A RETURN TO PLACE
It's amazing how much a place can affect you. I was reminded of this again as I breathed in deep and gazed out from the Austen Alpinelodge balcony for the second year running on New Years Eve. Whenever I visit Mt Hotham in the Victorian Alpine Ranges, it has a profound affect on me. Perhaps it's the fact that, unlike viewing a city-scape, you can gaze out so far across the mountain range and at night see a plethora of stars you never knew existed. The potential of creating th