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Shipping Notes
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.” — Joseph Conrad, Polish-British Writer Growing up in a land of droughts and water restrictions, I love the water, despite the fact that I am neither a … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Travel
Tagged Africaine, Devotion, Hannah Kent, Jerome K. Jerome, Tasmania, The Wooden Boat Building School, Three Men in a Boat, Wind in the Willows, Wooden Boat Festival, ‘The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow’
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The Many Faces of the Adelaide Parklands
“Though I have lived in London for longish periods at various times in my life, I have never been a Londoner, so that its associations to me are more literary and historic than personal. Every time I visit it, I … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Lifestyle, Local Culture
Tagged Adelaide, Adelaide Fringe Festival, circus, cycling, Festival Centre, fruit bats, galahs, Parklands, Popeye, walking
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Winter Frost & Saperavi
‘For we are the new nomads, the twentieth century, who wander the earth with trailing roots, our possessions portable, our dwellings temporary.’ ~ Charmian Clift And lo! We are finally on the road again, aboard our trusty VW Camper, Barney. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Food & Wine
Tagged Black Ops, Georgia, Hugh Hamilton, McLaren Vale, quevri, saperavi, Shiraz, The Oddball, wine
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Arthur Boyd: The Life of St. Francis
Last weekend, we spent a damp but utterly undreary weekend wandering through North Adelaide, dodging the odd shower, exploring blue plaques on the front gates of 19th century and early 20th century homes, dipping into quirky coffee shops, strolling along … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Local Culture
Tagged Adelaide, art, Arthur Boyd, David Roche Foundation, lithograph, painting, sketch, St. Francis, tapestry
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Comfort Food
“Eating is the only thing that consoles me.” ~ Oscar Wilde, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest.’ Here in South Australia, winter has brought with it a deluge of rain and some unexpectedly chilly weather. As we shiver and quake through … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Food & Wine
Tagged gastropub, North Adelaide, schnitzel, The British Hotel, The Kentish Arms
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Coronation Day
I am a little behind with this review on a momentous day for the UK, as sad news from home had us dashing back to Australia before the last string of flags had been removed from park railings across London. … Continue reading
Posted in England, Local Culture, Travel
Tagged champagne, Coronation, The Mall, Westminster Abbey
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Savouring Sardinia
As we drive through the Sardinian countryside, we are greeted by a glorious array of wildflowers: coastal daisies and succulent, hot pink karkalla (ignominiously known as ‘pigface’) are draped in profusion over rocks and stone walls; buttercups and poppies dance … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Italy, Travel
Tagged bottarga, Cannonau di Sardegna, Castelsardo, Culurgiones, Fregola, Gnocchetti, Isola Tavolara, Italy, Malloreddus alla Campidanese, Mura, nuaghi, Porto San Paolo, Ristorante Il Porto Lano, Sardinia, Vermentino
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Bella Sardegna
My head for history always gets vertigo when going back in time more than three or four hundred years. So, imagine how dizzy I am feeling today, standing before the ruins of a Nuragic village in the middle of Sardinia, … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Local Culture, Travel
Tagged Costa Smeralda, flamingos, Mediterranean, Nuaghe, San Teodoro, Santu Antine, Sardinia, Vermentino
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