Return of the great adventurers

by | Jan 6, 2009 | Uncategorized

Happy new year, every­one… The grand adven­ture was grand but it is good to be back in Mel­bourne… with our lovely kitty and our beau­ti­ful house, both of which were looked after incred­ibly well by horngirl  (thank you!!).Despite every­body’s dire warn­ings,...

And we’re off again…

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Uncategorized

Doug and I are off on our “baby­moon” as people are appar­ently call­ing the last hol­i­day you have before baby arrives.We’re leav­ing for Queens­land this after­noon at 2pm and (shock, horror) I’m not taking my laptop this year. I may check in...

That cultural festival of yours…

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Uncategorized

Today is that day when the sup­posedly sec­u­lar coun­try I live in stops shov­ing the major­ity fest­ival down my throat with every pur­chase, inter­ac­tion and encounter. If it *wer­en’t* for the hugely dis­pro­por­tion­ate com­mer­cial response and expec­ted...