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  • Swimming Wild: Courage & Surrender

    I’m standing on the shore, looking out to the waiting boats. I’m about to attempt a swim from Terrigal to Umina Beach on Australia’s Central Coast with five other swimmers. Together, in various configurations, we will cover a distance of 23km, a full day at sea. The route passes Bouddi…

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  • These tiny purple flowers

    These tiny purple flowers

    I picked some lavender just now from the pot on my balcony. Planting it was another of my post-Tuscany promises; there’s a note in my…

  • Whole

    Whole

    I arrived at this place at the edge of things; my profession, my health, my loves. It’s not that they weren’t mine; I could see…

  • On silence, disappointment and crime

    I am tucked up warm at my desk, a cardigan thrown over an optimistic spring wrap dress, socks with multicoloured spots on them warming my…

  • Over land and sea

    I’m on another plane, flying across water. My bag is the small yellow overnighter, not the big shiny red number I bought in Florence. This…

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I’m Nicole, an ocean swimmer and a writer. Welcome to my little corner of the internet, where I share my dual loves.

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