Belle

SHIP TO SHORE

From my first visit to Trincomalee I was captivated and obsessed by the somewhat quirky house in its magical setting. I’m not sure what exactly it was that initially got me hooked. Was it the boat-only access, or the way the charming and slightly eccentric old house sat rather grandly in the bush, looking over the water between Lovett and Elvina Bays in Sydney’s Pittwater? It wasn’t like anything I’d experienced before.

Arriving in Sydney in 1991 from the UK, I was intent on finding adventure and soon became close friends with Justine

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