The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
Tag Archives: out and about in adelaide
You could have knocked me over with a feather, but not an egg
So I’m at this party, where I haven’t met anyone except my host, but as the conversations turn, I discover that I’m talking to the sister-in-law of the people who used to own the house I now own (Her: so … Continue reading
Goodbye Centennial Hall
This is of interest to only about three people reading this blog, but here be some photos of the Centennial Hall at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds being demolished. The mister, who knows about such things, tells me that the building … Continue reading
Myer. Ground Floor.
Between the front of the store (where I entered) and the back of the store (where I was headed – socks thirty percent off – the price, not the length of the toe) I made this observation: there is a … Continue reading
Harden up
So that was a bit whingey, wasn’t it? I do apologise. Tho I did forget to tell you that a few weeks ago, a man ran into the back of my car and so now I have to get my … Continue reading
Three, two, one
I have been to Ikea for the third and final time. I was only the second-grumpiest person there. And after that performance, she will be putting her furniture together alone.
A brief break in transmission
I know this is completely irrelevant to most of you, and I don’t really do straight politics here, but I have to just every now and then. Did you listen to the broadcast of Nicole Cornes first press conference? You … Continue reading
Something to see
Thanks to the good nature of the man with whom I share the care of my children, at Adelaide Fringe time I do get out and about quite a bit. There are evenings I must stay at home – his … Continue reading
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Tagged out and about in adelaide, things I have seen, words and phrases
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meanwhile in a playground not a million miles away and sometimes frequented by me and my kids…
goanna with bulldozerOriginally uploaded by adelaide writer. This is a heath goanna from Kangaroo Island. Although they do scramble up drains in search of rainwater and sniff around eskies and dinner tables in manners you would consider rather forward in … Continue reading
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Heysen Tunnel
heysentunnel_08 Originally uploaded by adelaide writer. This is the Heysen Tunnel. Image – along with a stack of others – from here.
a night out
Five plays in, and I have stopped feeling cross. I am not quite so annoyed that when I put in my bid, I thought the prize was for eight plays when really it was for six. And because it was … Continue reading
