Sunday 3 November 2013

beachcomber: sculpture by the sea

beachcomber: sculpture by the sea: It's that time of year when the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk is filled with sculptures for the annual Sculpture by the Sea.  ...

Wednesday 30 October 2013

The View Down Under: Round the world Trip: Marrakesh

The View Down Under: Round the world Trip: Marrakesh: We are pretty pumped to be on our way to Marrakesh but from this point on we will be carless. So in the best interest of getting our deposi...

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Jaraparilla: Julian Assange: Street Fighting Man

Jaraparilla: Julian Assange: Street Fighting Man: You do not become the USA's Public Enemy #1 without cojones de hierro . So before we commence this little missive, let us pause for a ...

Sunday 15 September 2013

Grog's Gamut: Election 2013: The Newspapers

Grog's Gamut: Election 2013: The Newspapers: During the election campaign, most mornings, the first site I looked at was the Press Display to see what the front pages were like.  Obvio...

Tuesday 3 September 2013

The View Down Under: Round the world Trip: Morocco Part II

The View Down Under: Round the world Trip: Morocco Part II: The next morning we had what we'd learn was the standard Moroccan breakfast, regardless of where you stayed: some coffee or mint tee ...

Friday 23 August 2013

Politically homeless: All in good time

Politically homeless: All in good time: ... "Sir! you have disappointed us! We had intended you to be The next Prime Minister but three: The stocks were sold; the Press wa...

Thursday 22 August 2013

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Thursday 15 August 2013

beachcomber: small space garden ideas

beachcomber: small space garden ideas: Even though it's still technically winter, Spring is in the air with some beautiful warm days this week. It just makes you feel l...  Some great ideas for garden herbs and salads

Friday 9 August 2013

Everything Coastal....: 5 Summer Fresh Cocktails for the Patio

Everything Coastal....: 5 Summer Fresh Cocktails for the Patio: It's almost Friday night, right? Got to thinking, what fun concoction can I whip up easily with what I already have in my fridge? Stra...

* Chic Provence *: Packing for Provence

* Chic Provence *: Packing for Provence: GOAL:   Traveling Light  in Provence next week! If you are like me, you detest lugging heavy bags around  (although truth be kno...

Thursday 8 August 2013

beachcomber: harbour views

beachcomber: harbour views: This is something I love about Sydney and the area we live. Close to the city, close to the beach and nearby Sydney harbour. A...

Sunday 4 August 2013

Future Australia: Open letter to Islamic extremists

Future Australia: Open letter to Islamic extremists: Dear Islamic, fundamentalist extremist, I know with your bombs you hope to terrorise and scare people. When you attacked the Taj Palac...

beachcomber: vintage beach shack

beachcomber: vintage beach shack: In the days well before pinterest, I kept folders of pages torn from magazines. I still love the coastal home ideas I collected.   ...

Friday 26 July 2013

Trek Together: Siberian Cities

Trek Together: Siberian Cities: Overlooking an old wooden church in Tomsk In September, we traveled from Lake Baikal to Moscow on the TranSiberian Railroad, with a de...

Monday 15 July 2013

Politically homeless: Turnbull holds forth on holding back

Politically homeless: Turnbull holds forth on holding back: Some people might say my life is in a rut, But I'm quite happy with what I got People might say that I should strive for more, But I...

Sunday 14 July 2013

beachcomber: on my deskA

beachcomber: on my desk: It's not every day my desk looks like this! I knew you were coming over so I tidied up ;)    I don't have the craft room or...

Recipes, Dinner Ideas, Healthy Recipes & Food Guide: Mallobars

Recipes, Dinner Ideas, Healthy Recipes & Food Guide: Mallobars:  photo: www.projectfoodie.com Mallobars Makes about 18 (2-inch) squares Ingredients: for the graham cracker base: 1 cup (2 st...

Wednesday 10 July 2013

The Failed Estate: Moving Forward

The Failed Estate: Moving Forward: This is either the most well timed book on politics of recent times or the worst. In her meticulously detailed volume of the caustic th...

