I hate February in Sydney. There – I said it. Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it’s the hardest one to find anything good to say about it. Except perhaps that March …
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Chinese Garden of Friendship, Darling Harbour
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The Newport…
We spent yesterday with one of Grant’s aunts from Scotland. We hadn’t seen her since we stayed with her in Doune back in 1995. I remember the house so well – I remember Max, the mad …
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Echo on the Marina
Because it’s Thursday and I like to link up with the loving’ life crew, I had something scheduled about what fashion looks like at 50. Here’s a #spoileralert – whatever you damn well want it …
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The Sydney Quiz…
I was flicking through old blog posts the other day looking for inspiration and found this one I’d originally written after Angela Savage posted a (melbourne) quiz on her blog. It was a sort of …
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Night Noodle Markets…
It’s Good Food Month here in Sydney. Aside from other events happening around town, the Night Noodle Markets are on. You’d think that loving Asian food and street food as much as we do, we …
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And, that’s a wrap…
I’ve just finished scheduling posts on the astro site out to the end of October- including a couple advertising astro diaries I contributed to for 2017. When did that happen? Then I sat down and …
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Windsor Rd: The Walk
A few years ago, on a weekend trip to Wellington, my friend and I declared- after imbibing in a bottle of NZ courage- that we’d enter the Blackmore’s Bridge Run and learn to, well, run. …
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Lake Parramatta Walking Tracks…
Regular readers will know that I’m booked to do Milford Track in 7 weeks time…7 weeks tomorrow to be exact. Finding the time to train effectively with my schedule has been difficult, but I’m trying …
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More than the Friday Five…
Spring is here. And I don’t need the raucous calls of the plovers that stand guard on the roof of our house to know that- although it is a very noisy reminder. This pair hatched …
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Friday Five: Cockatoo Island
It was one of those days…the ones that Sydney does particularly well. The ones when the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the harbour was glistening in a way that could have you thinking …
