The Great Carrot Cake Valentines Day Deception
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…
Browsing: Ponder
Changes in the sandpit (Impact of the WA Mining Boom #1)
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…
Staying in the dance of life after 911
My recent ash cloud experience gave me a minuscule glimpse into one aspect of 911, namely the phone calls made on the planes (Ash Cloud experience)Thanks to dixie-lawIn honour of…
A childhood of brown food proves no barrier to cookbook author Anna Gare (MasterChef)
On a beautiful spring-like day family and friends gathered on the Fremantle Arts Centre lawn, to help celebrity chef Anna Gare launch her first cookbook Homemade: simply delicious food. Interviewed…
You know you’re in Byron Bay when…..(part 2)
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…
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…
How to ensure celebrities perform (Louis de Bernieres at Byron Bay Writers Festival)
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…
What makes a good human? (A.C. Grayling)
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…
WA film More 4 Me lights up New York International Film Festival
“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.…
And the winner is……
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…
Shaun Tan competition closing Friday 22nd
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…
Healthy Fruity Balls hmmm??
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…
Emerging Writers Festival 2011 Melbourne
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,…
Many Thanks Competition for The Lost Thing Book
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…
Who are you?
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…
The Last Viking Book Launch
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. Nelson Mandela The Vikings Arrive © The Ponder Room “All men [and women]…
Every ash cloud has a silver lining
‘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…
From Hillarys To Hollywood (Shaun Tan)
A brief interlude from the Melbourne trip.Every city loves a local boy made good story, but Perth even more so given our legenday ‘isolation’ which makes world acclaim utterly unfathomable.©…
