Monthly Archives: December 2010

Life is waiting

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Gary

Today I bid farewell to NSW and headed back north to Qld. I woke to a lovely 18º with very hard and high winds. I sat on the verandah in my pyjamas enjoying the cool (Mirinda is obviously acclimatised already … Continue reading →

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Sempervirens

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Gary

We almost performed at Everglades. It is a big National Trust garden at Leura. The performance didn’t happen for various unremembered (by me) reasons although we did have a strange session while we were performing the final Earnest at the … Continue reading →

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Bright, sparkling water

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Gary

We lived in Katoomba for five years, over a decade ago. We lived in this street: The years we spent there coincided with our years of wandering the state as nomadic troubadours. Our house was a combination office, storage facility … Continue reading →

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Change Management

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Gary

We have just returned from a few days in the Blue Mountains. It was decided that we needed a few days to ourselves and we thought it would be nice to spend them where we used to live and traipse … Continue reading →

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Wonderland

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Gary

Anyone who knows me well, well knows how much I love Alice in Wonderland. I think most people have a favourite story they knew when they were smaller and this is mine. Although I also have a fondness for Enid … Continue reading →

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Bang the gong

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Gary

Back when I was a mere youth, wandering the years between teenageship and adultage, Wollongong was pretty much considered a lonely outpost of civilisation, mainly inhabited by steelworkers and their offspring. I remember going on a Rambo Weekend to Kiama … Continue reading →

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The blank canvas

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Gary

Watching Kirstie and Phil this morning in Relocation, Relocation, they kept talking about pre-renovation hovels being a blank canvas for prospective home decorators. I took them to task, thinking that a ‘blank canvas’ was starting from nothing whereas a hovel … Continue reading →

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Chinese cultural exchange

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Gary

Today I went into Sydney to spend the day with Karen, who I haven’t seen since last Christmas Day when she and Nigel flew away home. I really must say that she looked fantastic. I think Australia agrees with her…or … Continue reading →

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Suzy goes to Fagan Park

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Gary

A very warm day indeed! According to the, clearly inaccurate, wall thermometer at Castle Hill, it was 36 degrees at about 5pm. It certainly felt like it! According to the, clearly more reliable, weather on channel 7, it reached 29 … Continue reading →

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Sweet Sydney cont…

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Gary

Having walked across the most wonderful bridge in the world, over the most wonderful harbour, I wandered down to the Rocks to re-acquaint myself with The Observer. When I left Baker’s, a few of us ended up having a few … Continue reading →

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