A knock on the door with a belligerent greeting from the residency manager to “get your kit on!”and “have you seen your passport lately?” briefly changed the benign face of our lazy Sunday. Under cover of night, thieves stole into the complex and worked their way into 5 units, taking with them portable valuables they(…)

I saw a rumour on Twitter this morning about a media conference at 10am at the LNP HQ in South Brisbane about the resignation of two LNP MPs. So I leapt out of bed, put on my shirt and tie and headed out to the bus.   When I got there I was told there(…)

The World Press Freedom Day reminds me of the sad and ironic perceptions held by journalists of themselves in comparison to the general public’s perception of journalists. It is a day celebrated by journos, not our readers. People don’t praise us, don’t televise the event and tune in to watch the beautiful people in their(…)

I haven’t been doing much this week because of being ill, but my first excursion in four days (on painkillers) was to Canungra, a good hour’s drive away, for the Avanti 6-hour Endurance cycle. A day of endurance – and not just for the riders. It’s a cross-country cycling race open to ‘4-man’ teams right(…)

Some of you may have known that my last blackberry drown in the toilet at the Brisbane city council library. It really was one of the most heart-wrenching moments for me, may he rest in peace. And so, for the last couple of weeks I had been lagging around this brick that shook loudly as(…)

Today I bumped into an old friend on my coffee run. I was heading to Gloria Jeans (where they don’t surcharge on public holidays) to feed my caffeine addiction, and he was heading to a convenience store to feed his nicotine addiction. I sometimes think I nurture an expensive habit – how many newspaper subscriptions(…)

The irony is that we put so much effort into making our home look like nobody lives in it to convince others that they want to live in it. So we are selling, after only living it in for just over a year, our purpose built home is on the market. But have you ever(…)

To start the process rolling we first need to find the recipe. Mad dash to find the newly acquired I-phone … yes we cheated and took a photo of the recipe whilst out shopping yesterday. Sneaky? Yes, but honestly it was needed! So out come the ingredients: flour, sugar, coconut, butter…. the first four ingredients(…)

Last Friday I interviewed a guy called Jonathan Brand. He’s an actor who is currently involved in the Queensland Theatre Company production of Waiting For Godot, not to be confused with the international production of the same play now showing in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. I was fairly nervous about the whole thing because(…)

‘Hats a Sucess’ Queensland Art Gallery’s exclusive new exhibit is enjoying sucess after 9500 people walked through the doors in the opening four days. ‘Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones’ has opened to acclaim, showcasing more than 250 rare, expensive and ancient hats. The oldest in the collection is an Egyptian hat almost a thousand(…)