Howard Archbold exchanged a big city job as an advertising photographer for a shack on the Moonan Brook which flows into the Hunter River near Moonan Flat in the Upper Hunter.

The idea of throwing it all in and heading to the bush is very attractive. A lot of people think about it but not many follow through.

Howard Archbold exchanged a big city job as an advertising photographer for a shack on the Moonan Brook which flows into the Hunter River near Moonan Flat in the Upper Hunter.

These days he spends a lot of his time making wooden chairs using traditional techniques.

But he's also very tuned in to the moods and health of the Moonan Brook which flows past his home.

And he has some interesting insights into the changes he has seen in the local community over the last ten years.

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