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17 May 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
When I am travelling to Sydney and back by bus, I often book one of the later buses.... just in case something funny happens and a concert or a rehearsal goes later than expected. Plus, I don't really find myself in a crazy hurry in most of my l...
10 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
I think I must have mentioned it before, but I am not really that fond of Sydney (or Melbourne...). I grew up in a smaller city, and I did live in both of these cities for periods of time... but I never really liked the big city feel... too many...
7 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
After so many years away, it is such a pleasure to return back to one of favourite concert halls in whole world! I'm not really sure why I love the Angel Place Recital Hall quite so much, it is acoustically very nice to play in, but I think it h...
6 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Moving into a new place is always going to be fraught with new surprises and lots and lots of new chores. Principal amongst our current list of chores is the clearing and cleaning out of the surrounding shrub and trees that ring our house. To sa...
5 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Now that I'm in Australia... it is time to start exploring the various places around this continent that I can eat out in (hmmm, that sounds more weird than it should have!). So, my mother was recently visiting us in Canberra, and she loves her hi...
30 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
I've been hunting around for some cheap and decent places to stay in Sydney over the coming year... most of the groups that I am playing in will cover a hotel or something like that... and generally will organise a nice one for me to stay at......
28 Apr 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
In the last of the series about our recent little day visit to the town of Merimbula on the Australian Sapphire coast, we have the real reason that we had come! It wasn't for the really great lunch, or even for the unexpectedly good ice-cream! I...
26 Apr 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, the other end of our little trip to Merimula to do the famous Boardwalk walk (that will be the last post of this little series!)... and this is the starting end. The earlier post dealt with the post-walk ice-cream treats... and this post sta...
23 Apr 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
What is the best way to entice kids (and husbands...) to go on a walk? Well, a sure fire way is to make a promise of icecream at the end! ... and that is what happened recently on a nice little trip down to Merimbula on the Australian Sapphire C...
22 Apr 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash The time has begun... the election for Australia was called about a week and a bit ago, and it is now set for the 21st of May. I'm quite a bit of an avid follower of politics... I'm not a complete junkie, but I do like...
