Everyone was charmed by Her Majesty, and it seemed to be reciprocated when the 100,000 strong crowd at the BBQ chanted...
Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #7 (Charmed)
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Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #6 (Fraser’s house is in order)
The invitations have gone out, the cutlery’s been polished, the windows have been cleaned to within an inch of their...
Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #5 (Monopoly Flashbacks)
Around six months ago our Hoon laws were upgraded to ensure stronger consequences for people drag racing down the...
Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #4 (Blue measles)
The inner city is festooned with a spate of blue measles, as security signs take hold. Dotted 5 steps apart they had...
Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #2 (Upsized Scrabble)
A massive sign appears on the foreshore to remind all residents where they live, incase the return address...
Signs your city has been CHOGM-ed #1 (New knickers on the line)
So what does it look like when a city’s been CHOGM-ed, I ponder.....? When a heaving pack of world leaders schlep into...
Soya Sauce Ice Cream (Robert De Niro’s Nobu restaurant Perth)
What would happen if you took Japanese food and added a dash of Peruvian influences? Nobuyuki Matsuhisa decided to...
How does a first time film director lure a Hollywood heavyweight into his movie? (Willem Defoe in The Hunter)
While Academy Award nominee Willem Defoe, knew where Tasmania was, he’d never heard of the Tasmanian tiger, so how...
Nonsurgical facelift unveiled at Perth Fashion Festival (Story by Tang/Maurice Meade)
I can’t imagine a time when I’ll willingly lie back and let someone introduce my face to the cold steel of a scalpel....
Fashion dilemma solved with the power of celebrity (Perth Fashion Festival 2011)
© The Ponder RoomFollowing is a lesson in Fashion Marketing - the power of the celebrity endorsement.Imagine...
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...
You know you’re in Byron Bay when…..(part 4)
Amanda asked whether Byron Bay had been taken over with fast food outlets. I can report back from the frontline that I...