I have been dealing today with a government agency requiring photo ID for an older family member, impacted by the disaster in Lismore. He's now too old for a driver's licence and has never been overseas, so he has no passport. To get a replacement birth certificate, he requires a photo id. To get a photo … Continue reading Can you still buy Rinso?
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How frustrating must it be to be a flight attendant? In the front row of six, there were only two of us paying any attention to the flight attendant's instructions for the emergency row. The woman to my right was engrossed in her book, the man next to her was going through photographs on his … Continue reading Exit Row
"Walking around Lismore after the first flood, when there was still mud around and large piles of trashed furniture out on the street made sense of what happened. But it doesn't make sense now", I said to Noreen who runs the Duck Pond Espresso Coffee Shop in South Lismore. "The night of the first flood … Continue reading Doesn’t Make Sense
“Can we send you a pizza order for a lovely lunch?” a colleague told me today she had recently offered some colleagues in Lismore. “That would be lovely”, she was told, “Except we have no pizza places. They're all closed, due to the flood.”. My colleague told me this was a stark insight of how … Continue reading Sydney life and Lismore life
When people you know have near-death experiences, you tend to be a little more “honest” in your communications with them. You tend to be more willing to share the thoughts, feelings and experiences you’ve had. After years of living in Surry Hills, I thought it was finally time to share with my family a few … Continue reading Village Voices
"You can have my thongs if you like", I said to my nephew Sam when he mentioned he had no shoes to wear. We were on our way to Ballina Airport so I could return home to Sydney. “Sam, do you have shoes?”, Michelle asked her son, to which replied he had spent the last … Continue reading A lot ahead of us