Tag: melbourne

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  06/10/2019Blogging

  Lazy Day in Melbourne

  Do you remember “Eric The Eel?” If not, Eric Moussambani Malonga, who was from Equatorial Guinea, was a wildcard entrant at the Sydney Olympics. He had never swum in a … Read the rest “Lazy Day in Melbourne”

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  03/10/2019Blogging

  Melbourne Needs Hills

  “Ding Ding”. I smiled when I heard the familiar sound of a tram. After a long absence, light rail (trams) will soon return more prominently to the streets of Sydney. … Read the rest “Melbourne Needs Hills”

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  16/10/2018Blogging

  Movies, Food, Friends and Travel

  I’m normally asleep before take-off. Within seconds of switching off my mobile phone, my head can normally be found bobbing from side to side, probably to the annoyance of the … Read the rest “Movies, Food, Friends and Travel”

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  03/08/2017Blogging

  Visiting Melbourne

  A decade ago, or maybe more, I went into the “wrong toilet” at an Irish bar in Darwin. “Mna, that sounds like men, and fir, that sounds like female”, I … Read the rest “Visiting Melbourne”

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  30/07/2017Blogging

  Swedish Day at the Ice Hockey in Melbourne

  You know the character, “Ronald Niedermann” in one of the episodes of the Swedish TV production of “The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo?”. He has a congential condition where he … Read the rest “Swedish Day at the Ice Hockey in Melbourne”

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  01/06/2015Blogging

  Visiting Melbourne – Sunday night at DT’s

  For a bunch of reasons, there aren’t too many “gay bars” any-more. It doesn’t worry me too much, though a friend bemoans the lack of a “traditional” neighbourhood bar, where … Read the rest “Visiting Melbourne – Sunday night at DT’s”