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...
3 May 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
It has been a long wait for the last two pianos to arrive... but they are finally in our house and ready to be put into active service again! It has been a bit of a harrowing five month wait for my wife as two of her babies were put firstly into...
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...
25 Apr 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
Sometimes, annoying tech problems have annoyingly stupidly simple (and physical) solutions. As a bit of a tech nerd, I generally tend to go a bit more in for the more trickier fixes... but sometimes, I need to be reminded that there are simple...
24 Apr 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Sigh... this is going to likely be a more frequent event now in Australia, and something that I'm not particularly keen about, but there isn't anyway around it (aside from buying another violin!). Plus, it is a problem that is born of good thing...
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...
21 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
When on tour, I have a distinct preference for serviced apartments over normal hotel rooms. I like the ability to cook for myself.... even if those meals tend to be a bit on the weird side due to the shopping for several nights only, without var...
20 Apr 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
In some ways, I was a little bit dubious as to whether or not the harpsichord would survive the long sea journey in a container. There is something a bit unnerving about sending a delicate instrument for several months across to the other side o...
