Courage and creativity…it’s a ‘deadly’ combination
Visitors to Australia may see little of its indigenous culture, unless they seek it out or include Central Australia on their itinerary. An Aboriginal busker playing…
Seeing RED
Red is my favourite colour. So how could I resist an invitation to the theatre that not only exhorted patrons to wear “any colour, so long…
Fifty shades of parody
For a minute or two, right at the beginning, I wondered if I had been conned into attending one giant hen’s party…complete with male stripper disrobing…
Cavalia – an equestrian ballet
It’s a little bit Camelot and a little bit Arabian Nights, with a dash of “My Little Pony” thrown in. I’m talking, of course, about the…
As Australian as…
The invitation has me hooked immediately. “As ’Strayyylian as meat pies, mate!” it screams, before going on to invite me to an Australia Day barbecue featuring…
Shining a creative light
Creative minds come in all forms. Writing is my creative outlet but for others it may be visual arts – painting, drawing, photography, cartooning – or…
Christmas comes to Hawaii
One minute, I was photographing a white heron perched on a bush on Kalakaua Avenue in downtown Waikiki. The next, the air was filled with the…
The meaningful month of Mo
My waitress has a moustache. It’s black and pencil-thin, curling up at the ends; the kind of moustache that a vaudevillian villain would twirl while pondering…
Confessions of a rookie race-goer
What is it that makes a city stand still for four minutes? If you live in Australia, chances are you know the answer. It is, of…
A night at the theatre: fun, footy and that other f word
It’s the high heels that do it. As he takes off his red stilettos, actor Tim Dashwood transforms himself from blonde bewigged ‘Carmen Get-Me’ to hunky…
A Glass Half Full 