Australian Traveller

PARADISE FOUND

SLIDING DOWN A RAIN-DRENCHED hill on one’s bottom is not something that most people would be happy about. It’s not something that they would write about in a national magazine either, for fear of embarrassment overcoming them. But I’m thrilled. Just as I was when I fell flat on my face earlier in the day.

The reason for my uncontained joy at each fumble, stumble and fall is that all come in the service of making Lord Howe Island even more perfect and pristine than it already is. Even in the short space of time since I arrived on the island, I have decided it is the least I can do for a place that has filled me with such a strong sense of calm and contentment.

I am taking part, ever so

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