Category Archives: Wentworth Falls 2022

Something weird is happening in this blog. On September 19, there were 25 views of one single post. Then, yesterday, there were 36 views of the same post. The post was titled GDBF | FUDC and the views came via … Continue reading →

I often talk gibberish. Literally. I have these phrases that are completely made up. Nonsense, if you will*. All Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. I have been doing it for years. None of it makes any sense and I rarely … Continue reading →

You see the world from public transport. Take, for instance, a young fellow this morning on the train to Penrith. He was with a couple of friends who understood how to keep a private conversation private. He, on the other … Continue reading →

Here was I, thinking that the Royal Funeral had got it right by insisting that visiting dignitaries should get the bus to the Abbey tomorrow, when I discover that, some people are more entitled than anyone else. It seems that … Continue reading →

Saturday in the mountains seems to be Open House Day. Everywhere, in almost every street, little signs advertise the fact that you can park up and come inside. In fact, Mirinda said, there’s an app for diarizing the houses you … Continue reading →

In 1809, Mirinda’s great-great-great-great-great grandfather, John Grono, with a group of other local men, built a church alongside the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales. The church still exists and is the oldest extant church in Australia. It is called … Continue reading →

To misquote Arlo Guthrie, you can get anything you want, at the Lemon Tree Grocer store. Unless you want thyme, that is. Bottle after bottle of herbs and spices over five shelves, and not one of them containing thyme. Astounding, … Continue reading →

Whenever we visit the Blue Mountains, we always do a drive by of our old house. The last time, in 2017, the garden was overgrown, in 2013, the gnomes had gone while today there was a shipping container in the … Continue reading →

You know that feeling you get when you wake up in the morning and the sheets look like someone butchered a chicken in your bed? Well, that happened to me this morning. After swinging my feet out of the bed … Continue reading →

Tonight I made my sea bass on roasted vegetables only there wasn’t any sea bass in Woolies, so I opted for barramundi. It was delicious, obviously, but I was in a bit of a quandary when I bought the fish. … Continue reading →