSW, near the Hunter Valley, and it was sublime. I spent most of the week at this desk, staring out at this view of the Williams River. I was interrupted only by eastern rosellas, kookaburras, and one dead mouse that showed up in the […]