Year: 2026
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It IS all Greek to me.
Wherever I have lived in the world I have always looked for Greek connections within that country. These were sometimes surprising, sometimes touching and always welcome. From the many children in East Africa who were named Makarios, to the incomparable Mr and Mrs Constantinou who ran the Fish and Chips shop in College Road,Liverpool –…
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Kedron Brook Bikeway
The last time I was on this path I met the lovely Richard Groom. His family were instrumental in founding Lamington National Park. No such celeb meetings today but some moments of quiet contemplation and sheer beauty. The australasian swamphen saying are you looking at me ? And then proudly showing off some of the…
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A fond farewell
It’s been raining a lot. Today the sun is out, so I pack my books and head to the Fridge Library and Civosity Park walking along Ithaka Creek. I have done this walk hundreds of times. Each time it is different – as is the case today. I will share the joyful finds but also…
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Birding with Bikers
The multi bike racks are a sure give away as was the car park full of families with eager young things sporting oversized helmets, outlandish goggles and bikes with noodle- like wheels. We are not put off and head in to explore The Gap Reserve near Mount Coot Tha. A bushland full of eucalypts, scented,…
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Opening up to autumn.
As nature is unfurling and waking in the northern hemisphere so the cooler winds are starting up in the South. The temperatures have dropped, we no longer shun the sun but search for it. The rains are welcome and they come sharply and swiftly from one minute to the next so as I walk in…
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Awakening
Today I spent my morning with a good friend attending the blessing of the Bodhi tree in the front lawn of the Gallery of Modern Art. A blessing is held in this place every year to honour the Buddha’s birth and today was the 20th year. When Siddhartha Gautama renounced his family in search of…
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When many worlds come together.
At Flying Arts Alliance Inc, today meeting Jonathon Westacott the winner of the Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award at his solo exhibition. He has explored the Queensland landscape through drawing, hand blowing glass and etching. Like us, he has a love and fascination with owls, and is lucky enough to spot some of them in his…
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The house of a thousand species.
UQ has a very interesting series of lectures called Briscience. Last night we had the pleasure to listen to Dr Matthew Holden a mathematician, who lived in a shared house in Annerley ( an urban suburb ) over the Covid Years. His interest predated Covid but it was during that time, this trio of academics,…
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Greek Easter
Its not often that I say I miss the rituals, the smells and tastes of my homeland and Easter this year which we celebrate this weekend was one such. I have always said I am an outsider looking in. This is a status I am perfectly comfortable with. I have not been born here or…
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Magpie Goose
I had the good fortune to visit an unusual exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane last week. It’s on until October so plenty of time to visit. Its the story of Magpie Goose.The company was founded by Maggie McGowan and Laura Egan in 2015, to create a platform for artists in remote communities to produce…
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