Nicola’s Story - Marlo Merrican, NSW / Birpai Country

"Stepping back and letting kids learn is really what's at the heart of home education."

Meet my friend, Nicola. We originally connected via substack and then in person whilst her family spent time down on the Peninsula. Our daughters, who are similar ages, hit it off instantaneously and in truth so did Nicola and I. This was prior to their move to the mid-north coast of New South Wales where they now call home, but Nicola’s story takes us on journey from Melbourne to Byron Bay, Vanuatu to Far North Tropical Queensland. Hers is a story of profound loss and grief, of spirituality and discipline, of wanting to be the person to teach her daughter to read and of being deeply connected to the natural world. 

This is episode 40 of Australian Homeschool Stories, Nicola’s story.

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This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.