After that sombre experience at Fort Siloso in the morning we went back to the hotel to buy our own light lunch. The hotel was close to the Raffles Centre so we went over there to look around. It’s a multi-level shopping centre where you can shop till you drop if that’s your fancy. We…
We started the day with a ride on the cable car over to Sentosa Island. It’s a pleasant trip with views over the crowded shipping lanes waiting to transfer cargo at Singapore’s harbour. We were told that the port is so busy they’re going to up-size again to a new port. After Shanghai, Singapore is…
We spent our second morning in Singapore learning how to cook local food. We visited Food Playground located on the edge of China Town. Here’s what they have to say about themselves. “Food Playground is a hands-on cooking school offering online and in-person cultural cooking classes and corporate team building workshops since 2012. We operate…
Singapore Airport is among the best in the world but so many people don’t get out of the terminals to take a look around. Peter and I have both spent some time in the city before, but we signed up for an eight-day tour that promised to give guests a look at the highlights of…
The world is a scary place at the moment and it’s likely to get scarier. So this week I’m going to share some of the happier times, leafing through the photograph albums of our travels. I blog all our trips so I’ll put a link to the relevant page for each entry. Just click on…
So. Erin Patterson has been convicted of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. She prepared a meal of beef wellington which she served to four elderly people – her parents in law, and her mother-in-law’s sister and her husband. The meal contained death cap mushrooms leading to three painful deaths. Gail…
We’ve had another huge case of a grown man sexually assaulting toddlers at multiple child care centres, this time in Victoria. Joshua Brown has been charged with 70 offences – and 1200 kids are being tested for infectious diseases. Imagine how the parents must feel, having left their children in facilities which are supposed to…
The big news over the last couple of weeks is Israel’s attack on Iran, resulting in tit for tat drone and missile strikes between the two countries. Which was followed by the American attack on Iran’s three biggest nuclear facilities. Of course, lots of people are doubling down on President Donald Trump for authorizing the…
No visitor to Norfolk Island would miss the green hand symbol. One town block is covered in these symbols of opposition to what the locals see as the Australian Government’s takeover of Norfolk island in 2016. As far as they were concerned, Queen Victoria had given the Pitcairners Norfolk Island in perpetuity. The sign reads:…
I confess I never watched any of the several movies made about the Mutiny on the Bounty. But it is a fascinating story and is the fountainhead of today’s Norfolk Island population. In 1789, HMS Bounty was returning from Tahiti after a mission to collect breadfruit plants for transport to the West Indies. Tensions had…