Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
28 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Another little night out finding something to eat in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Like the previous posts, the area around here is pretty thin on places to eat... it is just this particular section near Central that is a bit light on restaura...
27 May 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, as you might know... we have moved back to Australia from Europe pretty recently, and well... the housing market on both sides was pretty red hot. So, we sold on the other side below what we could have really hard-bargained for... but we lik...
26 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Today was a day of outreach concerts for the local symphony orchestra in the retirement and nursing homes of Canberra. I know that there are many "professional" musicians that hate doing this stuff, and they can do a h...
24 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash I wonder who managed to guess the topic of this post from the picture? I'm willing to bet that most of the Silver Blogger community.. but perhaps not the general readers who are below a certain age! ... anyway, there c...
23 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
This little eatery/restaurant/takeaway was a pretty unusual find... and quite a welcome one! Sushi Fresh is a little Japanese food place that is situated right in the middle of the industrial area of Canberra, Fyshwick. This is where all the car...
22 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash ... and what was a pretty unexpected turn, the outcome of the Australian election was decided pretty damn quickly last night. It was expected that there would be a bit of lengthier counting period due to both of the ma...
21 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Well.. today is the day. It has been a while since I've done my civic duty as a citizen of Australia. After living overseas for a certain period of time, you are removed from the electoral rolls and are not able to vot...
20 May 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
The best (or worst...) part of staying at a hotel is that evening walk around looking for a decent place to eat that is both not too expensive and not too full of trendy people or tourists. I'm generally looking for a quiet place where I can jus...
19 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21. Part 22, P...
18 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash So, this is going to be a bit of a ramble about some personal thoughts based on a hugely limited sample of heavily anecdotal personal observations.... nothing in here is definitive, and probably should be taken with a...
