An expat Brit in South Australia
TICKET TO (NORTH) RYDE North Ryde is not one of Sydney’s glamour locations, but the Ryde area is the third oldest colonial settlement- after Sydney and Parramatta. Today North Ryde is more about the future than the past. The steep ascent from the metro station is a metaphor for rises of technology that takes
AN EPICURE IN AUCKLAND Away from the sleaze and grime of Auckland’s Karangahape Road and red light zone, known by the locals as K Road, St Kevin’s Arcade offers respite for the weary traveller or local. The arcade, named after the patron saint of Dublin, offers an old colonial shabby-chic sanctuary from the craziness of
THE RELUCTANT CRICKET FAN I’ve always attributed my antipathy to cricket as being down to my Scottish nationality rather than, say, to my inability to bowl straight, score any runs, or throw or catch a ball. I can still hear the schoolyard cries of derision following the dropping of the easiest of catches, or being
Dr D in Oz 