Monday 1 July 2013

As Texas Moves To Shut Down Abortion Clinics, A Similar Law Has Just Been Blocked In Alabama

As Texas Moves To Shut Down Abortion Clinics, A Similar Law Has Just Been Blocked In Alabama: pOn Friday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily blocked a new law in Alabama that would have forced most of the health clinics in the state to stop providing abortion care. HB 57 was set to take effect on Monday, but Friday’s ruling delays that deadline until July 18. Alabama’s law would impose burdensome regulations on [...]/p

Malcolm Fraser in Conversation with Margaret Simons

Tuesday 25 June 2013

beachcomber: recycled pallets

beachcomber: recycled pallets: With millions of wooden shipping pallets ending up in landfill every year, it's great to see people coming up with so many creat...

EuroTravelogue™: A Visit to the Village of Zermatt and the Matterho...

EuroTravelogue™: A Visit to the Village of Zermatt and the Matterho...: Enchanted Zermatt in Switzerland is aglow beneath the towering Matterhorn and Swiss Alps.  Please note all written content is the property...

Thoughts on the Australian Election: Why is knitting suddenly an Issue

Thoughts on the Australian Election: Why is knitting suddenly an Issue: Well the MSM are at it again. They just need any old excuse to slam into the PM. I find it amazing how the PM is coping so much flak for w...

Saturday 22 June 2013

Politically homeless: The aroma of decay

Politically homeless: The aroma of decay: Two disgracefully beef-witted articles by experienced journalists about their 'profession' almost but did not quite succeed in detra...

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Pressing Issues: Like a Slow Rolling Stone

Pressing Issues: Like a Slow Rolling Stone: Exactly 48 years ago, in early June 1965, Bob Dylan sat down in Woodstock NY and composed what some (not just me) call the greatest single i...

Sunday 2 June 2013

North Coast Voices: The spinning top that is Tony Abbott

North Coast Voices: The spinning top that is Tony Abbott: Almost every utterance of Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has to be taken with a grain of salt. This was Tony Abbott during...

Friday 31 May 2013

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Monday 27 May 2013

beachcomber: spell and the gypsy

beachcomber: spell and the gypsy: I know a few of you are looking forward to seeing inside this shop. The Spell and the Gypsy sisters have created this beautifu...

Friday 17 May 2013

Politically homeless: On the table

Politically homeless: On the table: If you're going to quibble with the Budget, you need to answer six questions (the headings of the following lists). What follows here is...

Politically homeless: Manufacturing base

Politically homeless: Manufacturing base: This is the point where companies are starting to make investment decisions about the next financial year, and to make long-term decisions f...

Saturday 11 May 2013

The Liberal Party’s war on freedoms: My reply to Brandis | Australians For Honest Politics

The Liberal Party’s war on freedoms: My reply to Brandis | Australians For Honest Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut ‘Whistleblower’ Testimony On Benghazi

EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut ‘Whistleblower’ Testimony On Benghazi: pStaff who served in Libya with Gregory Hicks, the GOP’s primary “whistleblower” in this week’s hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks, undercut his story that State Department officials demoted him as retribution for speaking out, instead telling ThinkProgress about a man who one described as “the worst manager I’ve ever seen in the Foreign Service.” [...]/p

Climate milestone is a moment of symbolic significance on road of idiocy | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Climate milestone is a moment of symbolic significance on road of idiocy | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Andrew Bolt | Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL | Wednesdays, 8pm, ABC1

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats | Bored Panda

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats | Bored Panda

News Forage: Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; ...

News Forage: Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; ...: Chris Silva speaks about his brother David Silva, 33, who died while being arrested by Kern County Sheriff's Deputies early Wednesd...

» Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts {with Orzo & Bacon} Lemony Thyme

» Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts {with Orzo & Bacon} Lemony Thyme

Banana Coconut Bread {Vegan} | Lemons and Anchovies

Banana Coconut Bread {Vegan} | Lemons and Anchovies

Saturday 4 May 2013

Friday 3 May 2013

The Failed Estate: Reinventing Journalism

The Failed Estate: Reinventing Journalism: It is a painful time for many journalists. Cast aside from the failing industry that used to provide them with a secure living, they are c...

The Failed Estate: Of Human Bondage

The Failed Estate: Of Human Bondage: An increasingly unhinged Australian mainstream media, with a few honourable exceptions , has been revving up the scary-o-meter in rece...

Sunday 28 April 2013

Education policy in 2013 federal election: PromiseWatch series | Crikey

Education policy in 2013 federal election: PromiseWatch series | Crikey

A picture is worth a thousand words | Café Whispers

A picture is worth a thousand words | Café Whispers

Running dry on Tony Abbott | Café Whispers

Running dry on Tony Abbott | Café Whispers

The Liberal Party's Anzac Day outrage | Independent Australia

The Liberal Party's Anzac Day outrage | Independent Australia

Abbott's free ride comes to an end - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Abbott's free ride comes to an end - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Honest John Howard lol

Honest John Howard lol

Honest John Howard lol

Wednesday 24 April 2013

Video - Spectacular NASA Time-Lapse Video of the Sun - WSJ.com

Video - Spectacular NASA Time-Lapse Video of the Sun - WSJ.com

Skynews Australian Agenda - Tony Abbott Interview - April 21 2013

Going viral: the dancing babies are back | iVillage AU

Going viral: the dancing babies are back | iVillage AU

Malcolm Fraser: 'we have lost our way'

Malcolm Fraser: 'we have lost our way'

Murdoch Censorship Gives the Lie to ‘Freedom of Speech’ Claims | The Australian Independent Media Network

Murdoch Censorship Gives the Lie to ‘Freedom of Speech’ Claims | The Australian Independent Media Network

Nevada psych hospital accused of sending patients on one-way trips to nowhere — RT USA

Nevada psych hospital accused of sending patients on one-way trips to nowhere — RT USA

Wealth Inequality Drastically Rose In Early Years Of Recovery, As Only Richest Americans Saw Gains

Wealth Inequality Drastically Rose In Early Years Of Recovery, As Only Richest Americans Saw Gains

SICK! TEApublicans Say Liberals Like Boston Bombings! (video) - Americans Against the Tea Party

SICK! TEApublicans Say Liberals Like Boston Bombings! (video) - Americans Against the Tea Party

US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan spurred Tsarnaev brothers to attack Boston ...

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Clinics Begin Closing After State Eliminates Funding

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Clinics Begin Closing After State Eliminates Funding

The Australian Independent Media Network

The Australian Independent Media Network

Dear Tony your hubris is poking out… | Café Whispers

Dear Tony your hubris is poking out… | Café Whispers

Saturday 20 April 2013

I have to fence my damn pool to keep your kids safe, you bloody vaccinate your kids to keep mine safe!

I have to fence my damn pool to keep your kids safe, you bloody vaccinate your kids to keep mine safe!

5-Year-Old Indian Girl In Critical Condition After Alleged Raped, Days Of Torture

5-Year-Old Indian Girl In Critical Condition After Alleged Raped, Days Of Torture

Twitter / AngelaLoRosso: This from former PM Paul Keating. ...

Twitter / AngelaLoRosso: This from former PM Paul Keating. ...

The Dead Cat Revival | Independent Australia

The Dead Cat Revival | Independent Australia

Petition | Australian Federal Police: Investigate AshbyGate Now | Change.org

Petition | Australian Federal Police: Investigate AshbyGate Now | Change.org

Our popular dollar is born of an economy that's envied by many | The Courier-Mail

Our popular dollar is born of an economy that's envied by many | The Courier-Mail

(1) Facebook

(1) Facebook

Staff hit sour note when they stray from party's songbook

Staff hit sour note when they stray from party's songbook

Staring at the abyss, thank God for Alan

Staring at the abyss, thank God for Alan

Tuesday 8 January 2013