Postcards

Kabak

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 14:16:35 +0930

Having enjoyed two sensational nights in Faralya, we were reluctant to miss "mamma's dinner" the next night, but another adventure called. We left our packs at George House and with nothing more than

Faralya

Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:14:52 +0930

After a week with John on that special hunk of Mediterranean rock known as Symi, i bid my short, hairy father adieu and crossed a border that is undemanding in distance but perilous in political terms

Greece

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:11:26 +0930

Watch out! A small greco-swede from the antipodes is once again sitting at a far-flung keyboard and composing 'postcards' that are far too long for the myspace generation's attention spans ...... Fly

Next Wave

Sun, 2 Apr 2006 17:20:45 +0930

The Commonwealth Games here in Melbourne brought thousands of athletes and officials to town. It also brought a bevy of pin-wearing, aqua-clad volunteers who over-eagerly pointed people in random dire

Tasmania

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:33:14 +1030

A recipe for adventure: Take one small Carl Nilsson-Polias, add a pinch of Anna and Ross Kingston, simmer for fifteen minutes slowly stirring in a cup of Robin Tatlow-Lord and serve with an eye-catch

Melbourne 6

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:04:30 +0930

Needless to say, it’s been a bloody long time since I wrote a postcard. It doesn’t mean I love you any less, it’s just that writing about one’s activities becomes harder and harder the more everyday t

Brisbane

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:03:46 +0930

The first semester of my little acting course has come and gone and I'm now enjoying the wondrous novelty of a holiday ... in Brisbane. More specifically, in the West End of Brisbane because, let's f

Melbourne 5

Tue, 10 May 2005 15:00:03 +0930

It's been all quiet on the postcard front for a few weeks now, and for those of you who were privy to my travel epistles, you know that that's an unprecedented era of silence for this verbose little t

Melbourne 4.5

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:58:44 +0930

Another little update for those who care about how i spend my spare time. In other words, i'm writing this for my mum and the rest of you are just eavesdropping. Monday Paul Kelly dropped into the VC

Melbourne 4

Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:57:18 +0930

So you've heard about my voice classes ("find a moment with the balloon" would be a characteristic sound bite) and you might even have begun to grasp the finer points of the school's kinaesthetic phil

Melbourne 3

Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:55:54 +1030

The common hearsay and grapevine rumours suggest that drama schools are all about tearing young actors apart and then building them back up again in a certain image. It makes them all sound terribly d

Melbourne 2

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:54:10 +1030

So what happens at drama school? What goes into making young wannabes into well-trained, well-prepared artists ready to tackle any role on any stage with any audience? Well, learning Ukrainian frog so

Melbourne

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:52:47 +1030

"Sing to me O Muse ..." That's right people, your wandering Odysseus is back with another postcard from the edge of the world. Well, that's a tad over-dramatic but I've never been frightened of inject

Rodos and Madrid

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:47:25 +0930

Greek-style The last few days we spent on Rodos largely involved being at the beach and being horrified by the parade of flesh that passed before our salty eyes. But we did also have time to meet som

Rodos

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:42:46 +0930

The Aunt, the Blood, the Shrimp and his Tailor On Sunday morning we went for a visit to our ‘Aunt’ Irene. A feisty character from a Kazantzakis novel if ever there was one, Irene is the same age as m

Symi

Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:40:43 +0930

I’m in Paradise. And no, I’m not talking about the rather un-Eden-like suburb in Adelaide. I’m talking about Symi. I’m not going to bandy about superlatives because the fact is that I haven’t been t

Greece

Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:36:58 +0930

We’re in Greece. And finally I can fill these emails with stereotypes, ethnic jokes and misanthropic anecdotes with complete impunity. Why? Because, according to the birth certificate and an unfortuna

The Louvre

Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:30:43 +0930

Recommended listening while reading this email (I’m going all “new media” here, put me in the Pompidou!): Anouar Brahem – ‘Le Pas du Chat Noir’ The Louvre I’m almost at the point where I need to go

Paris 2

Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:27:29 +0930

The following pithy anecdote will be assisted by a preface for those of you not closely associated with the dynamics of my family. There is a running joke that my father, John, with whom I am travelli

Dorfen and Paris

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:24:02 +0930

I should have mentioned in my previous email the joy of travelling by train from Cesky Krumlov to Dorfen. After my encounter with the siren of Kaplice, we had another very quick stop in the city of Li

Czech Republic

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:13:57 +0930

Olomouc was a great little find. Totally untouristed, good food, big student population etc etc. The whole God-fearing hostel thing was explained to me by a local graphic designer ... apparently Olomo

Prague, Krakow and Olomouc

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 14:01:24 +0930

So we got ourselves a place to stay in Prague. We got a more centrally located place the next day. Prague is a gorgeous city ... very interesting, nice and picturesque (to use three of the most insig

Riga and Prague

Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:58:48 +0930

In our last postcard, we mentioned a very cool little cafe in Tallinn that was recommended to us by a local hip young thing. We ended up going there constantly for the four days we were there and samp

Tallinn

Tue, 8 Jun 2004 01:41:44 +0930

I arrived in Tallinn, Estonia after an overnight bus journey from St Petersburg on Saturday morning to find myself in the midst of preparations for the city's major summer event ... a Olde Worlde Folk

St Petersburg

Thu, 3 Jun 2004 01:39:51 +0930

St Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad, St Petersburg. Whatever it may have been called, it's been here since 1703 (they had the city birthday last Thursday) when Peter the Great decided he wanted a grea

Helsinki and St Petersburg

Tue, 1 Jun 2004 01:35:14 +0930

In this email: Buskers. Drunk men playing cards in childrens' playground in the middle of the afternoon. The best toilet in Helsinki. And so much more. Buskers in Helsinki rock my sweet little world.

Helsinki 2

Sat, 29 May 2004 01:33:19 +0930

Right, a few more observations and jolly anecdotes that i forgot to share las time round. It's gone all drizzly and overcast here, it's too early for anything to be open apart from the Swedish resourc

Helsinki

Fri, 28 May 2004 00:50:51 +0930

Disclaimer: irony is difficult to transmit over email, read with care. Finland, finland, finland! Sure you've heard Monty Python sing about it and your mobile phone might have been designed here but