The Battle of the Indian Aunties

The renovation of a tired Singapore highrise has ended the battle of the Indian aunties, a dispute created out of thin air that’s provided hours of entertainment for me.

15 years ago

The `There’s More To Life Than This’ Feeling

This feeling has come roaring back this past week and I know it’s not your ordinary post-holiday blues. I know there really is more to life than this. But I’m.

15 years ago

Wineries and Autumn Leaves (And More Cheese)

McLarenvale had me at the tourist information centre carpark. The sight of Autumn leaves and the smell of the rosemary bushes being raked into order make me fall in.

15 years ago

A Foodie Feast for the Eyes – Adelaide Central Market

Long thin paper-wrapped parcels are tucked under besuited arms, as lawyerly conversations flows unchecked – adjournments, clients, weekend golf. Rough-looking round-bellied unionists hand out helium-filled balloons and brochures explaining the upcoming May Day public holiday.

15 years ago

Testicle Face

“What do you call those things on that guy’s face? Are they testicles?” Darling Man asks with a puzzled frown. “WHAT???” “You know, in that movie we saw last.

15 years ago

Cows and Co-ops in Maleny

Maleny is an old-time country town that has been transformed into a hub of herbal-hippy artsy-craftyness, its main street full of organic outlets, upmarket bakeries, fancy cafes and home-made.

15 years ago

Attack of the Asian Baby Snatchers

Once they spot the baby there’s no escape. They work themselves up from gasps and oohs and titters, gradually building the courage to creep forward. Soon they are crowding.

15 years ago

Seals and Sticker Shock on the Sunshine Coast

It only took us two days to recover from our overnight flight from Singapore to Australia. Two days resting at my parents’ house on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast as the.

15 years ago