Wide-eyed about coffee
Strong coffee. Is that what kick-starts your day? For me, it’s a nice cup of tea that wakes me up. I enjoy good coffee, but it’s…
A cruising caper
As I’m heading for Sydney’s Circular Quay, my weekend companion calls me for the location of our rendezvous point. “Where exactly is the Overseas Passenger Terminal?”…
A tourist in my own town
Can a Canadian tell me anything I don’t already know about the Australian city I’ve called home for nearly 20 years? The answer is yes…if he’s…
Slipping into a swimsuit for summer
Buying a new swimsuit strikes dread into the heart of a woman. Or at least of those women who are past a certain age, and a…
The barmaid who bought the pub
Who remembers those classic commercials in which Remington shavers were spruiked by Victor Kiam, the man who famously “loved them so much I bought the company”?…
Under the jacarandas
It’s Spring in Australia, and the purple haze of jacarandas in full bloom is visible all over Brisbane. Here, the flowering jacarandas are a signal to…
Sunday lunch at the Apollonian
The smell of roasting lamb is always enough to get this Kiwi girl’s mouth watering. I love a good Sunday roast at any time (lamb, pork,…
Having a beer with Dad and Dave
Australian author Steele Rudd’s fictional father and son Dad and Dave may have faded into the mists of time a bit, but they’re alive and well…
Turkeys at the bottom of my garden
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is? So goes the poem, and Spring has certainly sprung in my part of…
The pub that time forgot
Swing through the saloon doors at the Imperial Hotel in the tiny Queensland town of Ravenswood and be prepared for a shock. It’s all carved cedar,…
A Glass Half Full 