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Category Archives: Australia
Of swimming, surfboards, and River Cats…
It’s only 7am, but already the beach is awash with bodies: walkers, joggers and surfers, canoes and paddle boards skim along the edge of the sea. The coffee shop is buzzing, and families are hoeing into enormous plates of eggs … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Lifestyle
Tagged Brisbane, Broadbeach, Eat Street, Queensland
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Post Production Ponderings
November arrived with a clash of cymbals, a tarantara of trumpets and thunderous drum rolls. I submitted my thesis on the first of the month, which was a huge weight off my shoulders. The following day, the Lyceum Club Adelaide … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, History, Local Culture
Tagged 100 Years of Women's Voices, Adelaide, Carol Grbich, Constance Smedley, Dr Helen Mayo, Frances Adamson, Lyceum Club, NMAFC, Paolo Sebastian, Piccadilly, Queen Adelaide, Sandy Verschoor, South Australia
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Christmas Cards: Setting the Mood
Then its zippity jingle and dash away pingHang holly and berries in all the hallsThe tassels on all the thermostats andWrite merry Christmas on all of the walls…~ from Eloise at Christmas Time by Kay Thompson One upon a time, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Lifestyle, Local Culture
Tagged Australia, carols, Christmas, Eloise, Julian Dennison, Ronan Keating, Santa, Sylvia Preston
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Of sheep and seaside daisies…
The first sign that the town had a connection with Scotland was its name: Glencoe. The second sign: a redheaded ‘Weasley’ walking down the main road… Glencoe is a small country town in south-eastern South Australia, to the north-west of … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, History, Local Culture, Travel
Tagged Accidental Heiress, Glencoe, Glencoe Woolshed, Leake, merino, Mount Gambier, National Trust, Open Gardens, Scotland, South Australia
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In Essence
SpringMating dance of beesOr dance to the death?Short and sweet. Years ago, in Manila, I joined a workshop to write poetry. I had read myriad poems, but never turned my hand to writing anything except creating silly rhymes for the … Continue reading
Daybreak near Wilpena Pound
Pulling out past the pub onto the pre-dawn highway,the car headlights cast a narrow channel of white to guide the way.Beyond the sweep of its incandescence,the wider world is locked in darkness.Imperceptibly, a pencil line of blood orange appears on … Continue reading
A Taste of the Top End
A jetty floats above a still, blue sea. Masked lapwings and ibis, tiny double-barred finches and those small but sturdy ‘peaceful’ doves peck about in the grass. Honey eaters dance in the branches of the fig trees with their pendulous … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Travel
Tagged Buley Rockhole, Crybaby Coffee, Darwin, Litchfield National Park, Nightcliff, Parap, Tolmer Falls, Top End
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Riding the Ghan
“Welcome to the Ghan. Here is your carriage and cabin number. We’ll be boarding in an hour and a half. Coffee and tea are available while you wait, and we will be opening the champagne shortly.” At 11 am, champagne, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Travel
Tagged Adelaide, Alice Springs, Darwin, Great Southern Railway, Indian pacific, Katherine, Nitmiluk Gorge, Northern Territory, Overland, Stuart, The Ghan
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“And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain?”
Winter has arrived in South Australia with a vengeance. Autumn was wet, but June has been wetter. The local papers suggest it may be the soggiest June on record. Our water tanks are full to the brim and the tides … Continue reading