Monday, 26th July, 2010

Even though I'm a Sydneyite through and through, there is absolutely no shame in admitting that Melbourne has its charms.

Sunday, 25th July, 2010

Hmm, wasn't very smart of the boys to let us loose in the Royal Arcade now, was it? :)

Monday, 19th July, 2010

Going up the escalators at the beautiful QVB. They've recently put mirrors on the undersides of the escalators, which makes for all sorts of interesting, Escher-like angles.

Saturday, 17th July, 2010

On the day that Julia Gillard announced the date of the next federal election, it seemed right to visit Canberra and check on our pollies. There was a bunch of journalists camped out on the front lawn, but otherwise, all was quiet on this utterly gorgeous day. (Yes, I am guilty of over-using the word 'gorgeous' lately, but if you look at the sky, you'll have to agree that this was entirely justified.)

Now all I have to do is work out how to vote on 21st August when I'll be back in Chiang Mai.

Monday, 12th July, 2010

I don't indulge in sepia very often but it seemed to fit ye olde feel of the incredibly gorgeous Queen Victoria building. We kept missing the clock shows (every hour on the hour) but there's just so much to look at, regardless, including a solar-powered, waving figurine of QEII.

Tuesday, 2nd February, 2010

Right now, my house just looks out onto a vacant lot. In a few weeks, however, things will change...

Friday, 23rd January, 2010

I can't put this under any category, exactly, except that I was at Chiang Mai International Airport, Black Canyon, and this caught my eye.

Sunday, 15th March, 2009

Love this section of Sydney roads... on the approach to the Harbour Bridge, northbound. It was one of those glorious spring mornings that is just so so perfect, and worth - just! - the price of a sleep-in.

I think it's the feeling of being amongst all those shiny shiny buildings to someone who works in the sticks :)

Sunday, 15th February, 2009

With thanks to Philly for driving slowly so I could get this... sort of: a weird pastiche of all kinds of funny little elements that reminds me of the film I'm about to start teaching - Blade Runner (Director's Cut, of course).

Tuesday, 27th January, 2009

Side by side like a pair of salt-and-pepper shakers (with thanks to Angela for the very apt simile).

Monday, 26th January, 2009

Happy Australia Day! I can't think of a more appropriate photo in my camera today than this of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Even the $3 toll (going up to $4 in peak hour from tomorrow) can't dim the elation I feel whenever I drive across it.

This picture does make me feel slightly vertiginous, though - like I'm upside down on a rollercoaster or something!

Tuesday, 6th January, 2009

The long walk down to see Nina Raine's Rabbit at the Sydney Theatre Company. Not very nice if you're late for a play - watch the uneven floorboards! - which we thankfully weren't. (I do, however, have vivid memories of racing up the steps of the Opera House, regularly, throughout the duration of our ballet subscription.) Toby Schmitz's performance was the standout for me - he brought such energy to the role and to the stage - but I also loved the fascinating meditations on memory: just a room full of tuning forks?

Sunday, 4th January, 2009

Went with my friend Annie to visit Monet - he's come to the Art Gallery of NSW. We'd last seen him in his gardens at Giverny, 31st October, 2006, just before they closed for the winter season. This is a detail from a post at the entrance to Art Gallery road.