This is an old story now. It starts in 1956 when I was nearly 9 and a racehorse began its career by coming second in the AJC Breeders Plate, the first classic race of the season held just after the ‘official’ birthday of horses of August 1st in the Southern Read more…
Maybe the story of the beginning of World CleanUp Day, which arose from Clean Up Australia Day that is celebrated this Sunday 4th March 2018, can be an inspiration for many countries which are trying to change their economy into a tourismbased economy. Everything started in Australia in 1989 when Read more…
There are now hundreds, if not more, gelato bars around the world creating a plethora of colours, textures and taste sensations – of single scoop, double and triple, served in cones or paper cups and accompanied at your choice by fruit juices, milkshakes or unique creations of baristas. In every Read more…
For me there is no better place to be on Australia Day than at Camp Cove, a beach that faces West near the South Head of Sydney Harbour. Yet, let’s go slowly, maybe an early lunch under an umbrella in the sun and then a walk around to South Head Read more…
Today, Australian Aboriginal artists are well-known worldwide and the culture of aboriginal art has become heavily commercialised. Yet this is a recent happening of the past 50 years, or maybe it is more a renaissance of traditional aboriginal art dating back as far as 40,000 years, encouraged in its re-creation Read more…
For 20 years Bondi Sculpture by the Sea has graced the coastal walk, parks and beaches of South Bondi and Tamarama, a scenic area of great natural beauty but not architectural wonder. Standing above the Bondi Icebergs Club, looking north over the ocean pool, gives the perfect panorama of Bondi, Read more…
Wayne Stuart is a proud Australian who has created the most outstanding revolution in grand piano design in generations. He is the master designer and manufacturer of the Stuart Grand Piano that adds a dimension to the capability of the traditional name brands such as Steinway and Yamaha by expanding Read more…
The inspiration for the creation of the Faces of Mercy and its performances in Sydney and Rome was a key sentence in the homily by Pope Francis after his selection as Pope. “The message of Jesus is mercy. For me, and I say this with humility, it is the Lord’s Read more…
Sydney and the area of Barangaroo Reserve was first occupied by the Gadigal people maybe over 10,000 years ago. The Sydney harbour with the surrounding hills were home to about 1500 people when the British arrived and declared when they landed at Camp Cove that the land was ‘Terra Nullius’ Read more…
The Australian jubilee has its own spirit and towards the end of the Year of Mercy it celebrates in a special way with three of its finest artists: Niké Borghese, Kevin Brophy and George Palmer. The performance, called ‘Faces of Mercy’, has been held in Sydney on 23rd October and Read more…
