NYE 2011 – EP01 Not the fireworks bit [PHOTOS]

I spent New Years Eve this year with some of my oldest friends having a picnic on the grounds of Vaucluse House in Vaucluse, which afforded a fantastic view of Sydney Harbour and the fireworks. Bookmark It Hide Sites

Bundeena Daytrip

When my sister was out visiting from Japan recently, she and I went on a good little Sydney day-trip to Bundeena and Jibbon Beach, on the Cronulla Coast, inside the Royal National Park. We got there by driving half-way to Wollongong and then cutting up through the National Park. It was such a nice drive [...]

International Women’s Day

When I was at Macquarie University, it wasn’t uncommon for guys to remark ‘There’s a women’s room, where’s the men’s room?’ (The clever answer was ‘the bar’) and you might ask a similar question about International Women’s Day, which is this coming Sunday. Coming from a family with extremely strong women, who haven’t always had [...]

Lunar New Year 2009

Tonight I went to Prince Alfred Park, in Parramatta, for some Lunar New Year celebrations. I was a bit disappointed. The festivities had been advertised as a ‘Twilight Noodle Market‘, in reality it was just a regular market, complete with Carnies, and only one noodle stall out of about a dozen food outlets. I had [...]

Am I losing my love of sport?

Not that long ago I was very interested in sport. I used to keep up with a variety of sporting codes in Australia – the sporting pages were the first I’d turn to in the newspaper, I would watch every game of Rugby, Cricket, AFL (Australian Football), and tennis that I could. I was a [...]