As my genealogical information reveals, Lismore has been the hometown for various members of my family for about 100 years. Although I’ve been living away, effectively, since the end of high school, it’s still home. “Do you still have family there?”, people will often ask me. The answer is YES, LOTS. My plan is retire home to Lismore sometime in the next 5-10 years.
I suddenly realised tonight I don’t know the name of the arched bridge connecting North and South Lismore over Leycester Creek via Wilson Street. It’s not “The Wilson Street Bridge” … Read the rest “The Ballina Street Bridge”
“Where The F… is 34 Union Street?”, I asked myself out loud as I walked along Union Street, South Lismore, a street I’ve walked on many, many times. Although family … Read the rest “Tropical Fruits Photography Exhibition”
As a child growing up in South Lismore, one of my strongest earliest memories was of the arrival at the nearby railway station of hundreds of people for the Aquarius … Read the rest “South Lismore”
You know how you sometimes get to Wednesday and you feel like you’ve already done a week’s work? Something happened today that was so cool that I wanted to share … Read the rest “Wednesday’s Bright Spot”
I’m enjoying a brief, four-day visit to Lismore. I’m here for a friend’s birthday, and to catch up with family. After a lovely birthday lunch, my friend Paul and I … Read the rest “Home Again in Lismore”
Not long after arriving in Sydney in the mid-1990s, I remember being blown away by the elaborate wigs of drag queen, Maude Boate. Maude was a regular performer at the … Read the rest “Maudeville at Lismore Regional Art Gallery”
I spent a couple of days this week on the Gold Coast, due to some family stuff. It was the first time I’ve been back on the Goldie in about … Read the rest “Hello Porpoise Spit”
One of my earliest childhood memories is of the arrival and placement near the Lismore City Hall of “The Big Log”. As far as pretty much everyone in Lismore knew, … Read the rest “Lismore’s Big Log”