Travels with my son »

Thomas and I are incred­u­lous. And it’s not because we are soaked through our clothes, from the spray of Vic­to­ria Falls. No, we are gob­s­macked...

Our Bridge to Brisbane Glory »

I’m not quite sure what brought it on. Per­haps it was turn­ing 46 – edg­ing towards a half cen­tury and a last chance to cling to a...

Have you caught the ‘grey and yellow’ recently? »

“You use the train?” she asked me, look­ing down her nose through her read­ers. Amass­ing me with the ‘them’ who relied on the grey and...

My Freedom Day triumph »

Five, four, three, two, one … By the time our relay team even­tu­ally started the 7,5 km race from Robben Island to Blou­bergstrand on Sun­day, the...

Exotic Quirimbas Archipelago, Northern Mozambique »

Sue Segar, recently trav­elled to the remote and exotic Quir­im­bas Arch­i­pel­ago in north­ern Mozambique. What do Daniel Craig, David Roth­schild and Tokyo Sexwale have in com­mon?...

Goodwill visit to Central Africa »

Sue Segar spent a week trav­el­ling with senior mem­bers of the South African National Defence Force on the annual good­will visit to sol­diers deployed in...

Columns & Blogs Set yourself free …

Set yourself free … »

I’ve done it. I’ve taken the rad­i­cal step to take ‘them’ off. Not just hide ‘them’ … I deleted ‘them’. ‘They’ve’ gone. And I can hon­estly say I feel bet­ter for hav­ing done it. I’m talk­ing about...

December 24 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Veggie Tales

Veggie Tales »

  We have an abun­dance of holy sil­ver beet in our veg­etable patch. Holy not in a reli­gious sense, but rather that it has been nib­bled with gay aban­don by an extended fam­ily of tiny, apple green...

November 19 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Is it really that important?

Is it really that important? »

I was walk­ing along a coun­try lane near my home recently, mulling over all the things I had to do that day when in the dis­tance, I saw an elderly man rum­mag­ing through his refuse...

August 28 2009 / No comment / Read More »
The games we play

The games we play »

‘World Cup fever’, appar­ently, is ‘upon us’.  What with sev­eral dozen posters, tens of adver­tise­ments and an impres­sively bright pair of bill­boards, it’s not hard to see why.  But, lest read­ers think me unpa­tri­otic, let’s give...

August 25 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Covertly Corporate

Covertly Corporate »

It’s raining as I step out of the train and onto a sodden city central platform. I marvel at how I choose to go corporate on the very day the heavens open in Queensland. I...

July 18 2009 / No comment / Read More »

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Talking Art with Cape Town’s Alastair Whitton »

Talking Art with Cape Town’s Alastair Whitton

Tell us about your most recent work, ‘Pat­mos and the War at Sea’, ded­i­cated to your late brother, Ronald James Whitton. The Pat­mos Project...

Feb 15 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Wanda Hennig — Editor, Writer and Life Coach, Oakland, California »

Wanda Hennig — Editor, Writer and Life Coach, Oakland, California

Where do you live and how long have you lived there? I live in Oak­land, Cal­i­for­nia. If I jump in my car and if there’s no...

Aug 29 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Cheryl Goodenough, Journalist, Brisbane »

Cheryl Goodenough, Journalist, Brisbane

Where do you live and how dif­fer­ent is it to your pre­vi­ous sub­urb in South Africa?   I live in Calam­vale, a south­ern sub­urb of Bris­bane....

Aug 6 2009 / 3 comments / Read More »

Rob Hyde — A Fresh Approach in Real Estate »

Rob Hyde — A Fresh Approach in Real Estate

Rob Hyde, prin­ci­pal of the new Ray White office in Ken­more Vil­lage, plans to emu­late the qual­i­ties that con­tributed to his incred­i­ble inter­na­tional suc­cess...

Aug 6 2009 / 5 comments / Read More »

Glenda Condon, Pastoral Assistant, Integration, Brisbane »

Glenda Condon, Pastoral Assistant, Integration, Brisbane

  What do you love about your job? I love meet­ing new peo­ple and hear­ing their jour­ney in life, where they come from and who they are,...

Aug 5 2009 / 4 comments / Read More »

Desiree Johnston »

Desiree Johnston

Where do you live and how long have you lived there? Mil­ton, Ontario, Canada. What do you love most about Canada? Like least? Love Most:  I love the sea­sons! ...

Jul 29 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Eileen Nicholls — Loving Los Angeles »

Eileen Nicholls — Loving Los Angeles

Where do you live and how long have you lived there? We have lived in the LA area for 1 1/2 years (time flies!) How would you describe your...

