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Meriton Suites: Campbell Street, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Another from a long list of hotels and apartments that I get to stay at whilst working with various ensembles and orchestras... I'm not crazily fond of travel, ...

Boat Harbour Beach: (Bendalong) Jervis Bay, AUSTRALIA

Ah... we do love going to Jervis Bay for a little bit of a family (no extended family...) recharge time. It is almost becoming a yearly habit! Beach and swimmin...

Two weeks of runaway growth!

Arrrgh... spring is well and truly here in the great southern lands... and I'm a LONG LONG way behind after being on tour for the last couple of weeks. I'm back...

Old School Kafey: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Ever since walking past this shop a few months ago... and seeing all these people eating the most amazing looking desserts... I've wanted to visit this place wi...

ADGE Hotel: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

A completely new hotel this time in the central city area of Surry Hills. I often stay in this area... but not in this place, and my internal map of the area is...

APX Apartments: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

On a recent trip to the big smoke, I was put up in this set of serviced apartments right in the middle of Sydney itself. Crazily close to Chinatown, the CBD, an...

Street Arts Festival: Fremantle, AUSTRALIA

One of our last trips to the separatist state of Western Australia, we had a day to do stuff with our kids that didn't involve eating out too much... and my wif...

Swan River Cruise: Perth, AUSTRALIA

For some reason, my mum is always really keen on river cruises... my wife and I don't really get it, you are stuck on the water in a boat... travelling somewher...

Tura Head Rockpool: Tura Beach, AUSTRALIA

A few days ago, my oldest daughter when fishing with her cousins on their boat in the local river... but the little one wasn't keen to do it. They didn't have e...

Fox and Bow: Canberra, AUSTRALIA

My wife and I do a postering run around when we have our ensemble concerts coming up... in the early days, we would do it separately, but we did find in the end...

Mount Ainslie: Canberra, AUSTRALIA

Mount Ainslie is situated just behind the War Memorial and overlooks much of the Canberra Parliamentary Triangle, making it a prime spot for seeing the federal ...

Hyde Park: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Sydney is the most populous and built up city in Australia... and they are pretty good at telling the rest of us how awesome they are! Sure, they can be awesome...

SV Coffee & Bakery: Canberra, AUSTRALIA

This was a little coffee break that my wife and I took recently... our relatives were talking about a little coffee place that had started up during the coronav...

Parlour: Canberra, AUSTRALIA

Another year, and another birthday... this time for my wife! And as is tradition, we dump our kids and go out to a nice place to eat... its always nice to treat...

High Tea at Ritz-Carlton: Perth, AUSTRALIA

My mum loves taking us out for High Tea when we are visiting... and pretty much any excuse will do! So, this time, the excuse was my wife's birthday... and this...

Peter Eva Pizza: Huskisson, AUSTRALIA

Whilst on holiday in Jervis Bay, we had a birthday dinner for one of the girls. Of course, the birthday person always gets to choose the place where we will go ...

Goldsbrough Oaks: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

A new job, and a new hotel to be put into... this was one that was completely unknown to me, despite the fact that I normally stay just around the corner when I...

Fitzroy Gardens: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

So, a trip to Bunnings and later to the bullion shop from the hotel gave me a few options. Take an Uber, take public transport... or just walk it! And, I had a ...

Moona Moona Creek: Jervis Bay, AUSTRALIA

Another day, another location on our summer holidays... and this time, a little secluded creek inlet instead of the beach proper... when you have smaller childr...

White Sands Walk: Jervis Bay, AUSTRALIA

This is a bit more like a photographic tour of the White Sands Walk in the picturesque area of Jervis Bay in Australia. We had visited this area over the summer...