It’s a cliche that we’ve all heard – PRIOR PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE – but just because it’s a cliche doesn’t mean it is untrue. Over the years, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of successful presentations that resulted from the presenter ‘winging it.’ Oh, we have all seen cases…
We’ve just spent a couple of days cruising in Vietnam’s Halong Bay, on board a boat with about a dozen cabins and a mixed group of passengers from the four corners of the earth. When I think of cruising, I normally think of a large(ish) ship, crossing oceans and visiting far flung places. But the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s St John’s Anglican Cathedral, in Napier, NZ. Unlike many of the churches in this series, this one isn’t ancient – in fact, it’s hardly even historic. It was built in the art deco style – as befits a church which replaces one…
I have spent a large part of the past week without access to my usual sources of media – and it’s been an interesting experience. I am on holidays, currently in Vietnam and reliant on my smartphone for access to news. Because days are so full and tiring, I have been largely restricted to Facebook.…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s The Cathedral de Notre Dame, in Paris. This is the western facade … and it’s impressive. But for a truly astounding piece of architecture, check out the eastern facade athttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris#/media/File:Notre_Dame_de_Paris,_East_View_140207_1.jpg with its extraordinary Flying Buttresses – amongst the first in the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s First Church of Otago, in New Zealand. This landmark in Dunedin is one of the most impressive of New Zealand’s 19th century churches, and was built to serve the largely Presbyterian citizens of the Scottish-settled city. It dominates Dunedin, and can be…
I was always such a movie buff – as a kid, I clearly remember the time spent at the Randwick Odeon, or the Randwick Ritz, watching films like Doctor Who and the Daleks, and later Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 (two Doctor Who movies that are clearly ‘non canon’ for Whovians – but which, as a kid, I thoroughly enjoyed.)…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches Today, it’s a sweet little church, call Saint James at Avebury. I’m an Australian. We’ve only had European settlement (and hence, permanent structures) here for about 230 years. So to find a little church, in a little village, that has been standing for more than a…
Today should see the publication of the third episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … Unfortunately, I’m on holidays in Singapore and Vietnam over the next three weeks – and my recording equipment didn’t even survive the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches.. Today, we are in England – at Salisbury Cathedral. This church is more than 750 years old, and is one of the best remaining examples of Early English Gothic architecture. It’s only about 15km from what may have been an earlier religious…
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