When I first read the Perth International Comedy Festival program I wasn’t sure who I wanted to see, then I got side-tracked by life and didn’t commit to anything. Last…
If you’ve read the earlier post about Ian Ushers latest book Paradise Delayed, which documents his time spent buying and converting his Caribbean Island into a liveable space, you may be…
Some of you may remember reading about my friend Ian Usher, ‘the man who sold his life’ on eBay about five years ago. Regular readers will know that he spent two…
Following on from the earlier post … With the audience hyped after seeing the premier of the surfing movie Drift, the three stars Myles Pollard, Sam Worthington and Xavier Samuel walked…
Time to reminisce about living in a country town where the streets are wide, the traffic non-existent, and there isn’t a franchised coffee shop or restaurant logo in sight. Simpler…
Really, that good? Okay then, how’d you like to have a go at turning the west side wall of a beautiful old Fremantle building into a massive piece of art then ……
Okay so maybe you don’t get to the city or the Western Australian Museum that often, if so then you’ll have missed out on stumbling into yet another hidden gem…
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the 2013 Western Australian Consumer Protection Awards at The University Club of WA. The awards recognise the courage, tenacity…
Monday … again, here’s another example of why your job is not so bad. On Easter Monday I watched Dublin brothers, the Lords of Strut, a combination of; Lord of the…
As I drove home from the movie preview the other night, I rounded the corner and literally cried out … it’s here, it’s finally here! The tickets have been pinned…
This is the crucial question at the centre of The Company You Keep, and a very appropriate one, given the immense personal risk undertaken to bring you this post.The Company…
Finishing off the recent Subiaco Councils Public Art trail, we wandered down to the Dome Cafe in Rokeby Road. Most street art screams out to be noticed and make a strong…
Graeme Simsion has a physics degree, a PhD in Creativity Theory, a few screenplays, short stories, two nonfiction novels under his belt, and now a bestseller. He was one of…
Any right-minded person wouldn’t normally wander off down a dark alleyway, but that’s exactly what the Mayor of Subiaco, Heather Henderson, asked us to do last week. At first I pondered…
My pay it forward loop continued over the weekend. This time at Australia’s largest street arts festival (Fremantle Street Arts Festival), while watching American artist and ‘man of mirth’, Rob…
Last Thursday I got caught up in a pay it forward loop and I’m not sure how to get out of it. Thanks to Robobobobo During my weekly trip to the…
Perth at Easter … bliss. One of the best things about Perth at Easter is …Perth city © The Ponder RoomIt isn’t the time spent with family and friends, wonderful though…
If you haven’t been to Trigg Island/Kailis Beach Café for a while you might want to take a peek inside next time you’re at the beach. You’ll have to be quick…
