01. Ten hours of music fun at Laneway Festival. Highlights: on the ‘small’ stage, Bel Air Lip Bombs and Teen Jesus delivered. On the big stages, I loved seeing Lucy Dacus and Role Model but the highlights were Wet Leg and (of course) Chappell. Continue reading
01. A night in Warburton for some walks among tall trees. Restorative. Continue reading
01. They’ve planted a meadow at the Convent. It’s small but lovely. Continue reading
01. Brilliant night at Bar Selecta with my brother and SIL – yacht rock on the turntable and perfect cocktails (above: a Fly Me to the Moon – two kinds of gin, vermouth, roselle, and cherry tincture). Continue reading
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
01. A local sinkhole! I got there as quickly as I could (it was well and truly roped off) (image of the hole from here). Continue reading
01. This little guy – both fun and devastating on NYE… (I was sucked in by the pretty bottle and referred to The Madrusan Cocktail Companion for a suitable cocktail, which was the potent Mezcaletti). Continue reading
It’s hard to pick out the happiest of happy things but this is my list of 2025 highlights (excluding books – more on those later – and holidays, and I had some amazing ones this year, notably Hobart, Cambodia, New Zealand, and my sinkholes tour). Continue reading
01. My Boxing Day tradition is starting a new book, fuelled by treats (it has always been Quality Street but this year, to my absolute horror, they have been discontinued in Australia). Continue reading
01. Thrilled to be at Hamer Hall for Wankernomics #pinchingmyself (sorry if the pic above is triggering for anyone who has worked in an organisation…). Continue reading