I grew up in the wheatbelt in Western Australia. I recently spent a week long road trip there, partly to visit family and partly to spend some quality time in my back yard during Covid restrictions. It is the ‘sheep and wheat’ area to the north, east and south of Perth. The wheatbelt has space, wildflowers, horizons, rocks, national … [Read more...]
Riyadh’s Season
During the winter months this year Riyadh, Saudia Arabia’s capital, has hosted more than 300 events. The reason for this deluge of activity is the Riyadh Season, a government backed initiative to bring vibrancy to Saudi’s major cities. One of the events was Taste of the World, Riyadh. But going back a step, on 27th September the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia … [Read more...]
Snapshot: Global Village, Dubai
Global Village is on the winter calendar again this year in Dubai. An old favourite and well worth a visit. It is a theme park that opens for six months each year from the first weekend November. Global Village - first impressions then the facts. Impressions Its unexpectedly awesome. Based on the array of pulses and strange fairy … [Read more...]
Playlist for a Rock Chick
British novelist Nick Hornby wrote a book of essays about songs that he either liked or that had an impact on his life. It got me thinking about a playlist to my life (indulgent!), and tunes that are evocative of a time and place. I like music. I’ve got friends who like it a lot more than me and are better at it. For me it is more of a backdrop to what is happening around … [Read more...]
Dakar Rally – A View From the Inside
Descriptions of this year’s Dakar Rally in the media, once it had finished, ranged from ‘Brutal. Punishing. Exhausting. Back-breaking. Insane’ (Top Gear); … the jaw-dropping beauty and brutality of the most prestigious off-road rally on the planet. (Red Bull) The Longest and Hardest Rally in the World (Red Bull) For me – I don’t get to see much of the action … [Read more...]
