Author Archives: John

Laugh! I nearly died . . .

Posted on May 18, 2017 by John

Looking for some light-hearted fun, I pushed Jan into going to see The Play That Goes Wrong at the Sydney Theatre Company. We both thought it might be a bit too silly, but it was very, very good. Here’s the blurb: Playing … Continue reading →

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Showtime for gliding

Posted on May 9, 2017 by John

On Sunday Jan and I drove down to Wollongong for the Wings Over Illawarra air show. We arrived early – 9am – because we were helping at the glider exhibit. My gliding club – Southern Cross – had taken a … Continue reading →

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That Mozart, such a joker!

Posted on May 9, 2017 by John

For Jan’s birthday treat we went to see the play Amadeus. It was a National Theatre Live production and we saw a lunchtime screening at the Dendy Cinema at Opera Quays down near the Opera House. We went by train, arrived … Continue reading →

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Rasputin – always good for a laugh

Posted on April 19, 2017 by John

Our friends Lynne and Norman Arnott had a couple of tickets to the play The Rasputin Affair  but couldn’t go. They kindly donated them to us. Last night we went by train to the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, a place we … Continue reading →

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An up-and-down day

Posted on April 19, 2017 by John

I went gliding on Easter Monday. The soaring forecast was half decent – the best for a while. When I arrived at Camden I found that, unusually, there was no queue of pilots wanting to fly the high-performance two-seat glider … Continue reading →

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