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ISLAND TIME

A personal blog about my salty life on Phillip Island.

MAJA WOLNIK

Cowes, Phillip Island, Australia

Hi my name is Maja and this is my journey! I recently made a life-altering sea change from the city lights of Melbourne to this stunning slice of paradise. I now call Phillip Island home. Follow my weekly updates as I discover the places and faces of the island, and share my attempts at gardening, surfing and managing my newly built home.

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All you need is a friend or two…

October 4, 2022
All you need is dad... and a friend or two It’s been a hectic couple of weeks juggling the business, the garden, trips back to Melbs for dates, birthdays and vet visits, and of course making new connections here on the island. But boy is there progress in the backyard!! I’ve been hacking away like a mad woman with my new tools getting rid of the weeds in a 4x4m patch right outside my alfresco area. I’ve concluded this section needs to be summer ready, and I’ll create a cosy fire pit area on pebbles. The rest of the yard…
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Adulting…through gardening

September 13, 2022
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Life’s a beach

September 6, 2022
The best thing by far on the island, for me, are the beautiful beaches. While there are SO MANY to choose from, explore and write about, this week I want to share some photos from the three closest beaches which I frequent most often. DOGGIE HEAVEN AT VENTNOR Roughly once a fortnight I take Leila to Ventnor beach, which is our closest dog beach. A short 6 minute drive from home, and we’re in doggie heaven. Being from a shelter, Leila has had a rough start in life, so she is generally terrified of most things and people, but she…
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Sweet dreams are made of this

July 1, 2022
How did I end up here? THE DREAM I’m not exactly sure, but when I discovered the beauty of Australian beaches when I moved from Poland as a little girl, deep down I knew that one day I wanted to live in a beach house and become a surfer girl…and here I am. But for the last decade or so, I've been somewhat of a city girl, or woman I should say. Still a beach babe at heart, I lived 50m from the beach in Port Melbourne, so the salty sea air and sand have been a part of my…