Melbourne is definitely a city of contrasts: one moment glam, the next trash. I strayed on a display of vulgar big boats at the Docklands, a massive, crass waterside development with twenty storey apartment blocks and bland, chic eateries. Of course any boat show wouldn’t be complete without models in tight tops and miniscule shorts. [...]
A few folk met at Remembrance Ridge, in the Botanic Gardens – “where the hell is it?” you might well ask – to say bon voyage. Yummy food, good conversation, lounging about generally. Unrelenting in the use of my camera, I took a few snapshots. This one features (from left): Daniel, Chitty, Bettina and Karen. [...]
The bush was thick, the torrent raging, the rubbish piled high, but Dave and Greg worked hard to clear up for their housewarming. I didn’t go for a swim, but several others did and are still alive to tell the tale. With two bbqs – one for flesh, one for vege food – it was [...]
Everytime I manage to get up onto the hilltops I want to do more. After we had grabbed a bit to eat at Powell Hut, Russell and I headed up to the summit of Mt Holdsworth. Thick mist had draped over the peaks earlier on but had lifted by the time we reached the tops. [...]
So it was. I’ve just got home from a cliff hanger game. Despite a few shaky moments in their run chase for 307 – NZ’s highest score against Pakistan, anywhere, anytime – Pakistan were storming home. Just 13 required off the last two overs with two wickets to spare. Twas all balanced on a knife [...]
Well, I didn’t have a blog when I wrote these little commentaries in 2001 but I did write about each place or work of art in my hand-bound travel journal (which I still have collecting dust somewhere). I spent six weeks travelling in England, Scotland and Spain with stop-overs in Montreal and San Francisco. Monasterio [...]
My very own, personal online diary. I’ll add stuff I’ve written and photographed, and anything else under the sun which suits. I thought it would be a good idea to ‘play’ with this form of publishing to see what it’s like. So far, so good. It’s been pretty easy to set-up. I’ll have to see [...]
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