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Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021

Blisters On My Feet and The Broken Bridge of Doom

The remains of a bridge photographed by Tim Horan.

I was tired and irritable, so I had little patience for what happened next. After a difficult hike, the narrow trail I was on dissolved into thick scrub. The path was no more.

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Posted on October 23, 2021October 24, 2021

My Walk into The Great Unknown

Photo of a path disappearing into the darkness of the Australian bush.

My fear of the dark blossomed when I was seven years old. That’s when we (my family and I) moved into a house at the end of a dirt road in the Adelaide Hills.

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Posted on February 8, 2021February 11, 2021

Your Mind Will Carry You When Your Feet Fail

Tim Horan holds one of his hiking boots with a ruined heel.

The last twelve months made me soft. Since Australia’s COVID-19 story began in January 2020, my sphere of physical activity deflated while my belly ran to fat.

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Posted on January 4, 2021January 9, 2021

Fun on The High Seas

I was 18 years old when I used a can opener to remove the lid from my swollen money tin. It was in the shape of a giant beer can. A generous pile of silver and gold coins foamed out with a pleasant metallic fizz.

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Posted on June 9, 2019

Our Beautiful Ocean Scares and Delights Me

Self-portrait of Tim Horan, taken on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland.

If you know me or stalk my Instagram account, it’s obvious I have a singular obsession – the ocean.

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Posted on June 2, 2019June 10, 2019

My Favourite Experiences Feel Like Dreams While Awake

I struggle with waking life. Too much time in it, and the ineffable thing that keeps me vital, withers.

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Posted on April 7, 2019April 7, 2019

Solo Travel to Sri Lanka Can Be Uplifting and Ugly

Anita and I chat about her recent solo trip to Sri Lanka. Her laid-back travelogue slowly becomes a horror story about dodgy holiday destinations promoted by Booking.com and TripAdvisor.

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Posted on June 24, 2018

The Perfect Place for A Fringe Dweller

I have always felt like an outsider. This is not a lament or a statement to garner sympathy, it’s a simple observation. I feel different and people perceive my difference as something a little weird or strange. Continue reading “The Perfect Place for A Fringe Dweller”

Posted on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018

My Time-Out Torture

Time – I never have enough of it, so I always seek to gain more of it. As I write this, I find myself with a surplus of time. I should be satisfied, luxuriating in my windfall, yet I’m frustrated. I’m holed up within a hostel, situated in the remote coastal town of Coral Bay. Continue reading “My Time-Out Torture”

Posted on April 2, 2018September 13, 2019

The Cave

There are two of me. The first, an adult, aware that any risk I take may leave my wife a widow and my children orphans. Continue reading “The Cave”

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I’m Tim – a writer, editor, and photographer from Sydney, Australia. Here I talk about work, play, and everything in between.

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