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Then tell the Wind and Fire where to stop
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It’s Road Scholar’s standard operating procedure to have each site coordinator distribute a paper with a summary of each day’s activities while the group is under their purview. I’ve found these helpful in reconstructing the trip for this blog. I …
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the inscription on the baker’s shelves
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For a second consecutive day, we’d be up before the sun. We had to be on the bus by 06:15 for the roughly two hour ride to Cape Jervis where we’d board the Sealink ferry for its 09:00 departure to …
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A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self
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After enjoying the views, and spotting a superb fairywren, we descended from the top of Yuridla (Mount Lofty) following the same route we’d used in our ascent but once we reached the plain we’d proceed to the center of Adelaide …
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the light was playing on its surface
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Having taken a brief but, I think necessary, introductory detour into trying to understand the unique world view of Australia’s First People we can return to the main road of my personal journey as one among 20 Road Scholars. Sometime …
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old voices impelling me upward
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HEADNOTE: All artworks in this post appear courtesy of Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery. Special thanks to Kristie Linklater for granting permission. HEADNOTE 2: This overview is a superficial summary presented within the framework of my limited understanding. Now that we’ve …
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