BBC Quiz of the Week

This Week As planned I took a trip into Western Australia’s Mid-West. That area where farming runs  out of rain and cattle begin eating the scrub which is left by the miners. It is a surprisingly sharp divide. Drove to Mount Magnet with a major stop-over at the Benedictine Monastery town of New Norcia. Museum [...]

Ladies, Going Out Tonight?

A special date? You need a special hairstyle. The Australian Women’s Weekly, Saturday 21 September 1940

It Tickled Granny’s Fancy

 

A Bit of Perth

Yesterday I showed a piece of public art at Smith’s Lake in North Perth. Originally Three Island Lake it is now but a remnant of its past swampy glory. The first European owner of this lake and its surrounding land was John Smith, a Colour Sergeant with the 21st Fusiliers. I was involved in research [...]

No Trains Today

Between Mullewa and Pindar (look them up on Google Earth). A busy part of the world.

Opened Sauce

Amanda was on an airplane. She struck up a conversation with the geeky computer programmer sitting next to her. “Where are you going?” asked Amanda. “I’m going to San Jose,” said the geek, for doesn’t everyone go to San Jose? “to a computer convention. We specialize in operating systems for large computers. Let me tell [...]

Sid and Sod

 

A Bit of Perth

Public Sculpture at Smith’s Lake in North Perth. A representation of an Indigenous self- built bough hut from before the arrival of Europeans. More on this park tomorrow.

Following

 

What Day of the Week Are You?

You Are Wednesday Like this day of the week, you are ruled by Mercury. More than anything, you are unpredictable.You are witty and wise – but you are also easily bored. You tend to be flighty and careless. You are unreliable at times. In some ways, it’s perfect that you match up with hump day. [...]

A Bit of Perth

Freemasons Lodge Hall  (Northern Suburbs), 50 Alma Road, Mt Lawley. Designed by prominent architect Herbert Parry and constructed in 1928 by Todd Brothers builders. A distinctive two-storey brick hall constructed for the Freemasons Lodge with a single-storey lesser hall attached. It was opened by Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master AC McCallum MBE on 7 September [...]

Sid and Sod

Changes

Did you hear about the synagogue in Philadelphia where an unusual number of the temple members were converting and becoming Quakers? Each Sabbath there were mutterings as the remaining members saw the most respected of the congregation were no longer in attendance. Finally someone asked the rabbi how he felt about so many of his [...]

A Bit of Perth

Bishop Gibney’s House, 50 Vincent Street, Mt Lawley Erected c.1910 in brick and tile as a residence for Bishop Gibney – Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth. Bishop Gibney lived here from 1905 till his death in 1925. Gibney also owned several other houses in Vincent Street.

Avast, Ye Land Lubbers

It is Talk Like a Pirate Day again so today we will feature The Parrot. I want to see some keelhauling, ye scurvy dogs. With lots of Arrrrrr’s to go with it. So get the mains’l up and stop scrimshawing on your blogs, me hearties. My mains’l is up and I’m sailing the macadam for [...]