A stopped watch never tells the wrong time at beer o’clock.
Photo: at a guess I’d say it was beer o’clock at Budgewoi
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 to the snap shots subset
Photo: Budgewoi lake’s serenity, a great start to the work day
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 2 February, 2010 to the snap shots subset
Mid morning along the shore of Budgewoi lake.
Photo: Footpaths? Where we’re going we don’t need footpaths
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 29 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset
Since there are no footpaths on many of Budgewoi’s roadways, pedestrians and motor vehicles have to share.
Rewriting political history in NSW by deleting Twitter history?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 9 December, 2009 to the comment subset
Even Twitter has been caught up in the fallout of the ongoing political turmoil in New South Wales (NSW), with the erasure of over 330 tweets from the @premierofnsw’s Twitter page, coinciding with the NSW Labor government’s leadership change last week.
Prior to the leadership tussle, former Premier Nathan Rees, or his staffers, had notched up [...]
Budgewoi, no one ever says Budgewoi in a song
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 to the snap shots subset
Budgewoi is a small town on the NSW Central Coast – about 100 kilometres north of Sydney – where I am lucky enough to spend a little time now and then. We’re hoping to be up there again over Christmas. Anyway check out my Budgewoi photo set on Flickr.
ArtExpress 2009 Valentine’s Day opening
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 13 February, 2009 to the events subset
On top of Good Vibrations, and the opening of the Licorice Allsorts exhibition, just two items on my radar for the weekend, ArtExpress 2009 also gets underway at the Art Gallery of New South Wales tomorrow.
ArtExpress features some of the best work of NSW’s graduating high school arts students, and the fresh edgy work on [...]
The way we were, photos of Australia since 1845
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 December, 2008 to the photography subset
On the subject of colonial Australia, and the past, a very impressive collection of photos documenting Australian history since 1845, has been created by the State Library of New South Wales.
The State Library is home to one of Australia’s most significant historical and heritage collections. As well as nearly 11 kilometres of manuscripts – from [...]
Sydney told to sell out or lose State of Origin games
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 22 May, 2008 to the comment subset
Sydney told to sell out or lose Origins
I wouldn’t really the know the pointy end of a football from the non-pointy end, but this story caught my eye, mainly on account of its implied absurdity.
Sydney is in danger of being stripped of State of Origin matches because of its inability to sell out ANZ Stadium. [...]
NSW Police ask public to be cameraphone cops
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 to the comment subset
NSW Police ask public to be cameraphone cops
Never mind Big Brother watching you, now everyone will be watching you.
NSW Police Minister, David Campbell, has revealed details of a new project encouraging citizens to capture video and photographic evidence of crimes on their phones and upload it securely over the Web to law enforcement agencies.
The great Sydney exodus
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 4 March, 2008 to the comment subset
The great Sydney exodus
Rising interest rates, and the associated higher cost of living, together with traffic congestion, are two of the biggest factors causing up to one-fifth of Sydney’s residents to consider moving elsewhere.
The latest Herald/Nielsen poll found 21 per cent of people surveyed are thinking of leaving Sydney, with 39 per cent identifying the [...]
