In 2004, I did a 12-day bus tour of the Kimberley. Half way through, we had a free day, so I hired a car, driving to Wyndham in the morning and Lake Argyle in the afternoon. The turn-off to Lake Argyle was only seven kilometres from WA’s border with the Northern Territory. I’d never been…
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Apr
Purmamarca, in the northwest of Argentina, reminded me of Cuzco, Peru. Both in the South American Andes, both near 4,000 metre peaks (and then some), both around some specky scenery. But in Purmamarca, even as I walked around the market, no-one hassled me. In Cuzco, a walk down the main streets and I was always…
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Apr
I had planned to see all the movies at the 2017 Spanish Film Festival, but sadly, I think I’ll only be able it to about 35. It starts in Perth on 27 April at Cinema Paradiso, and is also on in other Australian cities. Opening night features Kiki, Love to Love, starring and directed by Paco…
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Apr
I discovered this fact at the Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, when I went there in the mid-nineties. I was working in Sydney at the time, but I had opportunities practically every month to visit somewhere in regional New South Wales. I don’t think everyone liked doing that, but I always found something fun about…
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Apr
My friend John had been to the southernmost and easternmost points of Australia. He and I went to the highest point – Mount Kosciusko (when they still spelled it that way) – which meant going to the highest toilets. They’ve since installed a permanent set. This photo was taken 21 years ago, yet neither of us…
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Apr
In case you missed it, last week, I posted this picture of me: It was the thirtieth anniversary of me (or to be more precise, my friend Frank’) bleaching my hair. I recently used the picture in my show The Sound of a Social Climbing Nun. I chose this one over others because the angle…
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Apr
In my recent show The Sound of a Social Climbing Nun, I said: ‘In the eighties, people didn’t always make the right choices,’ and put up the above picture on the screen. I almost cut that from the show, because it wasn’t about Julie Andrews or The Sound of Music and was more of an in-joke…
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Apr
