Disabled People Don’t Drive Sports Cars, evidently
In 2011 I wrote this piece for an ABC website and unfortunately some recent events have proved that it’s still relevant today. I’m reposting a slightly modified version here to…
In 2011 I wrote this piece for an ABC website and unfortunately some recent events have proved that it’s still relevant today. I’m reposting a slightly modified version here to…
Let me be clear from the outset I don’t mean ‘held up’; as in ‘bang’, ‘bang’, I mean ‘held up’ as in the dictionary definition of … ‘to impede ones…
Sex Sells, or so the saying goes, but how do you sell to the sexes? More specifically, how do you market to men? Wandering around Perth CBD last week I…
For several weeks now I’ve driven passed an abandoned van parked outside a beautiful old church in the leafy suburb of Mount Lawley. At first I thought it might be…
Last week this sight left me pondering many things … Fords new mobile counselling convertible © The Ponder RoomMaybe its the new ‘counselling on the go’ service, specially designed for…
There are several ways to know that you’ve stumbled into the Perth Motorbike and Scooter Show, but one stands out above all the rest …© The Ponder Room: Perth Motorbike and Scooter Show…
Two new Australian citizens entered the world on Australia Day. They’ve been read the rules ….© The Ponder RoomWillie Wagtails may be small in size but they’re expert taggers so…
Years ago Perths traffic was made up of a smattering of surfboard laden green and white Holden cars weaving their way to Scarborough Beach. Occasionally merging amongst them were utes…
Prior to getting my drivers licence I dreamt of owning a sports car, usually a red or green MG, maybe you did too. Being female any notions of mechanical unreliability…
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…
And to finish off … for anyone who wanted a peak inside Stig … © The Ponder Room
A ball … © The Ponder Roomplayers© The Ponder Room © The Ponder Roomgooooaaallll© The Ponder Roomand an argument with the ref if you don’t win© The Ponder Roomyep, nothing…
First hand evidence of why BBQ lighting needs to be supervised this Christmas (as suggested in the previous post) … it’s a boy thing.© The Ponder Room © The Ponder…
This weekend had me pondering whether across Australia men will declare Christmas 2011 ‘the most disappointing Christmas ever’. Here’s my reasoning … On Thursday night the Burswood Dome, or ‘Bouncy…
Taking a break from Byron Bay for a moment…For the past six months there’s been a monotonous deep guttural tone bleeding out across my suburb. It starts at 10am and…
© The Ponder Room You notice a preponderance of bumper stickers offering alternatives to war and healing. Pulling up next to the Fear Doctor I read the good doctors promise of …‘all fears and phobias eliminated’. Transfixed I pondered ……
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…
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…