From the Gold Coast to Brisbane I was more than fêted during this past week. nnie picked me up from the airport at Coolangatta and drove straight to meet the trawler man coming back to port after a night at sea. We buy four of his largest freshly caught spanner crabs straight from the ocean …
friends, one for every year of life came together to celebrate my birthday. Getting on in years ain’t so bad after all. Too many people to mention, but today, Sam, Jonathan and Kane with all the guys at Apollo truly turned on ‘Apollo’s Feast’ for all 75 of us. More photos and comments will …
Our 2-week stay at Villa Trullo Pinnacolo in the countryside of Pugia was a series of welcomes, reunions, and surprises. My sister Anne and Trevor and I were ‘in residence’ for the whole fortnight. The first week revolved around Musgrave family, and in the second week my ‘extended’ family from different parts of the world, …
wonderful evening outdoors at Aquitane Restaurant on South Bank at a bend in the Brisbane River overlooking the lights of the city to celebrate big brother Tony’s 80th birthday. As much as I said I would not share a particular moment of great mirth, I believe I do have a licence from big brother to …
y sister Annie will be on her feet for four hours shelling these ‘red beauties’ from the sea – my favourite Spanner crabs. Years of expertise using the back of a teaspoon to get into even the smallest claws to extract the sweetest meat for her brother Michael to savour. Trevor had me out of …