Category Archives: Australians at large
Happy New Year!
A moment to pause before unfurling the sails of 2016 in the breeze of new horizons… Thank you for listening and reading and sharing the stories of NYC. This year my reports have danced between a tumble and a trickle, … Continue reading
An Australian New York moment
You never know who you will run into in this city… and I was only going out for a coffee….
ANZAC 2015
Russell has to take some credit for the crowd. Hundreds and hundreds of people were solemnly assembled when I scooted in to the dawn service at 5.30 on Saturday morning. Not all of the faces were recognisable from the Australian … Continue reading
Happy Australia Day!
The skies this morning in NYC were as blue as the poster outside The Australian, but the icicles on the balcony opposite us, and the snow still whipped into frozen peaks outside our windows, reminded us that while it was … Continue reading
Joe’s Pub & the GPS girl
If I had needed a GPS to find Joe’s Pub this week, I could easily have received directions from the very woman I was going to see. Karen Jacobsen was launching her seventh CD at the Pub on Tuesday night, … Continue reading
Papabubble
A few years ago a couple of Sydney-siders moved to Melbourne after learning the sweet trade from an aging artisan on the north coast. Christopher King and Tommy Tang ( with a name like that you would just about have … Continue reading
Australian Squash
At this time of the year, you would have to be extremely committed to leave the warm relaxed shores of Southern Australia for the freezing competitive challenges of NYC. But if you are seriously working on your world ranking in … Continue reading
Downunder delights
I have to seriously rethink the whole definition of good coffee after being completely spoilt by the perfection of rich creamy flat whites in my recent (too) fast and fabulous trip DownUnder. Maybe it’s the water, maybe it’s the milk, … Continue reading
Australian Consulate exhibition
On Friday night, after a day of non-stop pouring rain, I was happy to find an enthusiastic party at the Consulate for an exhibition of paintings by Jacinta Stewart. Jacinta is originally from Brisbane and for this show painted a … Continue reading
Australian Women in NY
I had the great pleasure this week to talk at the Australian Consulate about my experience of life in both Australia and New York City. It was a lot of fun to bring conversation about Port Lincoln and beyond into … Continue reading
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