by katrinam | Sep 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
When my kids were small, I loved my life. Loved being a hands-on mum. Loved creating and running successful businesses amid the school drop offs and the organised chaos. Loved building a family, with all its traditions and tedium and small miraculous moments that were...
by katrinam | Aug 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
Noosa, you were fantastic. Weather that saw me up at 6am and in the ocean just after the first beach coffee of the day. Fun outdoor dining with fresh seafood and cocktails that made me feel 20 again. It felt like not just summer but other cool life possibilities were...
by katrinam | Jul 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
I have a friend whose husband works in insurance. He’s an expert, the guy you want to call before you take out holiday insurance or decide on a home and contents policy. It’s just that most people don’t know about his day job—insurance gets such a bad rap he tells...
by katrinam | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorised
(Picture credit: Tegan Paisley) Before I walked the Larapinta Trail I thought a lot about what hiking for six days on a route classified for hard core experts would give an inexperienced and not particularly fit suburban mum. Blisters, sure. Tears, definitely. Self...
by katrinam | Jun 15, 2022 | Uncategorised
The morning after we arrived back in Alice Springs after finishing the Larapinta Trail walk in May, I headed straight into town and into Outbush in the Todd Mall. Opened in 1986, the locally owned business stocks everything you need and then some for an outback...
by katrinam | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
Since it opened in 2002, the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia has morphed from a favourite local walk to a world famous trek with up to 5000 walkers each year. Now that I’m one of them, I’m being asked a lot if I would recommend it (absolutely), if I would do it...
