Month: August 2012
Sir David Attenborough
Last night, we had the second part of our Christmas present that we gave ourselves – a night with Sir David Attenborough (along with a fully packed Regent Theatre in Melbourne). We were a bit unsure as to what format the evening would take, but it consisted of a guided conversation (more than an interview) […]
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Jurong Bird Park
Our visit to Jurong Bird Park was hot and steamy, but very rewarding in seeing some beautiful birds. Jurong Bird Park is a world-famous bird zoo where there are specimens of magnificent bird life from around the world, including a flock of around one thousand flamingos. There are over 25 endangered species. It is currently […]
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To Have and to Hold, For Richer and for Poorer . . . .
It was 40 years ago today that we exchanged our wedding vows at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Box Hill. We were young, and perhaps naive, but optimistically looking out to the future together. The vicar warned us that because I had grown up as a Methodist and Jill as an Anglican, that ‘mixed marriages’ […]
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Marina Bay
Last night. we strolled across the new Helix Bridge to take some night photos of Marina Bay and then had dinner at one of the restaurants fronting the bay. The Marina Bay area of Singapore is a new development that began in the 1970s, when land reclamation was carried out at Marina Bay, forming what […]
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Singapore Days
On our first full day in Singapore, we spent a lot of time in the just opened ‘Gardens by the Bay’. The first part of the garden (South Garden) cost $1 billion and other sections of the park will open in later phases. The gardens cover 54 hectares with its highlights including the Supertrees, the […]
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Quite A Hotel
Well, the Marina Bay Sands is quite a hotel .with 2561 rooms on an enormous site in the newly developed Marina Bay Sands area of Singapore. We have a room on the 31st floor in Tower 1 (on the left). The hotel was opened on February 2011 and developed by the Sands Corporation of Las […]
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An Aeuronautical Day
We flew to Singapore today. Because we were using our frequent flyer points, we had a more circuitous route than we might have preferred, but the only seats that we could find were on a flight from Melbourne to Singapore via Brisbane. As a result, I had a lot of time to catch up on […]
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Parrot Preferences?
Apparently, the vast majority of parrots stand on their right leg and use their left to hold their food. Now that we know that they are ‘left footers’, the big question is whether they are ‘left or right wingers’?
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My High Tech Tooth
I broke a tooth last week and knew that it could not be simply filled or replaced. My dentist told me that I needed to have a crown fitted. I was expecting long hours in the dentist’s chair as he performed some root canal treatment, a wait for a few days while some remote laboratory […]
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