special potato
This is Nadia back in April with the special Mikey Robins Mr Potato Head. Visiting Sydney leads to random learning experiences like this. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian Ward.
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I went for a walk through Bronte cemetery in Sydney last weekend. It’s quite decrepit in places. It’s also beautiful, quiet and stunning in its location near the ocean. … This post was first published...
View Articletelevision
I work in a new media environment and can agree that free to air television is in trouble, but I think the owner of this tv went too far. Maybe that is just what rich Sydney people do? If this was done...
View Articlethe view from the 18th floor
Life in hotel rooms is always a bit surreal: the detailed and laboured bad taste, the pastel paintings, the shower head that is always below head height for me, the quietness at night when looking out...
View ArticleLou Reed
I am hugely excited to hear that Lou Reed is coming to Australia in 2007 to play his 1973 album Berlin in sequence at the Sydney Festival in January. It’s not official news in Australia yet but it is...
View ArticlePeaches and Lou Reed
What a hypothetical double act! I’m excited that Peaches is returning to Melbourne – her show at the Corner Hotel in 2004 was brilliant. I took the picture below. I also have tickets to see Lou Reed...
View Articlehello Sydney
Flying into Sydney, as I did last week for work, is always a pleasure. The combination of a window seat, the need to queue in the air before land ing at the airport, and the resulting flight around...
View ArticleFlickerfest at Bondi
I’ve spend the weekend in Sydney, mainly to go to the short film festival Flickerfest, but also to go to the beach. I’m staying at Coogee, but more about that later. I went to two sessions at...
View ArticleCoogee beach
Coogee is my favourite beach in Sydney; when I have the chance I’m always in the water. On Saturday I had lunch at A Fish Called Coogee. They have various fish, prawns and octopus, some plain, some...
View Articlebeach life at Coogee
After enjoying a long swim and bodysurfing some perfect waves, I went for a walk and looked around. There’s lots to see and do at Coogee. On Sunday morning the aircraft appoaching Sydney Airport to...
View Articlegoddess
On Sunday I went to the Art Gallery of NSW to see the Goddess – Divine Energy exhibition. I was in Sydney to see Lou Reed perform his Berlin album at the Sydney Festival, and I’ll write about that...
View Articleart deco at Bondi beach
My favourite style in art and design is deco. When I was in Sydney recently I walked around Bondi looking at the art deco buildings in the streets immediately behind the beach. Deco is something I...
View ArticleLou Reed: Berlin in Sydney
Photo by Edwina Pickles at the Sydney Morning Herald I’m writing this several days after seeing Lou Reed perform his Berlin album in sequence with a theatre style stage set with video projections at...
View Articlemotormouth
My favourite piece at the Art Gallery of NSW, which I visited 2 weeks ago, is Motormouth by Callum Morton. It is a scale model of a section of freeway, complete with graffiti and a soundtrack of cars,...
View Articlewhen I go to Sydney
When I go to Sydney for work, I am usually there for only one or two nights. I book a hotel on the internet with only a few minutes consideration, based on basic criteria such as location and price. I...
View Articlenight and day
Sydney. Hotel. A strange bed. A new view. Night and day. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian Ward.
View ArticleNot as good as donuts after all
Last Thursday night I flew to Sydney for a day’s work on Friday. After picking up my hire car, I drove north towards my hotel and stopped at Crow’s Nest for some dinner. After eating I went in search...
View Articlecoffee in Sydney
Compared to Melbourne, finding good coffee in the Sydney CBD is rare, difficult and frustrating. Fortunately, there is the The Wall cafe in Surry Hills. Their macciato and toasted smoked chicken pide...
View ArticleSydney’s Chinatown
If I’m staying in Sydney for a few days for work, I like to visit Chinatown and wander around the streets and eat outdoors if the weather is balmy. During the week Sydney was a very pleasant place to...
View ArticleLongrain
I love visiting Longrain in Surry Hills in Sydney. My new favourite drink is their Bloody Longrain, which is a bloody mary with a twist – instead of worcestershire and tobasco it has chilli,...
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