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an african down under
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From the winelands and grey-blue mountains of the Western Cape, to the frenetic buzz of Saigon, and now under the endless blue skies and red dust of Australia. Follow me on this journey as my mind wanders, my eyes explore and my fingers record.
Recent Posts
Outback Business Ventures
It’s been four whirlwind months in Oz so far, with its ups and downs. Ups include working at the international language school of the University of Queensland, teaching such a mishmash of nationalities, and learning so much about other cultures eve...
Box of the Week
This Box of the Week is outside Fringebar in the Valley. It's brought to you by Anthony Jigalin, a renowned local Brisbane artist, who often exhibits his unique pieces there,as part of Fringeblac - the Brisbane Local Arts Collective. Take a look at h...
Proudly Oz-African
One of the first things I've noticed, being a fresh-off-the-boat Souf Efrican in Oz, is the number of South African companies that have opened up shop here. I get really excited about this, pointing them out to no-one in particular whilst jumpi...
Box of the Week
Here's your TBS Box of the Week brought to you by the SumoSpider: A mutant superhero created by Jeff Albertson and based on the fallout of Hiroshima and umm...spiders. Probably not."Land of the Rising Spiderweb" (Corner of Brookes and Ann Streets)Art...
Things that make you eat your words...
I was reading the MX, one of Brisbane’s leading street press dailies, on the train the other day and I got hooked on an article about James Wannerton; an Englishman who could literally taste his words due to a rare brain condition called gustatory ...
Box of the Week
Artforce, a Brisbane City Council initiative have made great use of municipal traffic signal boxes (TSB's) by having them painted by local artists. There are more than a thousand boxes around the city and about 900 have been painted. If y...
