While we're talking about Fly in Fly Out mining jobs....Years ago I went out with a Fly in Fly out mining exec,...
The Great Carrot Cake Valentines Day Deception
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Pondering Life
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...
Mothers resolve beats interrogation
Junior MasterChef judge Anna Gare, recently alluded to a childhood dish called ‘shit on a plate’, which consisted of...
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...
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...
Chilli Sex (Fremantle Chilli Festival)
In honour of Fathers Day I thought I’d let you into a little secret I recently discovered. Wandering around the...
Monks versus HG Monaro (motoring)
Taking a break from Byron Bay for a moment...For the past six months there’s been a monotonous deep guttural tone...
You know you’re in Byron Bay when…..(part 3)
© The Ponder Room You notice a preponderance of bumper stickers offering alternatives to war and...
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...
You know you’re in Byron Bay when…..(part 1)
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...
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,...
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,...