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The Wheels on the Bus
It has been an extremely long, long-haul flight to London, and I am feeling gritty and grey as we drag our bags off the bus at Paddington. But the sun is shining between showers and sparkling in the puddles, and … Continue reading
Posted in England, History, Travel
Tagged commuters, Covent Garden, double-decker bus, London, London Bridge, London Transport Museum, Monopoly, River Thames, wherries
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A Beachside Boil: Flavour, Fun and No Frills!
While the algae blooms, the sand dunes have been washed away in winter storms, and the Normanville jetty is looking decidedly shabby, since the end collapsed into the sea, the latest offering from Aqua Blue has certainly lifted our spirits. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Food & Wine
Tagged Aqua Blue, chorizo, Fleurieu Food Festival, McLaren Vale, Moreton Bay bugs, mussels, Normanville, savagnin, Seafood Boil, soft shell crab, Vermentino
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Black Sheep Let Loose
At the end of a strenuous semester of research, writing, travel, and hospital stays, I was delighted to receive an invitation from Mary & Hugh Hamilton to join them for a long lunch at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Food & Wine
Tagged Adelaide, Aroma Pagoda, Blackout, Georgia, Gewürztraminer, Hugh Hamilton Wines, McLaren Vale, National Wine Centre, Oddball the Great, Pure Black, saperavi, South Australia, The Disrupter
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Roadkill
Such small, sweet, chocolate brown corpses,crumpled and bloody by the side of the road.So maligned by the residentswho snarl about invasive species and say‘they do enormous damage to native wildlife…’ On this remote archipelago of ground dwelling birds,where the immigrant … Continue reading
Posted in Local Culture, New Zealand, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged New Zealand, possum, roadkill
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The Oddity of Old Words
I am meant to be working on a conference paper entitled ‘Conversing with the Past’. But I got distracted by one of those odd Facebook postings: a definition of an unusual and old-fashioned word. “Balter.” It is, apparently, pronounced BOLL-tuh. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Lifestyle, Local Culture
Tagged balter, Dirty Dancing, disco, Flashdance
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Heading South
The South Island of New Zealand contains some of the most spectacular scenery this amazing country has to offer – and certainly the most variety. The snow-capped Southern Alps run the full length of the island, dividing it in two … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Travel
Tagged Canterbury Plains, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fiordland National Park, Milford Sound, Mount Aspiring National Park, Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand, Nugget Point, Queenstown, South Island, The Catlins
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Pinot Noir: Otago’s New Gold Rush
For two weeks we have been rambling through New Zealand’s south island, zigzagging from Christchurch to Queenstown, back to Dunedin and down through the Catlins to Invercargill, west to Lake Manapouri and Milford Sound, north to Cromwell and over to … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, New Zealand, Travel
Tagged Beetlejuice, blanc et noir, Blondie, Chard Farm, Clyde Dam, Cromwell, Finla Mor, Gewürztraminer, Judge & Jury, Kawarau Gorge, Lake Dunstan, New Zealnd, Otago, Pinot Noir, South Island, Wooing Tree
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Craggy Range Revisited
It is fourteen years since I first met David Peabody; fourteen years since I sipped my first Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc; and fourteen years since I first wrote an article about this inspirational family-owned winery. Since then, Craggy Range wines … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, New Zealand
Tagged Craggy Range, Gimblett Gravels, Hawk's Bay, Marinborough, Martinborough, New Zealand, Peabody, Sauvignon Blanc, Sophia, Syrah
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Alex Down the Hobbit-Hole
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Travel
Tagged Bag End, Bilbo Baggins, Hobbiton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Matamata, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Shire
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Food Glorious Food
Fiore is the Italian word for flower. It is also the name of a rather gorgeous little Italian restaurant in McLaren Vale. And on a hot afternoon during this Indian summer, it was the best place to spend a wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Food & Wine
Tagged Chardonnay, Down the Rabbit Hole, Fiore, McLaren Vale, South Australia, stracciatella, tagliatelle amatriciana, tiramisu
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