April 2011
4 posts
Friday Postcard: Peruvian Mountain Kids
Does anyone else get pissed off by travel blogs and their “Friday Postcard” feature? How bleeding original. And why the hell is it always a Friday? Well guess what?! It’s not even Friday today. Rebel, knowz it. Ned climbed some amazing mountains over the last two months and took some beautiful photos of incredible landscapes. My favourite picture of the lot though? This one....
Apr 22nd
Tasmania sounds lovely! But have you ever been to...
I love/am terrified at how many people think that Tasmania is a separate country. But in your defense, you ignorant idiot, I guess that maybe I haven’t been to Australia until now. Not to the real Australia. This will all change at the end of May - Bridget and I have booked tickets to Darwin! Ten days of crocodiles, blazing sun, Akubras and swimming holes. I can’t wait to get my...
Apr 22nd
What to do with albino beetroot and a bucket of...
Der, make chutney! How odd is this white beetroot? It still has pink rings, but none of that lovely purple flesh or juice. Must do some research, but someone was telling me it’s been bred that way, even though Mum and Dad say that they didn’t intend to grow purple-less beetroot. I guess some people don’t like the mess of regular beetroot, but where’s the fun in that?!...
Apr 10th
Power Plant: Not Fukishima, But Fukinawesome.
Last weekend, a group of us (including two “bloody designers, hurry the eff up!”s - Dom and I) went to see Power Plant at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. As a part of the Ten Days on the Island festival, Power Plant was a trippy experiential show of light and sound; using the gardens as a gallery. Gramophones projected the story of a slice of a tree - the rings of growth...
Apr 8th