Jul 25 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Matthew MacDevette, student and author, Cape Town »

Matthew MacDevette, student and author, Cape Town

Where do you live? Not Aus­tralia. Does any­thing besides that really matter? How long have you lived there? I have not lived in Aus­tralia all my life. ...

Jul 17 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
Travel

Sensational Sydney »

Sensational Sydney

For­get the Syd­ney Opera House, Bondi Beach and even the thrill of being in this stun­ning city dur­ing the famous New Year’s Eve fire­works. It’s a celebrity sight­ing that got my daughter’s vote. “I’ve just seen ‘Stretch’ from The Fan­tas­tic Four and he said hello!”...

Jan 11 2010 / No comment / Read More »

A beginner’s guide to dying in India »

A beginner’s guide to dying in India

Levi’s house burns down, his fiancé dumps him for the nun­nery and he gets fired from his job – all in quick succession. When his long lost brother requests that he join him in India post-haste, he does so with­out hes­i­ta­tion – he doesn’t...

Jan 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Travels with my son »

Travels with my son

Thomas and I are incred­u­lous. And it’s not because we are soaked through our clothes, from the spray of Vic­to­ria Falls. No, we are gob­s­macked because we have just seen our first fifty tril­lion dol­lar note. We are stand­ing out­side the Zam­bezi Blues River Cafe, a...

Nov 16 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Have you caught the ‘grey and yellow’ recently? »

Have you caught the ‘grey and yellow’ recently?

“You use the train?” she asked me, look­ing down her nose through her read­ers. Amass­ing me with the ‘them’ who relied on the grey and yel­low car­riages in the Cape Peninsular. I love the train, the car­rier of per­sonal worlds and pri­vate real­i­ties.  I remem­ber my...

Aug 28 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Editorial

In search of a Christmas tradition »

In search of a Christmas tradition My youngest son asked whether he’d be get­ting a Christ­mas sack at the end of his bed on Christ­mas morn­ing. Since he no longer believes in...

Dec 24 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Looking for cooler pastures »

Looking for cooler pastures A Bris­bane friend told me her ther­mome­ter topped 41°C a week ago – and that was in the shade. Inside, it was a sweaty 36°C which, accom­pa­nied by humid­ity,...

Dec 16 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »
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Home & Garden Shane Calvino — Renovating Down Under

Shane Calvino — Renovating Down Under

Shane Calvino first realised she had a nat­ural flair for design when she dressed her mother’s cloth­ing bou­tique win­dow as a 13-year-old liv­ing in Zul­u­land, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.   “She had a dress in the...

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Exhibitions Xanita enters into Material ConneXion’s worldwide libraries

Xanita enters into Material ConneXion’s worldwide libraries

  Xanita’s X-Board and X-Core have recently been accepted into the Mate­r­ial ConneXion’s libraries, located in five major cities world­wide, namely New York (United States), Bangkok (Thai­land), Cologne (Ger­many), Daegu (Korea) and Milan (Italy). Mate­r­ial...

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Shane Calvino first realised she had a nat­ural flair for design when she dressed her mother’s cloth­ing bou­tique win­dow as a 13-year-old liv­ing in Zul­u­land, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.   “She had a dress in the...

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Community Cheryl Goodenough, Journalist, Brisbane

Cheryl Goodenough, Journalist, Brisbane

Where do you live and how dif­fer­ent is it to your pre­vi­ous sub­urb in South Africa?   I live in Calam­vale, a south­ern sub­urb of Bris­bane. There is a lot of devel­op­ment in the area,...

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Country Life Bunyip Springs Farm Stay, Queensland

Bunyip Springs Farm Stay, Queensland

Bun­yip Springs Farm­Stay offers a choice of accom­mo­da­tion, from excel­lent overnight accom­mo­da­tion through to longer stays. Choose from the Bun­yip Springs Cot­tage or the Bun­yip Springs Lodge. Both the Cot­tage and the Lodge are...

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Fashion & Beauty Is Brisbane ready for Trinny and Susannah’s visit?

Is Brisbane ready for Trinny and Susannah’s visit?

I don’t for a moment sug­gest Aus­tralians lack style and dress sense, it’s just that the task ahead of them is, well, over­whelm­ing weather-wise. Their exper­tise is not in ques­tion. I have gaped in won­der...

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My Favourite Place A Taste of Nature’s True Bounty

A Taste of Nature’s True Bounty

“So this is what they’re sup­posed to taste like … ” Sam­ple the vast array of freshly grown pro­duce at a farmer’s mar­ket and you’ll imme­di­ately under­stand that the bland super­mar­ket offer­ings are a long...

Aug 9, 2009 / More »
Weddings Lost Soles

Lost Soles

The family wedding was set to be an exquisite occasion. Our wedding outfits were carefully chosen weeks before the event. My two sons would be handsome and smart in their crisp white shirts...

Jul 8, 2009 / More »
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