Category Archives: Culture

Lots of lights

We had a very pleasant evening aboard a boat going round Sydney Harbour looking at the Vivid festival lights. There were spectacular projections onto the Opera House sails and on various other buildings around the harbour. Clever stuff. We had … Continue reading

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Blown away by The Boss

What a night! We saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Allphones Arena at Sydney’s Olympic Park and were blown away. As he told us, The Boss is now 65, but he’s full of energy, bouncing on … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas to everyone!

Christmas greetings to my faithful readers (and also to everyone who doesn’t read my blog – chuckle!). We’re spending Christmas in the Hunter Valley at Cypress Lakes  – it’s an upmarket golf resort, but I think we’ll be relaxing rather than golfing. Viv and … Continue reading

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Music and poetry, old and new

We had a fabulous time last night at a Leonard Cohen concert in the Opera House concert hall. He was fantastic for an old guy (79) and his band was really, really good. We had about three hours of music, … Continue reading

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Out and about, wining and dining

Jan’s out of hospital. She will have her arm in a plaster for a couple of weeks and is taking antibiotic pills for four weeks. (So no driving for her!) We went along with Viv and Chris and Steve to … Continue reading

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