Well we’re about to hit day 2, week 2 of Term 2, and I can’t believe we’re nearly in the middle of 2019. George was not excited…… Read more “Easter holidays 2019: trains, buses, taxis and crowds.”
Category: Canberra
Vampire skin and raspberry meringues
What to do in the school holidays on a day off from work? The 11-year-old son formerly known as Spider Boy was annoyed that he had to…… Read more “Vampire skin and raspberry meringues”
Summer Retrospective – birthdays, beaches, green thumbs and too much leg.
Hello! Well we’re well into nearly at the end of March now and that means we’re well overdue for the Alexcellent Summer Retrospective. But hey, this is Canberra…… Read more “Summer Retrospective – birthdays, beaches, green thumbs and too much leg.”
Autumn highlights
How is it already nearly the middle of 2018! It is already the third day of Winter as I write this, a Sunday morning, and outside my…… Read more “Autumn highlights”
Shocking savage seagulls of Sydney the sequel: Mothers’ Day – away with the birds
Imagine the title of this post being spoken in the kind of voice typically heard in a horror movie trailer. Maybe with some chilling, high-pitched, psycho violins…… Read more “Shocking savage seagulls of Sydney the sequel: Mothers’ Day – away with the birds”
Summer 2017/18
While I was thinking about blogging, but not blogging, here’s the summer life we were living in Summer 2017/18. Click on the pics to read the captions.
Cocktails and dreams: back to the 80s at 88mph
As an 80s teen and someone who saw Back to the Future three times when it was first released, AT THE CINEMA, I knew Canberra’s new 80s-themed…… Read more “Cocktails and dreams: back to the 80s at 88mph”
Edited highlights: Spring flowers, food and boys in the wild
Lately I’ve been enjoying so many colourful blooms in Canberra and that doesn’t even include Floriade, the National Capital’s annual flower festival. Now that the cold of…… Read more “Edited highlights: Spring flowers, food and boys in the wild”
Sydney visitors
Moving to Canberra means that we’ve been able to host visitors from Sydney. In the past month we’ve had Lulu and Señorita Margarita to stay (on separate…… Read more “Sydney visitors”
Let it snow: winter magic in Canberra
Canberra is gaining a reputation of being a “cool capital”, in the hipster sense. But let us not forget that it is actually very cool in a…… Read more “Let it snow: winter magic in Canberra”
The Alexcellent Life 