An Introduction

My Suburban Life is both reference to where I live and how my life has unfolded. So, let’s begin with the simplest part of this....Glenorchy. Although, this suburb that sits north of the Hobart CBD is anything but simple. Claimed to be the most multicultural suburb in Tasmania, it is a cultural, political and social blend of people, attitudes and beliefs.

I have been living in a quiet street for the last three years since I purchased a little 1960’s house that originally belonged to Norma and Cyril. It’s a warm, inviting and sunny house which reminds me of my childhood, with the tinted green laser light at the entrance and mix of red brick and timber. The large back yard which was immaculate lawn until I got my hands on it, would have once been a cricket pitch and paddocks next door have been replaced with many houses and units. 

Three years is only a brief hello to this community and I feel that there is so much more to it than I have experienced. I guess it is the crossroads that I find myself at both personally and professionally that have inspired me to write...to write about the ordinary and the everyday, because to be quite honest the world seems a little overwhelming at the moment. And sometimes when things become too complicated, cruel and confusing, the best and most comforting place is home and writing.

My aim is to write a little each day and through this process share some of my writing and the extraordinary places, events and activities that are happening in the northern suburbs.

Welcome to My Suburban Life.