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Meet Pete — Pete’s Seven-Year Journey Through Homelessness, Work and Community in Hobart
For the past seven years, Pete has volunteered alongside me through countless small projects. Not famous projects.Not polished projects.Just real ones. The kind built around survival, friendship, loyalty, and the slow work of rebuilding a life. Pete first came into the world around Food Not Bombs Hobart during a difficult season of homelessness. Like many…
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Pete gets to the steps
Pete’s simple act of offering food to those waiting outside the shelter created a moment of connection and shared humanity. His presence and kindness shifted the atmosphere from waiting to togetherness.
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Pete’s First Weekend in the Night Shelter — A Reality Check
Pete’s first night in the shelter didn’t go as expected. He called me in an emergency, needing food for “two or three days” — but mostly he needed support. On his second night, while sleeping on the couches, another resident approached and seduced him. The next morning she locked herself in her room and held…
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Tonight’s Conversation with Pete — A Door Approached, But Not Entered
Tonight Pete came close to stepping inside. After years of homelessness, he sat at the entry point of a night shelter for the first time, watching, listening, and talking with those already inside the system. It was an eye-opener. “Everyone stays there,” he told me quietly, describing a place filled with people carrying heavy stories…
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Coping in the In-Between: A Day with Eamonn
Eamonn lives in short-term accommodation, where life narrows to survival, resourcefulness, and fleeting connection. In a world split between “inside” and “outside,” intimacy becomes temporary, support feels distant, and coping becomes a way of life.