Last year, I wrote an advanced draft of a comedy show that I planned to stage at the 2021 Fringe World Festival. After COVID hit, I kept going, but by June, I felt too exhausted by everything. I couldn’t imagine learning the script. I was also worried that Perth might get locked down, and I…
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Feb
I was born in Australia, and have set foot on all of the other six continents. Yet I didn’t start until I was 21, when I went to Club Med, Cherating Beach, Malaysia, in a mid-year break. I went there by myself, which was probably a mistake, but it forced me to try everything. I…
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Jan
Above I’m at Pin Oak Court, Vermont South, aka Ramsay Street, Erinsborough, looking wholesome. Below I’m at the Channel 10 studios, aka the Wentworth Detention Centre, looking adventurous. And here I’m in Palm Beach, aka Summer Bay, trying to be pensive and sultry.
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Jan
When I went to Brisbane from 17 to 22 December, things were pretty similar to Perth, in that life was going along without many restrictions, and I had to register my contact details when I went to some venues. About the only real difference was that in the Brisbane CBD near Woolworths, the above massage…
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Jan
When I first saw this in the Perth CBD, I thought they were bringing back public hanging. But I’ve got over my cynicism and I find it quite striking. Though I wonder how easy it’d be to bump into.
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Jan
Cold Rock, on the foreshore of Southbank in Brisbane (pictured there last month), is worthy competition, but one of my Cousin Jo’s Christmas peppermint ice cream sandwiches is the winner. Every Christmas I find excuses to steal another one … or more. One good thing about getting older is I have more and longer traditions…
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Jan
… on the plane on the way to … … Brisbane, just before Christmas. On the way over, I tried to wear one while eating, but took it off for the meal on the way back. I’m not sure how effective it all was. I feel very lucky to live in a city where face…
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Dec
