My year in pictures
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but it’s good to reflect on the year that’s past and at the places life has taken me over 2012,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Raising a glass to Merle and Ro
On a Wednesday afternoon in March 1965, Merle Thornton and her friend and fellow feminist Rosalie “Ro” Bognor walked into the public bar of a Brisbane pub and…
Snagging a snap with Kevin 07
It’s not every day that I receive an invitation to a barbecue hosted by a former Prime Minister. But so it was last week, when a…
A glass half full of…sake!
I’ve always considered sake to be one of those drinks that should be treated with extreme caution. Potentially lethal for the uninitiated. So I eye the…
Beer and pizza at the Regatta
Beer and pizza were served to celebrate the re-opening of the Front Bar of Brisbane’s historic Regatta Hotel last week. After a $10 million renovation, the Front…
Cruising on the cheap
With the wind in my hair and a light occasional spray on my face, I’m rediscovering the joy of public transport by travelling on Brisbane’s fast, sleek…
A Glass Half Full 