Regular readers will know about my interest in community engagement strategies that foster positive community spirit and sense of place. The Beaufort Street Network has already been singled out as a collective…
Last weekend I ran away to Margaret River where the waves, country hospitality and stories heard took me even further afield. What a treat sitting listening to the likes of…
Community service announcement: I saw this sign the other day and pondered … Option one must be for Olympic gymnasts … I mean who has that kind of balance and…
Last Friday and Saturday I found myself ensconced at the National Achievers Congress 2013, listening to the likes of Richard Branson, and The Apprentice’s Mark Bouris, fascinating speakers. Supporting them…
Last week I spent most of my evenings at the Perth Comedy Festival, which was held at the Astor Theatre, on busy Beaufort Street in Mount Lawley. As you’ll know from some of…
No doubt you can remember the effect that Clockwork Orange had on you the first time you saw it, I certainly can. So it was with some trepidation that I went…
Sometimes you don’t need a reason to post other than to share something beautiful in the hope that it might brighten someones day. Oh and welcome Estonia, the latest place…
Have you ever been told a secret, a really big secret? How’d you go, how long did you keep it, a day, a month, a year? What impact did keeping…
If school reunions fill you with an air of trepidation, try a nightclub reunion, and not just any nightclub, a club embodied with a ‘coolest of the cool’ tag. If…
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 ……
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…
