Monthly Archives: June 2010

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

One week after it kicked off in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium, the World Cup has been defined by one word above all others. Vuvuzela. Until a …

 

Home Sweet Home, 385 Draper Street

Home Sweet Home, 385 Draper Street

We’ve moved into my our home! The house is exactly what we’re looking for, a beautiful Federation-era, century old wooden Queenslander on stilts. We have palm …

 

First few weeks in Cairns, Far North Queensland

First few weeks in Cairns, Far North Queensland

Cairns has palm trees everywhere, a beautiful boardwalk and the widest streets you’ve ever seen. Everyone is happy! Might have something to do with the …

 

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Priyanta Rhi, 44, is a stilt fisherman off Sri Lanka’s south coast. I talked to him about growing old, the tsunami and a threatened way …