Life & Experiences
Two or three times a year a bunch of us catch up for an afternoon of lunch, drinks and chatter.
Sometimes we’ll head over to Manly, though mostly it’s at a pub fairly close to Central Station in Sydney.
The common connection is that we’re all “ABBA Fans”. Well, not all of us anymore, and so it’s a connection which has transcended that connection somewhat.
The usual thing is meet for lunch, have a few drinks and a chat, have another meal, and then head off.… Read the rest “Day At The Pub”
While most surfboards in Australia are emblazoned with names and logos like Billabong, Quiksilver and Rip Curl, we saw one in Manly today with a brand name we’ve never come across before: it must have something to do with roosters.
We were at Manly as a welcoming party of Liesbeth, a Dutch-American woman we’ve come to know through ABBA fandom. Over the years, we’ve met people like Ryan, Cliff, Steve, David, Jason, Paul and many others through internet lists and chat channels dedicated to ABBA.… Read the rest “Thousand Miles from Care”
The trip to Manly always evokes memories of the song “Reckless” by Australian Crawl, a song from my final year at high school. As an Australian of a particular age, how can you not catch the ferry without singing the line…. “as the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay”…?
Oddly enough, I was listening to Swedish pop for most of the trip. It was mostly Magnus Carlsson, the former member of Barbados and Alcazar, in case you’re wondering.… Read the rest “Manly Ferry”