It is the Labour Day holiday weekend, and so this sunny Monday I have been at home, catching up with … More
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This week’s small pleasures: the Melbourne edition
This weekend saw us fly over The Ditch (as the Tasman Sea is affectionately known) for a mini break to Melbourne.
Just good food from fresh ingredients
One thing I love is food shopping. Seeing piles of fruit and vegetables piled high, rows of fresh bread, stacks … More
Wordless Wednesday: Signs
For Wordless Wednesday, here are six random signs, some taken ages ago, some more recently.
Blogmas 2017 Day 3: Thorndon Fair
Saturday ended with some positive news, and as life goes on, so too must blogmas for this year. Today, Sunday, … More
Queen Victoria Market
One place you should visit when in Melbourne is Queen Victoria Market. One half is stalls selling belts, cheap souvenirs, … More
This week’s small pleasures #68
Since I was on holiday in Canberra and Melbourne last week, I have a lot of small pleasures to share, … More
Nourishing the soul
I woke up this Sunday and realised that I had the whole day ahead of me, with no plans. What … More
The other Fiji: Nadi
Like most tourists to Fiji, we are staying in a hotel complex, next to other hotels, and close to a … More
The best place to live
Some of you might well have seen the recent Quality of Life survey as published in the Financial Times (the survey … More