It’s not often you get paid to sit in the dark at 9am and watch a live gig. It was so surreal to see Casey Donovan perform yesterday at the announcement of the full line-up for Great Southern Nights. It was my very first official outing as a ministerial corporate communications flack and it was... Continue Reading →

Life has given everyone a few lemons over the last two years. I'm getting better at turning mine into lemonade. I didn't even bat an eyelid when a nice Yorkshireman clambered onto my roof earlier this week and declared my terracotta tiles were shot. Quite literally - that's what they call the little shatter marks... Continue Reading →

Did you know more than one million people in NSW have tested positive to COVID? Nationally it’s more than 2.6 million. That’s a lot of dry coughs. There’s so little information out there about the effects of the disease, so I'm wondering - how is your recovery going? It's been more than a month since... Continue Reading →

I took the kids to a Malaysian restaurant for dinner on Friday night - it's not often that we eat out together as a family, due to social lives, work commitments and financial concerns. As we hooked into our roti chanai, the kids started discussing their plans to move out of home. I should have... Continue Reading →

I’m embarrassed to say that I've arrived a little late to the urgency of the "change the date" debate. So late, in fact, that I went to an Australia Day event this week. Going to Australia Day events is frowned upon in many circles, but I've been so distracted over the past few years that... Continue Reading →

There were some deeply regrettable incidents involving animals yesterday. The day started with me finding a huge huntsman in my shower. I HATE spiders, so I panicked and tried to drown it. (I know huntsmans aren't actually animals, but for the sake of brevity, I'm group classifying.) As the poor creature fought for its life,... Continue Reading →

I asked DD to take a photo of me with my Aperol Spritz on Sunday afternoon and recoiled in horror when he showed me the results. I initially declined his offer to share the shots, but I hadn’t posted anything on my Thirsty Travellers Instagram page for a while, so I requested he forward the... Continue Reading →

I've had some nasty bosses in my time, but I've also had some awesome ones. Julie, who I worked with at Singapore CLEO at the turn of the century, was one of the best. (Wow, that makes me sound soooooo old. To me, the turn of the century still means 1900. These days it means... Continue Reading →

For anyone with a kid who did their HSC last year, yesterday was a pretty big day - they finally got their results. Of course, I forgot. How much longer do you think I can keep blaming things on brain fog? The eldest has been enjoying adulthood by sleeping away from home for the last... Continue Reading →

The world went pear-shaped the week of my birthday in 2020. The coronavirus arrived and no one imagined it would still be wreaking havoc two years later. I had so many lovely things planned for the festival of my 52nd birthday. I was going to Comedy Steps Up for Bushfire Relief at Sydney Opera House... Continue Reading →