Lyrebird launch

 Sunday was a busy day. We shot down to Ocean Grove to visit some new parents and their gorgeous son, then back to Melbourne, hopefully to be in time for the launch of Jackie Kerin’s new picture book, ‘Lyrebird: A True Story’. We had two reasons to...

Hey Baby! Launch at RCH

Yesterday, Corinne Fenton launched her new picture book, Hey Baby! at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The hospital had organised a class from the local primary school to attend, and after the launch, Corinne went upstairs to read her book to some...

Even in the drain …

Walking to my car the other day, I glanced into this stormwater drain. There, in what must be a fairly inhospitable environment, maiden hair ferns thrived.Amazing.

I haven’t aged a bit!

Yesterday we lunched with my cousin’s three daughters. We’ve decided to dispense with the details of that cousin-hood (first, second, first-once-removed and all that) and just be cousins. Anyhoo, during the course of lunch (courses really) I pulled out...

Best laid plans and all that

I sing in a local community choir. It’s great fun and it’s been a fun way to meet more locals (and to learn new things like making sour dough bread, but that’s another story). This past week we had the opportunity to record our work in a professional...

Gooney Bird over Melbourne

Last night, we took the Gooney Bird flight over Melbourne. It was a dinner flight and we began with champagne, and finished with port and chocolates.The Gooney Bird (aka DC3) first began flying in the 1930s, only thirty years after Wilbur and Orville did their...