We spent the week-end of the 9th-10th of November at Mona Museum as guests of Anne and Hugh. Here's a great view of the whole place from the road to the central highlands. We stayed the night in this, very luxurious apartment. They're called pavilions and are all named after an influential Australian artist or architect. We were in Walter, named … [Read more...] about Mona Museum
Archives for 2019
My Cancer Journey
You should blog about your cancer journey. Eleanor suggested it, as she, Joe and I waited outside the pathology room at St Vincents on the 5th of July 2019. I was to have a blood test before a biopsy to determine whether I had lung cancer. I've only recently discovered that there were tears as soon as the door shut behind me - we'd been on a bit … [Read more...] about My Cancer Journey
The Silo Trail
From Sea Lake we embarked on the Silo Trail. I've been on it before with my siblings and have written about that trip here. But Joe hadn't seen it so a road trip was in order. Here's the map. We intended starting from Patchewollock ,which we hadn't reached on my earlier trip, and then going down the trail. But before recording that, here are … [Read more...] about The Silo Trail
Back To The Mallee
I'd promised my Aunt we'd visit her in Swan Hill some time this year, and we managed to do so in November. She welcomed us with a three course meal. It was the day before the Melbourne Cup and she had laid out all her Fascinators for women from her retirement village to come and choose from for an outing on Cup Day to the local bowling club. So we … [Read more...] about Back To The Mallee
Desert Lines: Batik From Central Australia
On our way in to see the Balenciaga exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery we came across this exhibition. I've seen some of this batik work before at the NGV in Fed Square. It is quite remarkable. Indigenous women in five distinct communities in Central Australia - Ernabella (Pukatja), Fregon (Kaltjiti), Utopia, Yuendumu and Kintore (Walungurru) - … [Read more...] about Desert Lines: Batik From Central Australia
Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion
En route to the mallee in early November we stopped off at the Bendigo Art Gallery to see this exhibition. Until recently I haven't been greatly interested in couture fashion but a combination of movies about fashion designers at MIFF over the years and exhibitions at the NGV have awakened my latent fashion sensibility! This provided a timely … [Read more...] about Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion