As the fires raged,we huddled in an evacuation centre with 100 other people:it was Armageddon-like.
From parks to pubs,there are plenty of places you can enjoy music this summer without needing to bring a tent.
Mid-summer may not be a peak period for gardening,but that doesn’t mean there aren’t small ways to make a difference.
What a week in Sydney that was:I caught the train home feeling like I had been dumped by a big,sweaty,wonderful wave.
Returning to a very different city,I had a new job,an apartment,friends and was free to enjoy life for the first time in a long time:all solidified by an eerie beach experience.
On one hot summer morning 20 years ago,events on the other side of the planet intruded in the most shocking way.
The bride wafted by with a sly eye that was not for me but my later bride-to-be.
The fatal felling of Phillip Hughes reinforced the fragility and preciousness of life for this cricket correspondent and first-time parent.
Emigrating is an exhausting summer pastime. To do it once is challenging,twice could be considered madness. No more ping-ponging for us.
A brutal,salt-ridden learning curve for the young Markus Zusak was well worth it.