Trundling across Terra Incognita ~ Gondwanaland
In 1994 I criss-crossed Australia, much of it across the expansive aridity of the so-called Red Centre, and all of that was sharing a ’79 Holden Gemini with my travel partner. A Gemini is a sub-compact sedan. This one had no air-con, and so we trundled across the expanse with the windows rolled down, and [...]
Tumare Darshan ~ The essence of Noosa
OK… something to end this very loooong, but very productive day. A song that I will always associate with a beautiful beach in a faraway land and a short strip of magical bistros and restaurants barely more than a stone’s throw from the beach. There were sacred sunrises, and uncanny encounters, bliss and sorrow, beauty [...]
ANZAC Day: Lest we forget
ANZAC Day falls on the 25th of April every year. It’s a day in which Australians and New Zealanders commemorate and pay homage to those who served the nation in wars in our history. The day is marked by dawn services and marches in towns and cities throughout the land. It’s a day of sombre [...]
Ingrid Karklins: A Passion to Race the Sky
A trip across Australia with Midnight Oil and Yothu Yindi in a Holden Gemini leads to passionate encounters with love and the extraordinary passion and beauty of Ingrid Karklins’ music.
Tijuana Cartel: dancing to the key of coast
Well, I’ve loaded this blog up with Feist and other Canadians, waiting for Gary to respond with some great Australian bands, chanteuses and, perhaps, some writers and filmmakers. But, so far, nada. Guess it’s up to me! Tijuana Cartel epitomises for me what locals of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast refer to as the Coast lifestyle. An [...]
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