The Indian Pacific Experience
(Click on CC for captions) I love trains. Travelling on them that is. I’m not really interested in when and where the engines were built. My dad was an ...
Australia fifty years ago
Recently came across a box of old slides and photographs, mostly taken in Australia from 1968 to 1970. Back then I was what they called a "ten pound tourist" in ...
Badu Gili – spectacular show lights up Sydney Opera House sails
Sydney's iconic Opera House is instantly recognisable and more than 8 million people visit it each year, for performances, tours, just to look at it, and these days of course ...
An evening of opera highlights – Anna Netrebko concert in Sydney
Anna Netrebko is the best soprano in the world, the reigning prima donna of the 21st Century. She has been thrilling opera fans for over two decades not only with ...
Staying at the Intercontinental – Sydney’s most iconic hotel
We've just returned from a short trip to Sydney and once again we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel in Macquarie Street. The hotel is just a few minutes walk away ...
