Australia
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Culture: Ulster American (Play) at Adelaide Festival
When you’re new to a place, you make some schoolboy (or schoolgirl) errors. Mainly schoolboy. Misreading Google Maps is one of those problems. When you want to walk somewhere and switch it on, even though … Read more
Tours: McLaren Vale Wine Tour
After a rather disappointing wine tour of the Barossa Valley (click here) and a fun/easy outing to the National Wine Centre, I wondered if I had over-organised by booking three wine trips in a week … Read more
Reviews: Stephen K Amos, Adelaide Festival
I attended a LOT of comedy on this Australian trip, more than I do at home. I think it’s because the faces are familiar, much of the comedy tickles the same funny bones and the … Read more
Reviews: Best of British Comedy, Adelaide Festival
I love a bit of comedy. Yes, I’m a picky person, but generally anyone setting out to make me laugh has a ready and willing partner, as long as I’m not picked on. Thus, I … Read more
Tours: Barossa Valley Wine Tour
Let’s see if I can remember any of this wine tour! Not because it was so long ago, but – well – it involved a lot of wine tasting! Pick-up for the wine tour was … Read more
Hotels: Ibis Adelaide
For once (!), a positive hotel review! This is a 5 star review for a 4 star hotel! My experience in Accor-owned hotels in Australia (Ibis Melbourne, associate hotel Outback Pioneer) has been more flawed … Read more
Bondi Beach
Here’s a larf for you. I was prepping for a trip out to Bondi Junction and Bondi Beach, when who should appear on da telly, except Bobby Fox, he of Riverdance – the Lagan Company … Read more
Central Coast from Sydney
With this being my third time in Sydney, I didn’t need to revisit all the same tourist spots. Although, of course, I still did! I left lots of time in my plans to visit my … Read more
Sydney Library (State Library NSW)
The Airbnb I stayed at in Sydney was ‘sub-optimal’ (=crap) and had an equally rubbish internet connection, so I was on the look-out for a place to do a little work and access the interwebs. … Read more