What to see before the Winter Arts Festival ends
Rain, thunder, lightning, okay so winter is definitely here. If you haven’t made it out the door to an event yet here are a few you should definitely consider before…
Browsing: Ponder
How social media made the Federal election bearable
Before the Federal election vanishes altogether I thought it might be wise to take a moment and ponder some of the lessons learned this year. That way we can be…
Movie Review: Goldstone
The main thing to say about this movie is, go see it, it’s that simple! Not only is it a great story, the acting is brilliant, and the phenomenal remote Queensland landscape…
Review of Cloud Nine cafe
It’s not often you get to visit cloud nine let alone review it but that’s exactly what I did the other day and I can say it lived up to…
Secrets Of A Successful Freelance Life (Special offer)
By this time of year I’ve usually received a handful of calls from people wanting to chat about my strange freelance existence. Last month I received my fifteenth call so…
Movie Review: A Month Of Sundays
When I read the synopsis for this movie I had an inkling about what I’d be watching, a ghost story or something supernatural perhaps … I was wrong, kind of.
Review: Eye In The Sky
A review of the movie Eye In The Sky
How Christmas lights helped fight war (Emergence Creative Festival)
Last week I went to the 2016 Emergence Creative Festival which brings together a diverse range of Perth creatives … musicians, artists, writers, singers, graphic designers and advertising execs. Held over four…
Pitching a story Zoolander 2 style
Finally it’s here, Zoolander 2 and to be honest I can’t wait.
Augmented reality: 18th Century painting comes to life
Have you ever looked at a painting and pondered what it would have been like to have actually been there? To feel the breeze, smell the aromas, hear the sounds.…
2015 A Year Of Reality
December signals summer, last minute panic and hopefully a few moments of reflection. As I ponder the year that was, I find myself thinking of 2015 as the Year of…
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…
Guilt free muffins in Perth at Jam café
Sometimes it’s the little unassuming places that give you the biggest surprises. That’s what happened recently during what was meant to be a quick half hour catch up with a…
Community spirit thrives at Beaufort Street Festival 2015
The Beaufort Street Festival has a knack of arriving on the first extremely hot summers day. This year I planned to hold off going until later in the day/evening but…
Where would we be without hairdressers?
November marks the donning of fascinators, the squeezing of hips into tight dresses and the art of perfecting one’s balance while meandering through the streets in death defying high heels.…
Review Food: Grantham Street Cafe
Perth café scene is certainly taking off, so much so that I now find myself heading out to one café only to be side-tracked by another. This was the case…
Who me? Where have I been?
A quick thank you to the regular readers on here. I’ve been missing in action for a while under a sea of research, some guest speaking engagements and a trip…
National Writers Congress 2015: Funding the Arts
Festivals are tricky things. They arrive with so many promises. Promises of inspiration, rare insights, chance encounters and diets suspended by designer morsels. But what happens when the Festival comes…
