Small Steps 4 Hannah HALT Inaugural Launch

  For the charity luncheons I attend, the causes are a needless sacrifice of life that should have never occurred in the first place. Innocent souls taken from this world by selfish, controlling perpetrators who systematically deceive and abuse their victims by […]

Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2021

  Excited guests recently gathered at  Tommerup’s Dairy Farm just outside of Beaudesert to launch the 10th anniversary of the Scenic Rim Eat Local Week. Super chef Richard Ousby served a menu based on the beautiful local produce to be found in […]

#SheTravels Redcliffe 

  Recently we returned to my hometown of Redcliffe for a family wedding. We could have driven back to our home in Brisbane, but as it was a family occasion I decided to stay overnight. There are plenty of accommodation options in […]

QSO Live Performances

  Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s (QSO) most recent maestro arrangement, Enigma was as described, a Musical Tour de Force. Their sensational opening arrangement struck the audience as they showcased a spine-tingling brass and organ production of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C minor, […]

Dandelion & Driftwood Returns To Hendra

It wasn’t so long ago I attended the delightful comeback and opening night of a Queensland institution, Dandelion & Driftwood. A comforting and much-adored fully licenced café that had loyal followers from around the state eagerly waiting on the steps for the […]

The Circus of Illusion 

  When my boys were young they loved magic.They were always after the latest magic kits and trying to master the art of illusion. In London the magic kit from Hamley’s provided them with hours of fun. I remember my eldest standing […]

Searingly Beautiful …… AVE (Australian Vocal Ensemble) Launches!

  The 80 minute performance was searingly beautiful, pitch perfect, and paved new musical ways. On Saturday evening Katie Noonan, Fiona Campbell, Andrew Goodwin and Andrew O’Connor made musical history in launching Katie’s AVE – Australian Vocal Ensemble – a national first acapella quartet celebrating old and new Australian stories.  To […]

What Katie Did Next   

  Queensland’s Katie Noonan does not need an introduction. She has won 5 Arias and been nominated 27 times. She has released 20 albums, with seven platinum record sale moments. She is one of Australia’s greatest singers of all time. Yet she […]

Robert Brownhall’s 2021 Exhibition

  Leading Australian artist Robert Brownhall’s visual diary is the basis of his next exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries in March 2021. The paintings he has produced trace his observations of the ordinary that has characterised the duress of the 2020 pandemic. […]

The Siren Song of Lorelei

  As the Aldi ad would say, Opera Queensland’s seductive new production Lorelei is “Good Different”. In fact, it is “Very Good and Very Different”. No grand operatic stage designs, which can change from scene to scene, and no soaring male voices […]

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