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Places I've Lived

Aug 20, 2017
2 min

Alice Springs, The Red Desert

I remember looking at a map of The Alice as my family prepared to move there from Perth, and being excited at the prospect of living in a...

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Saren Dobkins

Jan 21, 2017
2 min

Roxby Downs, A Uranium Site

We left in convoy towards the desert sands of Roxby Downs, South Australia from Adelaide. Some people rode bicycles, it took about 10 day...

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Saren Dobkins

Dec 8, 2016
2 min

Commune in the South of France

I arrived at the commune in 1985 after having survived quite a treacherous journey from Amsterdam. I had hitchhiked over 12 hours. The la...

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Saren Dobkins

Sep 23, 2016
2 min

Taba Beach.

In 1989, I found myself living on a rocky outcrop in a makeshift tent in the desert mountains above Taba Beach, Israel. This small stretc...

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Saren Dobkins

Aug 9, 2016
1 min

Kibbutz, Israel

I have have stayed on four kibbutzim, in all parts of the country, over a thirty year period. Much has changed. Staying in these communit...

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saren dobkins

Jul 4, 2016
2 min

Darlinghurst, Kings Cross

In my naivety, I accompanied a friend and her three year old daughter to Sydney for a visit. It was to be for three weeks. I was around tw...

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Saren Dobkins

Jun 23, 2016
2 min

Places I've Lived

I was thinking as I was driving my tram yesterday, that I would like to record all the amazing, weird, different and surprising places I ...

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