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Butterfly Batik (2)

Posted on04/01/201724/05/20232 Comments

I convinced my Beringharjo guide to speak to me in Indonesian. His aunties thought they were speaking to me in Indonesian too but I thought they were speaking Javanese. It didn’t matter much as we were soon speaking the language of cloth. Their second-hand fabric Read More …

CategoriesIndonesia, TravelTagsbackpacking, bargaining, batik, Beringharjo, Indonesia, Indonesian language, market, travel, Yogyakarta

Butterfly batik

Posted on14/12/201624/05/2023

I changed my website theme today and in the process I revisited a journey I made over twenty years ago. I was looking for something suitable to use as a background for my header image when I came across my old batik shirt. The fabric Read More …

CategoriesIndonesia, TravelTagsbatik, Beringharjo, Indonesia, Indonesian language, market, travel, Yogyakarta

Students at Pinrang workshop

Sulawesi Selatan

Posted on23/09/201508/12/2015

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve visited Indonesia, but this is my first time in Sulawesi. It’s the jigsaw-piece-shaped island that always seemed somehow remote, even though it’s only a two-hour flight from Jakarta. My visit here this time is the result of kebetulan. Read More …

CategoriesFeature, Indonesian language, Travel, WritingTagsAustralia-Indonesia Institute, Indonesia, Indonesian language, Sulawesi, travel, writing, zines

Melbourne Writers Festival Schools Program

Melbourne Writers Festival

Posted on30/08/201512/11/2015

Last week I got to see the Melbourne Writers Festival from the inside. I was invited to speak on a panel with Dragonkeeper Carole Wilkinson as part of the MWF15 Schools program. Our brief was to discuss how Asia inspired our writing. That’s us in Read More …

CategoriesTiger Stone, WritingTagsACICIS, imagination, Melbourne Writers Festival, travel

Iceland coastline near Stykkisholmur

Ash clouds and aeroplanes

Posted on06/08/201512/11/2015

Stykkisholmur is a small fishing village in western Iceland. Ngurah Rai International Airport is in Indonesia, on the island of Bali. What’s the connection? Volcanic ash. Right now, Ngurah Rai International Airport is a little quieter than usual; an ash cloud from Mount Raung, a volcano Read More …

CategoriesFeature, Travel, volcanoTagsaviation, Bali, Indonesia, Jakarta Incident, travel, volcanic ash, volcanic eruption, volcano

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