
The World Moves In Mysterious Ways (Red Dog Movie Part 2)
By now you’ll know Red Dog is a story about a charismatic kelpie that charmed the north west of Western Australia, however you may not know how the film came…
By now you’ll know Red Dog is a story about a charismatic kelpie that charmed the north west of Western Australia, however you may not know how the film came…
While Louis de Bernieres, writer of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Birds Without Wings, and most recently Red Dog, discussed his love of creating ‘possible worlds’, the massive audience spilling out of…
Over the past ten days my brain reached pondering capacity. If I’m honest the red warning light started flashing around day four, but like any good addict I ignored it…
The largely grey haired audience appeared uncomfortable as they waited to glimpse inside the brain of yet another colossal thinker brought to Perth by UWA Extension. This time it was…
According to anyone born before the 1990’s it’s something to do with sugar, spice, slugs, snails or puppy dog tails if I remember correctly. I’m not sure if this would…
“What’s the one thing you can’t live without?”We’ve all seen the footage of Cambodian children grasping tiny cups or new toothbrushes as tightly as other children fondle new bikes or computer consoles.…
Last weekend I’m pretty sure I stumbled across the kryptonite for vegetarians when I set off on a casual shopping expedition with four friends. thanks to Martin CathraeIt just so…
After three weeks of late night trips to the fridge and copious cups of coffee, Western Australians can finally go to bed before 1am. Oh and I guess Cadel Evans…
Would love to show you photos inside the Convention Centre but they weren’t allowed to be used for public viewing, sorry.Day one of three and the Dalai Lama sat crossed…
Thanks to everyone who ventured into The Ponder Room over the past six months, and a very special thank you to those of you who keep coming back, it’s because of you…
A quick reminder that the competition for a copy of the beautiful book The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan, closes on Friday 22nd July at 9pm (WA time).To be in…
When Manu Feidel cycled into the Perth Convention Centre Celebrity Theatre on an old black bike, dressed in black trousers, a striped t shirt, beret and with a bread laden cane…
What’s a blog without a food article hey? The following post appeared on the health and wellness blog http://www.wellnesswa.com.au/ which has all kinds of information about health/beauty products and issues in…
Before going to the ACDC Family Jewels exhibition at the Perth Museum, I appreciated ACDC and the bands place in rock history. I’d even been known to yell out a…
Last month I managed to catch the last two days of the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne. © The Ponder RoomA lovely sunny winter afternoon with the helicopter pad beckoning,…
Making my way around the latest expo to hit Perth it wasn’t long before I got the inevitable call. ‘Nature calling, please proceed directly to the nearest toilet. Do not…
As I said yesterday before Blogland was rudely interrupted by technology gremlins, July 22nd marks 6 months for The Ponder Room. I guess it’s pretty obvious that I’m kind of…
Hopefully this posts okay I believe there have been some fairly big problems in blog land today.June 30, end of the financial year. It also marks the first six months of…