Category: Australia

Ugg, it’s cold

Being winter and being cold(ish) we decided I should invest in a pair of Ugg boots. So we went to Coastal Uggs on Jetty Road in Glenelg. “Great, they have a sale on!” I said. Inside walls of sheepskin boots, slippers and all manner of novelty footware awaited. “Hello,” I said to the Ugg man,

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On the buses

Almost no one uses public transport in Adelaide but today I have to take two buses and a tram. There’s a bus stop right outside my house which goes directly to my work. Unfortunately buses smell of old people and students, an astringent cocktail of vintage and fresh B.O. Buses are also the favoured transportation

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Shade and cold beer

Being festival season in the UK this seemed relevant. News broke yesterday on radio station Triple J that the roving one day festival, the Big Day Out, would not rove around Australia (and New Zealand) next year. I’m not going to be able to blog about it, so here’s my take on 2014, my first

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