While Academy Award nominee Willem Defoe, knew where Tasmania was, he’d never heard of the Tasmanian tiger, so how does a distinguished Australian television director, Daniel Nettheim (Rush, All Saints),…
© The Ponder RoomFollowing is a lesson in Fashion Marketing – the power of the celebrity endorsement.Imagine you’re going to see the Story of Tang, one of the hot ticket items…
© The Ponder RoomThis morning the ducks stood no chance, as I found a solution to my pool duck dilemma (duck dilemma)The day began with the usual visitor, however…
While we’re talking about Fly in Fly Out mining jobs….Years ago I went out with a Fly in Fly out mining exec, no surprise there after all I grew up in…
thanks fotologicIn the past the big boys in the world’s sandpit were content playing with each other, spending their days driving around in oversized trucks, occasionally crashing into each…
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…
Amanda asked whether Byron Bay had been taken over with fast food outlets. I can report back from the frontline that I didn’t see one revolving bucket, oversized hamburger, flattened…
© 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 ……
The notion of a Pop Up Concept Store takes on a totally new meaning. It looked pretty popular but I did ponder about the change rooms. © The Ponder Room…
There’s just way too much to say about Byron Bay in one post so instead you’ll be seeing a series of posts over the next few days.You know you’re in…
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…
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…
“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.…
‘This is your captain speaking, we’re going to have an extended flight from Melbourne to Perth today to avoid the ash cloud…. it’s going to be a record….yes ….we’ll be…
© The Ponder RoomLater having moved into the city centre I came across….. At first I pondered whether Lola (see dogs life in St Kilda) had finally made one too many diva requests, and consequently…
Spending my afternoon off walking around St Kilda, it wasn’t long before my trained marketing eye settled on Puppy Phat, which describes itself as ‘a pet lifestyle store’. Inside I found…
Sometimes it pays to look beyond the usual rush of the day.© The Ponder RoomA quick glance out the window confirms that the clock has indeed ticked past 6pm. Parallel…
For years now I thought he was gone. Every now and then I’d look around in the feeble hope of spotting him, but I hadn’t seen him anywhere. About 5…
