Wake up, Melbourne
What a morning to wake up to! British designer Alexander McQueen dead. Flash floods in Melbourne. AC-DC rocking out in the stadium and then I open my email to find…the […]
NOTEBOOK
Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
All Greek, all wonderful: Hellenic Republic
Melbourne really deserves its reputation as Australia’s food capital. The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival is on next weekend, an absolute extravaganza of things to put in your mouth, and […]
Old school, new kind of cool
Are you cheating on a blog if you re-publish your own print work? Maybe…maybe not. In any case, some of you reading might be (a) men and (b) heading to […]
Horsing around a fishy tale
I’ve traded horses around the Pyramids for horses at the beach – this is a pic taken last winter here on the Mornington Peninsula, about an hour south of Melbourne. […]
Igniting the Population Bomb
Who ever thought statistics could be interesting? One of the most delicious comparisons between Egypt and Australia is our populations. Cairo is home to 20 million people (give or take […]
Anyone for desert?
Deep in North Africa’s vast Western Desert lies remote Siwa Oasis, its fortress, fossils and freshwater springs irresistible magnets. View MapMore Images The view from the window is of waves […]
Things I don’t miss about Egypt
In response to the last post, here’s my list of things I don’t miss about Egypt, now I’m back in Australia. 1. Pollution. The smell of the eucalyptus and pine […]
Things I miss about Egypt
Hi all, in case you didn’t realise, I’m back in Australia, just in time for Australia Day (a celebration of barbecues, lamb chops and lite beer). Here’s what I miss […]
Spire of spite: Cairo Tower
Today, we went to the Cairo Tower for breakfast. We took the lift to the 25th floor, to the top of the 187-foot tower. The city coughed and spat way […]
Muslim-Christian violence rents Upper Egyptian town
The southern Egyptian town of Naga Hammadi will never be the same again. The past week has seen the town, 60km north of Luxor, turn into a battleground of sectarian […]