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
The outside of the Congress building in Washington DC … … does bear a certain resemblance to the Congreso building in Buenos Aires. Or should that be the other way around? Argentina’s constitution is modelled to a large extent on the United States’. Both countries are federations. The United States’ national Congress consists of a…
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Dec
Though not terribly functional. It was too humid to dry my shirt. Ah well… My blog provider is telling me: “This is far below the recommended minimum of words.” Do you need that many words when you have Iguazu Falls?
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Dec
The last time I had a cup of coffee was at Rose Hancock Porteous’ mansion Prix D’Amour in 2002: about two hours before they filmed me in a blue wig and fuchsia gown night for her reality TV show. It came out of a machine with a four-figure price tag. I tell people that no…
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Nov
