2011 is coming…(wear a raincoat if you’re in Queensland!)

I haven’t added to this website very much for the past few weeks. I’ve written a lot of posts in my head but somehow they never made the transition from thought to website! Additionally we’ve had Christmas and 5 days spent in Adelaide ( the photo below is of the fab pressies I got). Christmas [...]

Better Homes Than Mine

Every week, millions of people watch home decoration/improvements shows on TV, buy magazines on the subject and salivate at the thought of a visit to their nearest Bunnings mega-hardware store. Not me. I don’t think I’m cut out for this domestic “Better Homes & Gardens” bullshit. Yesterday I spent a considerable amount of time at [...]

Sydney Bus driver gets into the Christmas spirit

I had a nice surprise when catching the bus this morning. The bus stopped, the door opened and I was greeted with a hearty “ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!” from Father Christmas himself. Well, at least a Sydney bus driver dressed as Santa Claus and very much into the spirit of the season. The whole [...]

More Liesbeth in Sydney

It was a very rainy day in Sydney yesterday so we concentrated on indoor activities. Our international visitor wanted to see some contemporary art so we went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and had a fab guided tour from a volunteer named Caroline. Caroline was just fantastic. After the tour we further [...]

Attention: Ex-Adelaidians: Balfours in Sydney

Okay, so I only had to wait 27 years to be able to buy a Balfours Pasty in Sydney. And it isn’t even a full-sized one, but a Balfours Party Pasty. Still, wow….I can buy Balfours Party Pasties in Sydney!!!! And for those that love them, Balfours Party Pies and Sausage Rolls too! Are you listening ex-Adelaidians. Finally [...]

Tom Ballard & Acquaintances at the Oxford Art Factory

My friend James has a theory that today’s crop of young Gay comedians would have been drag queens if they’d been around 20 years earlier. Because that’s what you often did as a young Gay person who desperately needed attention and wanted to be in some kind of show business scenario. But today, apparently you [...]

An absolute blast at the Midnight Shift

Who would have thought Thursday night at the Midnight Shift would be such a blast? James & I had an absolutely terrific time there last night, arriving at about 11pm and not leaving until 2am or whenever they stopped serving I thought I’d landed back in Oxford Street in the 80s. When Gay venues were [...]

A day off

Ahhhh…..the luxury of a day off from work. A legit day off too! With flatmate Yoda off in Stockholm for a while, I decided I needed a day all to myself to luxuriate in the ecstasy of doing absolutely nothing. Nada. Nil. It started off with a “sleep in”. Well, kind of. I woke up [...]

The old gang gets together again

Last Saturday (October 2), the old gang got together again. More of us than there has been in one place for years. Mark (Marcia), Judy, Greg, Donna, Fran, Big Dave, Grant, James, Cathy, Fran’s new beau Rod and Mr. Peugeot aka Christian. The venue was Platform 26 next to Central Station (aka Royal Exhibition Hotel). It was [...]

Lost Saturday

Saturday came and went with a complete pointlessness. What a waste of a day. 50% of the weekend shot to hell. I woke up feeling a little out of sorts and looked out the window…it was grey and looked like it might rain. The weather report confirmed the same. My moods and motivations (or lack [...]

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