Saw the million dollar artwork for Perth yesterday. Do I love it? Am I supposed to? Is that the point of public art? I’ll give it this much… it stands out. And I kind of like that about public art. It can’t always be tasteful and classic… a statue of the great and good… usually [...]
Current Affairs
Listening to Tony Abbott on the 7.30 Report today I was left with a question. His argument against Labor’s broadband policy appeared to be not “ours is better” but “they can’t implement it”. TONY ABBOTT: The thing is all of what you’ve just said, Kerry, depends upon this government getting it right. Now this government [...]
I quite often drive by Karrakatta Cemetary and every time I do recently I feel sad for the pine trees, completely stripped of their foliage in that big March hailstorm. The graves below were covered for weeks with thick mulch. I am guessing it will be a while before they regrow. This is what they [...]
On Sunday, the sky was the deepest blue: Then yesterday Perth had the worst storm certainly since 1994 – a storm which knocked over our back fence and uprooted our tree – and probably since 1978′s Cyclone Alby. The storm was intense where I was and I was nowhere near the centre. In the city [...]
What a week! Two funerals – which to be fair were both uplifting in their own ways. An odd mixture of celebration and sadness and seeing people at their most real. I do like this trend of personal funerals rather than the traditional church burials – you really feel you know the person. As for [...]
Today West Australians go to the polls to vote for or against daylight saving. It’s a beautiful morning. The sky is blue, there’s no wind. It’s tee-shirt weather. You don’t get mornings like this in summer. Or at least you do… but only if you get up REALLY early. Of course if you have Daylight [...]
I’m new to Twitter and so if this sounds a little evangelical, a little newly converted, my apologies. I’ve been following the fires in Victoria via my twitter feed, getting updates from 774melbourne and CFA. And I really feel connected. As much from the official tweets as the more informal ones from other twitterers in [...]
Seems the Town of Cottesloe read my post about the Michael Jackson litter campaign and decided to update their signage. Hope it works although I will miss having a giggle at the old posters. The weather this Christmas break has been beautiful. High 20s to low 30s. Crystal clear days. Not what I’d call shark weather. [...]
I don’t know how I feel about Kevin Rudd’s new website. On the one hand – he can maybe engage generation Y on their terms not his – possibly it’s a smart “voter” aquisition project. On the other it feels a bit try-hard. And… not very dignified for the Prime Minister. It’s like when he [...]
Headlines that make me laugh
by Cellobella on Monday, May 3, 2010
Driving down Stirling Highway on the way to work during peak hour in the morning is not fun. From about eight o’clock it is chockers between Eric St and Claremont shopping centre… and I mean chockers. But there is one bright spot on the journey… It’s an office where the old fire station used to [...]