Munduk. As I first enter, I am weary. The windy mountain roads disappear into thick fog and at times I can barely see five metres ahead. I am literally driving through a cloud. I check into the homestay. A wise local lady springs from her lounge chair in confusion, huffing and puffing her way toward me before greeting me with a broken smile. Between her limited English and my terrible Indonesian, we somehow dance our way through a conversation and eventually come to an unders

I didn’t start travelling because it looked good online. I started because somewhere along the way, life split in two. I went from what felt like a solid, loving family into something completely different. Things happened that changed me. Physically and mentally. I didn’t really know how to carry it. I became quieter. More closed off. The version of me that used to be out there slowly disappeared. I walked away from things that once meant everything to me. Sport. Friendships.

Lady Barron Falls. Photo: Aaron Jarman Mt Field National Park sits just over an hour from Hobart. Close enough for a day trip but far enough that once you’re there the rest of the world drops away. The air is cooler. The trees are bigger than you expect. The ground stays damp. Ferns crowd the track. Pademelons move through the undergrowth like they own the place. Which, to be fair, they do. The Three Falls walk is the reason most people come. For good reason. It’s not long an