Living at the end of a 1.5 km dirt road, in the middle of bush, 25kms from the nearest town tends to give you a different perspective to living in a suburban house 25kms from the CBD. I don’t know whether it is the wallaby droppings or the 2 stroke fumes from the brush cutter [...]

Many years ago I was married to an alcoholic.  When I realised I could no longer go on living with him I refused to let him back while he was in a detox unit. With two small children of 3 and 5 I was taking a terrifying leap to assert my independence. No income, no [...]