When photographers turn (Fotofreo 2012)
Ever pondered how photographers living in the most isolated city in the world cope? What do they do when it’s a slow news day? How do they maintain their click…
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When residents design the city. Part 3 Night life (Home Sweet Home)
… perhaps the unicorn ride home came after an evening at the pub, or ….The Ponder Roomor the ‘Night Club’ although it seems to have it’s own transport system on…
When residents design the city. Part 2 Transport (Home Sweet Home)
A public transport system … beautifully marketed as Unicorns …Oh come on who hasn’t found themselves waiting in a Perth taxi queue dreaming of a white unicorn transporting them home …. or…
Know someone who needs help with Me Time? (Competition for workshop spot)
To coincide with the launch of Me Time: 100 strategies and tips for guilt free Me Time, there will be a Me Time workshop held at The Inspiration Factory. The details are:Where:…
When residents design the city. Part 1 (Home Sweet Home)
Stop Press: Okay this psychic blogging is getting a tad creepy now. I wrote this post very late on Friday night and scheduled it to appear 9am Monday. After reading…
Friendship epiphany thanks to Tim Ferguson
Last year I was chuffed to attend Tim Fergusons Cheeky Monkey Comedy Writing Course at the Byron Bay Writers Festival. An all day interactive workshop based on his book of…
John Butler Trio rocking the crowds … again! (2012 Byron Bay Bluesfest)
With a four day break idle minds soon find a myriad of bizarre things to ponder, the first being the Byron Bay Bluesfest. Parts of this post first appeared in…
Annual Easter Car Conga Line: Word of Warning
As half the population evacuates metropolitan Perth, and tags onto the Easter car conga line to the south west, I thought I’d give this gentle reminder …Many years ago I spent three years driving…
Tomorrow 6pm at the car park rooftop be there
It takes something pretty special to get me out the door on a 38 degree day, and even in my youth I doubt I’d have gone to meet someone on…
Does blogging make you psychic? (2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro surfing)
Late Friday night I wrote about John John Florence flying high in the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro (see link). Knowing my Saturday would be extremely busy I scheduled the…
Kelly Slater out, John John Florence flew and I … (2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
On Thursday I marveled at the female surfers ability to take on the waves and emerge not only intact, but radiating natural beauty even with their hair slicked against their…
Surf envy (2012 Testra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River)
It’s that time of year again when I remember back to weekends spent body surfing, and ponder what might have been had I … had sun-friendly olive skin, more obedient hair, a…
Forgiveness (Sculpture by the Sea 2012)
By now you’ve read about Chen Wenling’s Sculpture by the Sea piece going walkabout, then being found in someone’s roof space. On my way to Cottesloe Beach I pondered what,…
Why it’s good to be late sometimes (NAB Sculpture by the Sea Kid’s Choice Prize)
This year over 200,000 locals and tourists flocked to Cottesloe Beach to see the collection of 70 original sculptures from West Australian, interstate and international artists. However if you went to…
More success for local illustrator James Foley
Earlier we profiled James’s first book The Last Viking link. Some of you may also know his work from the front of the Quokka. I’m thrilled to report that he’s…
Wheelchairs no barrier to a good boogie (Staff Benda Bilili)
Friday night was the Australian premier of Staff Benda Bilili at the Perth Festival Gardens. The blurb suggested it would be a night of life affirming music, of Congolese rumba…
100 strategies, tips to get more Me Time … guilt free Me Time
STOP PRESS: There are now three options for purchasing this book, go to the ‘Books By Me’ tab for more information.For the writers amongst us, you’ll know all about the months spent…
The Tall Poppy Syndrome strikes again (Sculpture by the Sea 2012)
During the 2012 Sculpture by the Sea opening I got caught up in a weird life imitating art, imitating life kind of loop. Reminiscent of a certain pesky chicken and flagrant…
