Just passing through Town Hall station again… with a good view of people’s feet Those Sydney Cityrail people just don’t like any fun Luna Park Sydney: is there an amusement park anywhere in the world with a better view? We headed back into central Sydney, bound for the totally awesome Powerhouse Museum. It’s a mish-mash ... [More]
The standard tourist piccies – Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House The monorail, which goes round… and round… and round… Riding the ferry back to Neutral Bay – Susannah, Isaac, me and Jeremy We got up bright and early to go to the airport. Our destination: Sy-d-ney, to stay with my sister, Susannah, for a ... [More]
If you can have "domestic science", which I am fast becoming experienced at, then why can’t you have domestic science experiments? Well you can. One day last week I was curious to answer once and for all the question of whether or not the fridge light goes off when you close the door. After neglecting ... [More]
Goodies Geeks from around the nation (and a couple from overseas) converged on Melbourne this weekend for the world’s first ever Goodies convention. Australia is full of people in their twenties and thirties who fondly remember The Goodies as the result of endless 6pm repeats on the ABC for most of the 70’s and 80’s. ... [More]
Just when I thought all of the moving stuff was sorted out, and at least the phone lines were working properly… On Tuesday morning, my second (Internet) line kept dropping out. Three times in just a few hours; most unusual. Were aliens trying to cut me off from the outside world? Midday. I picked up ... [More]
Well the boxes are just about unpacked and the spare room is looking halfway decent(ish) again, which is just as well because my sister and her boyfriend are coming to visit tomorrow night. The really good news is that the real estate agent managed to find some people to move into the other flat over ... [More]
Boxes, boxes, everywhere This past week I’ve been getting things organised, doing all the stuff I need to fully move back. The other flat, for one thing, the one I was living in for about four weeks before I moved back here! I went in to see the agents, and explained I had to finish ... [More]
The Bowens: revised configuration Life as a single dad is going reasonably smoothly. It’s refreshing to be able to run the house the way I want. At last we can leave the toilet seat up without guilt! Other things we’ve been doing have included: spending a whole weekend without going near a Lincraft or Spotlight ... [More]
Today I wandered into Centrelink to find out if I had any government benefits coming my way. There’s a myriad of schemes – parenting allowance, child care allowance, rent assistance, family payment, to help families make ends meet. I pay quite huge amounts of taxes, and wondered if given my recent change in circumstances any ... [More]
Have you ever encountered something that seemed really scary at first, then seemed to go okay for a while, then bounced back to be even more scary and crazy than you ever expected? Well my separation is turning out like that. I advise you to sit down if you’re not already doing so. Okay, so ... [More]
On Friday night I met up with a few ex-work buddies for a drinkie at PJ O’Brien’s. We had a merry old chat about the good ol’ days when we worked together. After a couple of hours some went on to a show, and the three of us remaining decided to move to another Irish ... [More]
At this point, not much to report on the domestic front, at least not to the general public (that would be you). What I will say is that since moving out and living alone, I’m quite proud to say that I managed to resist for two weeks before eating at McDonalds! Alas, last night I ... [More]