CHRISTMAS IN SUMMER PRESENTS LOTS OF CHALLENGES WHEN FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TRADITIONS. Singing about snow, sleighs, reindeer and like require a lot of imagination and ignore our actual … [Read more...]
#Illridewithyou – 1,000 badges
ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LINDT CAFE KILLINGS WAS THE RISE OF THE 'I'LL RIDE WITH YOU' OFFER MADE TO PEOPLE TRAVELLING ON BUS 373 FROM COOGEE TO MARTIN PLACE. We note this … [Read more...]
Postman has been again
WHEN YOU WANT AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS CARD, WE LOOK TO ANIMALS AND SUN TO DEMONSTRATE PLACE OF ORIGIN. Here are some more cards from the last two decades that take up these themes. The … [Read more...]
This man kept a record of daily life in small pocket books
WE HAVE TEMPORARY OWNERSHIP OF 3 BOXES OF SMALL DIARIES KEPT BY A MELBOURNE BUSINESS MAN. We have been searching them unsystematically. We would like to do them more justice one day looking at them … [Read more...]
More Christmas mail
WHILE STILL THINKING LONGINGLY OF LAST YEAR'S POST ABOUT SOME GORGEOUS COLONIAL CARDS, here are some more Australia designed cards from the last 3 decades. These cards are about Father Christmas … [Read more...]