St Patricks Day 2011 Flashmob. Central Station, Sydney, Australia.

Just spent a couple of days in Sydney with my daughter Niamh - a combined Christmas gift from Niamh and Jim: lovely Martha Wainwright concert at the Opera House, followed by fascinating exhibition of Chinese terracotta warriors and grave goods from the excavations. My thanks to Niamh and Jim; it was a great mini-break.

Niamh and I stayed at the Rendezvous Stafford hotel in The Rocks. An ideal location for the Opera House and shopping, and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We booked a little apartment, like a minute townhouse - very cute and just right for us. Plenty to see, do and eat in The Rocks area, of course. Visited a night market and a day market: when it comes to markets, one is spoiled for choice. The area reminded me in subliminal ways of parts of London - it's now gentrified and a tourist attraction, but one could imagine it as a warren of old insanitary slum housing not so very long ago.

http://rendezvousstafford-sydney.h-rez.com/index.htm?lbl=ggl-en

February 2011

Looking forward to visiting Sydney this month with my daughter Niamh, to hear Martha Wainwright at the Opera House, and to see the wonderful Terracotta Warriors at the NSW Art Gallery.

http://www.marthawainwright.com/

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/first-emperor/

Spring lambs

Melbourne trip in November

So looking forward to hearing Leonard Cohen live in Melbourne in November! Just made final arrangements for the trip. I have not visited Melbourne before, so that will also be a long-awaited pleasure.

I may never be lost again

Spring is here, and so is my new GPS navigation device. What a blessing that will be, to someone like me! :-)