I hadn’t realised that Biblical battles were clothing optional. I saw it in the art gallery at New Norcia, the monastery town 100 minutes north of Perth. It was painted during the reign of Queen Victoria: an era remembered for long dresses and covered ankles, rather than hunky naked men.
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Dec
I like Ash Barty because she’s both successful and a nice person, much like her mentor Evonne Goolagong Cawley. I was happy that she won the 2022 Australian Open. Everyone’s saying that she’s the first Australian woman to do that in 44 years, since Chris O’Neil’s win in 1978. Or is she? Ash Barty won…
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Jan
Castle Rock, WA, as opposed to Castle Rock, the Lannister castle in Game of Thrones. Apparently I missed a shark by five minutes.
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Jan
While staying with friends in Yallingup, I got a little carried away with buying raspberries (from Coles, Dunsborough, despite the bag). One day, I stripped the shelves and almost had a shoot-out with an old friend for the last punnets (well, not really). My record in one day was actually 18 punnets, which at $3…
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Jan
2021 marked the first this millennium that I spent an entire calendar year in WA. 2022 may yet prove the same. When it comes to travel, though, I have not been scraping the bottom of the barrel. Rather, the barrel has proved to be deep. From September 2003 to June 2019, I spent a total…
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Jan
England captain Joe Root made exactly 50 on the first day of the Boxing Day cricket test. Above is my Boxing Day 50. Don’t worry. As we say in Perth: ‘But it’s a dry heat!’
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Dec
Michael from Perth
A unique view of the strange and spectacular world through the eyes of Michael from Perth
