When I was a teenager I wanted to be the editor of Dolly. My parents thought that was a crazy idea because I wouldn't say boo to a goose. They muttered something about me having my head in the clouds and signed me up for a secretarial course to learn how to type. I have... Continue Reading →

My sister sent me a VERY entertaining article yesterday from the Daily Mail by a journalist called Amanda Goff. It. Was. Hilarious. Amanda gave an unflinching appraisal of why marrying someone 30 years younger isn’t the best idea. It was sparked by 68-year-old Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia’s third marriage ending last week. (They met in... Continue Reading →

When I found out Split Enz were playing at Bluesfest next year, I sprang into action. Tickets were frantically bought and accommodation was hastily procured. I was feeling really proud of my prompt action and excited by the results. I have been a devoted Split Enz fan since I was 13. From the moment I... Continue Reading →

I am very hungry and poor after starting my low disaccharide diet on Saturday. A quick lowdown on disaccharides: starches and complex carbohydrates in foods are broken down into smaller sugars by enzymes. Eventually, these single sugars are absorbed into the body. Disaccharides are two single sugars that are linked together. Disaccharide intolerance is when... Continue Reading →

If you're looking for a wow-factor spot to sip cocktails in Sydney, you'd be hard-pressed to beat Aster Bar. Located on Level 32 of the InterContinental Sydney, Aster boasts incredible views of Sydney Harbour. And I got to experience them, along with the bar’s new signature menu on Friday night! I took along my friend... Continue Reading →

It’s my nephew’s birthday this week, which means it’s Teppanyaki time! But tragedy struck when my sister tried to book our regular restaurant and discovered it had shut down … a victim of progress, with the building to be demolished to make way for high-rise apartments. She was devastated - we’ve been going to that... Continue Reading →

I've always enjoyed creating stuff. I would construct endless Lego houses during the school holidays at my grandmother's place. She’d dutifully admire them and take photos of me with each one. I used to dream about buying ugly houses to save them from demolition and turn them into swans, like Three Birds Renovations do. I... Continue Reading →

Eleven years ago this week I announced on HouseGoesHome that I had met someone. It was only eight months after my marriage break-up, so technically it should have just been a rebound fling. Fast forward to 2025 and we're still dating. In early November 2014, I confessed that I’d massaged the truth in a previous... Continue Reading →

If you go on holidays to a certain country right now, I can't bring myself to "like" the photos on social media. I just can't. I am terrified by what's happening there, as it teeters on the edge of totalitarianism, and I’m mystified by the Australian travellers who don't seem the least bit bothered, lured... Continue Reading →

Saturday, November 1, 2025. Club Kotara, Newcastle. “Dear Mr Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did *was* wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What... Continue Reading →