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A quiet space in a noisy world. Camp oven cooking and fireside chats

25/10/2025

Finally got to get some chores done at The Bush Camp. I have been struggling with knee and back injuries so needed to take my foot off the gas for a week.
Striking the balance of work, rest and play is always a challenge. It’s easy to forget to be kind to yourself and this becomes even more important as the years go by.
At 61 Im still going pretty bloody hard physically and enjoying the challenge but we need to read the signs of burnout. Both physical and emotional.
I am setting up this ‘quiet space in a noisy world’ so that myself, my family and my friends will have somewhere to sit fireside, enjoy the views, the silence and take some time to just relax.
Almost there!

Mowing, planting out bulbs and clearing the way for the final stages of the build.
Feeling motivated
Staying grateful
💪👍

19/10/2025

Grow it
Store it
Bake it

The sound of a kettle ‘hissing’ on an old wood stove. The smell of a fresh baked bread and the taste of homemade jams, pickles and sauce!
These skills are in fast decline as we head into the so called ‘New World’.
Modern life with all its creature comforts and conveniences has left us vulnerable, stressed and separated.
For 20 years we lived a simple life and now that I am living and working back in the society I slipped out from I can see why I took that leap many years ago.
Don’t get me wrong it’s a good life. Great job as a youth worker, beautiful house in one of the best little towns in the mountains and a place The Bush Camp to escape the rat race. however something yearns in me?
I don’t want to forget the simple life. I want to pass on my knowledge of how to grow food, bake bread, store and preserve what we grow. I want to help others to realise there is more and if you sit fireside even just for a few nights you will realise how shallow we breathe, how fast we move and how precious time and presence truly are.
You can have both and that balance is a hard one to achieve.
Stay tuned

27/09/2025

I have had a good rest and now it’s time to kick this The Bush Camp into next gear.

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16/09/2025

In the next chapter of the ever evolving The Bush Camp story we will be looking into how I will set up my campfire sessions.

It’s important to not get too carried away with trying to achieve too much too soon.
In keeping things authentic I really need to keep a check on the ‘intentions’ of what we want from these gatherings.

Most of the time less is more.
There are a lot of great groups popping up and I believe we are at a super important crossroad in our collective evolution.

Back to basics and what we know works.
Immersing ourselves in nature, eating well, sitting fireside and sharing stories.
Stay tuned

25/07/2025

The Bush Camp
A quiet space in a noisy world

Stop the world I want to get off

The world is changing. Fast!
I grew up in th 70s, 80s and 90s and the world in 2025 seems light years away.

Artificial intelligence, cost of ‘living’ and phones have us so distracted and ill equipped to see the blatant obvious.
We have lost our way, our connection to nature, seasons and each other.
It is only when I am out in nature that I realise everything is as it was and has always been.
The rustle of leaves, birdsong, sunshine and rain.

THE NOISE

Be quiet now, seek silence as it listens and it speaks
Of the past and our future it knows the way, of the now it sits in forever
The noise it shares not to give, but to take, not to know but to tell
Beware the noise that comes to distract and disturb your once untethered soul.
A thief in the night and a teller of lies who betrays your ears and troubles your eyes

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