"Travelling is almost like talking with men of other centuries." -- René Descartes This is the beginning of our travels for this y...

“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice ...

“There is always something new out of Africa.” – Pliny Today is Africa Day and each year on May 25th, is dedicated to the celebration of Af...

“Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.” – Arsène Houssaye “L' Incoronazione di Poppea” (SV 308, The Coronation of Popp...

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations." – Oscar Wilde Do you often go out to dine at a restau...

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.” - B. C. Forbes biodiversity |ˌbīōdiˈv...

“Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.” – C.S. Lewis Autumn Leaves (FOUND PRESSED BETWEEN THE PAGES OF A...

“May all that have life be delivered from suffering.” - Buddha Today is Wesak (or Vesak), also known as Buddha Day , which celebrates the B...

“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” - Bennett Cerf At the weekend we watched a film that remind...

“Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?” - Mark Stevens International Museum Day is celebrated every year arou...

“For after all the best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The first winter’s day in Melb...

"The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight....

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." - Theodore M. Hesburgh The United Nations Gen...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” - Albert Einstein I was in Sydney for the day for work an...

“Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are pro...

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!” – Sir Walter Scott OK, I must admit it, when I was young I used to love...

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” - Rudyard Kipling Berthe Morisot (born Jan. 14, 1841, Bourges, France - died ...

“Ah why refuse the blameless bliss? Can danger lurk within a kiss?” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge The memory of our first kiss can stay with us ...

“Cookery has become a noble art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.” - Robert Burton The pavlova is a very popular dessert in both Austr...

"You owe me five farthings" say the Bells of St. Martin's – Folk rhyme I’m still in Perth and this morning I enjoyed a walk d...