6am and the alarm wakes me from a somewhat mediocre slumber to the soothing tunes of Private Eye by Daryl Hall & John Oates on the radio. Is it 6am already? I groan. 6am on a somewhat chilly Sunday morning in Sydney. The temperature says 6 degrees. Yes, I’m inclined to agree. Reluctantly I force…
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Vivid Sydney comes alive in a lighting installation spectacular
Unveiled this year, our eagerly awaited interactive lighting phenomenon, now a household name; VividSydney. If you’re like me and fortunate to be residing in this jewel of a city, you’re privy to an annual event that has far surpassed prior years. As each year arrives, so too does the artistic flair and creativity of interactive lighting…
Taralga Rodeo 2015
There’s something to be said for patiently waiting for a certain time of year to come round, akin to a child eagerly awaiting Santa to come sliding down that chimney. In preparation they’ve carefully laid out a plate of cookies and a glass of hearty milk lovingly poured and sitting within reach of the chimney…
Decaying Structure of local Caringbah High School
Nestled in the heart of the Sutherland Shire, along Willarong Road, you’ll drive by what is now the abandoned Southern Campus of Caringbah High School or informally known as ‘top school’. Up until 2007, both the Northern and Southern campus’s were linked by a covered walkway, but due to unstable clay foundations, the ‘top school’…
Urban Decay; Dunlop Slazenger Factory
A modern day ruin brings with it, every bit of nostalgia and intrigued as an 1800 architectural wonder filled with stories of family and heartbreak, deceit and abandonment. One such ruin at present (Feb 2014) still stands in Bowden Street, Alexandria in New South Wales, Australia – the old Dunlop/Slazenger factory, thought to have closed…
The Abbey, Haunted Gothic Mansion
Imagine a love story that never had the chance to flourish, instead will forever be tainted with sadness and death, and a house, built with an overwhelming sense of romance and promise, never to see the light of day, now given up to ghosts that have taken residence in what should have been a happy home filled…
Saddle Up, it’s 2014 Rodeo time
Australia Day has delightfully come around again. And what does this mean; the great Australian BBQ, Vitamin D in the form of mother nature, beer and plenty of it, and a general sense of spirit. It’s amazing how Australians come together on one day a year and truly let their hair down and celebrate and…
Taralga Rodeo 2012
Every year in honour of Australia Day, January 2012 – we headed 2.5 south west of Sutherland to Rodeo town, Taralga in country NSW. Yes, just as you see it on American TV, except right here in good old Australia, and what a truly awesome experience. My first ever. The Taralga Rodeo, an annual event, bursting…
Hands up to Office Shenanigans
As the silly season fast approaches yet again, one can’t help but be made intensely aware of a myriad of celebrations that usually accompany the festive season; the obligatory client lunches, generally starting mid afternoon, proceeded by two glasses, that eventually become two bottles and a glance at the watch tells you the work day…
Ruth Spitzer 