When Leonard Cohen passed away three years ago, I felt a bitter sweet sense of relief. My wife Ann and I briefly met him the morning after his last concert in Perth (November 2013) and were shocked at his physical … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Eclectic Collection
The System is Bullshit! I woke up the other night, covered in sweat and screaming from a dreadful dystopian nightmare about FIFO work in a ‘Sliding Doors’ alternate world. It’s taken me a day or two to realise it’s not real and couldn’t … Continue reading
I’m in my mid to late 60s and like many Baby Boomers, I suspect I’ll still be in an armchair, zimmer frame beside me, malt whisky in hand, drifting away to the sounds of Cream, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd … Continue reading
Travelling with the great unwashed can be both novel and grist for a novel and just as a full Moon does seem to bring out interesting people, (or perhaps that should be ‘interesting behaviour’), so too can travel on … Continue reading
My wife and I went to Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza show last Saturday – it was so breathtakingly good, I decided to give a daughter to two tickets for her birthday. Knowing we had a very busy week coming up, … Continue reading
We (Ann and I) know there’ll be lots of superb photos taken of the Super Moon with Perth City in the foreground and great shots taken in the country, so we thought we’d take a couple of photos in our … Continue reading
. Great mate, fellow Kiwi Aucklander, Chris Hardy hit the big 70 this week, kicking off celebrations with a Boys Own lunch at Royal Perth Yacht Club, followed by a smokey night at Devlin’s Cigar Bar in Subiaco. Hardy, now … Continue reading
I was for many years, a coach driver and tour guide based in Western Australia, including periods as a Greyhound and Bus Australia express coach driver, and I still do the occasional coach tour as a driver / guide, so … Continue reading
If you’re a nature lover and happen to be in northern Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia way, then you could do a lot worse than head to the beautiful medieval town of Detmold and Alderwarte Berlebeck the Raptor sanctuary in the suburban foothills. I’ve … Continue reading
It is a sombre anniversary for our world – the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It MUST be remembered, yet I wonder how long we must insist German people atone for sins of a generation so far removed? … Continue reading