Category Archives: Australia
Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a safe, happy and prosperous New Year! Gott nytt år! Bonne année! Ein gutes neues Jahr! 新年快乐! Feliz ano novo! Feliz año nuevo! あけまして おめでとう ございます!
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Melbourne random snaps
Melbourne is an amazing place: sunny one second, freezing the next; full of architectural surprises; multicultural; hidden lane-ways; water and parks everywhere; and more importantly, a pleasure for the taste buds – there are so many restaurants and eateries that … Continue reading
Giant cuttlebone!
As a kid growing up in France I loved finding cuttlebones on the beach. I kept marvelling at the structure of this internal shell, which only cuttlefish have. The cuttlebones I could find didn’t exceed a few centimetres. Here on the Victorian … Continue reading
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Room with a view…
I love my new iPhone! It took me forever to get one, but I took the opportunity that I was moving back to Australia to get on with the program and enter the world of iPhoners. No regrets. I am … Continue reading
Phillip Island (Victoria – Australia)
I’m back on deck! The move from Hong Kong to Australia proved harder than I thought… Finding a place to live was a challenge, with lots of competition and a tight market. We have found a nice place though, in … Continue reading
Back to Australia!
That’s it, the time has come! Tomorrow we will be moving back from Hong Kong to Australia, not to Sydney where I normally live, but to Melbourne. It’s an exciting time for us, and we’re happy to settle in a … Continue reading
Jervis Bay, Australia
As I’m about to move back home to Australia, I’ve just realised that I haven’t posted that many photos of Australia. It’s such a beautiful place that one has to wonder why. I suppose it’s just because as with most … Continue reading
Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey, was nominated for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. It is loosely based on Alexis de Tocqueville‘s journey in America. Tocqueville was a French aristocrat who in the early 1800’s wrote what was … Continue reading
The Reef
I watched The Reef on a flight back from Australia last night. The Reef is a 2010 Australian film that tells the story of a group of five friends whose sailing boat capsizes off the coast of Queensland. Because their boat … Continue reading
