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Konstantina

Konstantina

To honour ‘Survival Day’, I had a great chat with Kate Constantine (AKA Konstantina) in which she talked about her new show ‘Negative Space’ at Ninbella Gallery in Bangalow. Filling the voids left by a lack of traditional upbringing, this fierce Koori artist explores her experience as a white skinned Aboriginal woman working on Bundjalung …

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A Moment In Time

A Moment In Time

Late last year I was commissioned by Story Magazine to write an article about my experiences growing up in Sydney in the 80s. The piece was for the Paradise edition of this bi-annual publication published by Queensland Performing Arts Centre which was to stage David Williamson’s play Emerald City but due to the pandemic was cancelled. …

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Art For The Wilderness

Art For The Wilderness

It was a delight to be Mistress of Ceremonies for Art for the Wilderness last Sunday evening. The event in the main gallery of our historic building at 40 Queen Street Woollahra saw nearly 100 artists donate work for auction to raise funds for The Wilderness Society. Around 200 art lovers matched the generosity of …

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Himalayan Yoga and Meditation retreat

Himalayan Yoga and Meditation retreat

Here’s a little film I made about the retreat I went on with my yoga teacher last year. Heading to the mountains again for more joy soon.

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Stepping up for HIV group

Stepping up for HIV group

I hosted the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation’s gala “Golden Hammer” at the Australian Museum the other week to raise funds to help BGF continue its great work in supporting people living with HIV. John Leha from the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence welcomed us to Country and BGF’s CEO Nick Lawson spoke about the work that BGF has …

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Writing in the age of the technological apocalypse

Writing in the age of the technological apocalypse

As an observer of climate chaos I have a particular penchant for a good apocalyptic scenario. So it was delightful to be invited to host a conversation with some fabulous writers at NIDA on the topic. Guests included Alana Valentine whose AWGIE Award nominated Barbara and the Camp Dogs was rocking the foundations of  Belvoir Street …

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Capture the Sun 2030 Instameets

Capture the Sun 2030 Instameets

As project Manager with Solar Citizens I had the distinct pleasure of creating events with the beautiful Instagram community. Check out the results here

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Osher and I get down

Osher and I get down

I really enjoyed sitting down over a cuppa with the very gorgeous Osher Gunsberg the other day to talk about everything from the stoke of surf to sexual fluidity #qmmunity Check it out here. In the podcast Osher shares stories of his “different mind” and how he’s now reluctantly on meds to tame it. His …

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Try pronouncing triakisoctehedron and triakisicoosahedron.

Try pronouncing triakisoctehedron and triakisicoosahedron.

Check out these gorgeous geometric formations by Sharnie Shield, derived she explains “from the red native flowers in the Wollongong Botanic Gardens”. I bumped into the lovely Sharnie whilst perambulating around the grounds and chatted with her as she repaired one of the many forms she has on show. They’re made of simple straws and …

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Wonderful Women of NSW

Wonderful Women of NSW

Last year on International Women’s Day our campaign Land Water Future released this little film I made about some of the wonderful women around NSW who are fighting to protect our land from coal and gas development. Still as relevant this year as last: https://www.facebook.com/landwaterfuture/videos/442203715934994/

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Archibald 2015

Archibald 2015

  Who doesn’t love the Archibald Prize? Every year it comes around with a fresh set of forty-odd faces to enliven our mid-winter musings. When I was working on the ABC TV’s arts program ‘Review’ in the early ‘90s, we’d always cover it in great detail. And we were all over it as producers for …

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Wonderful Waratahs

Wonderful Waratahs

I’ve always been fascinated by the waratah, that majestic floral symbol of NSW. Rising from the ashes of bush fires, it provides us with a powerful symbol of hope. I was first seduced by their splendour when I slipped into some taffeta frocks created by my old friend Linda Jackson who has long been obsessed …

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COO-EE COUTURE COLLABORATIONS

COO-EE COUTURE COLLABORATIONS

Fashion lovers thronged to the Powerhouse last week for a chat between me and four of Australia’s most fabulously creative and inspiring designers – Linda Jackson, Jenny Kee, Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales. Interestingly, this quartet of extreme talent has collaborated in various configurations and incarnations over the past 4 decades – first it was …

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POP TO POPISM – ADVERTISING IN 1960s

POP TO POPISM – ADVERTISING IN 1960s

Dad and I went to see the exhibition ‘Pop to Popism’ when it was on at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in preparation for a public talk we’d been roped in to give about the advertising world in the 60s and how the pop art movement had influenced it. My father had been …

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Troy Cassar-Daley would lock on, no worries!

Troy Cassar-Daley would lock on, no worries!

Last Monday, I joined a bunch of farmers out at the Royal Easter Show in Homebush for a special ‘country comes to town’ edition of the much loved ABC TV show Q & A. I was lucky enough to have my question selected and share it with y’all here: Troy stands up for country The …

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Australian Screen Classics

Australian Screen Classics

Back in 2001 I wrote a little book about my experience of being the infamous ‘Debbie’ in ‘Puberty Blues’. It was part of the Australian Screen Classics series published by Currency Press and I have just received the remaining stock. If anyone would like a signed copy I can send it off to you for …

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WANDOLAND

WANDOLAND

I travelled to the Leard Forest Blockade in between Gunnedah and Narrabri fully intent on getting arrested. 82 people, including a 92 year-old war veteran, had been charged a few weeks previously after they occupied the Maules Creek Coal Mine inside the state forest and hindered the operation. The protectors were defending, among other things, …

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Our Land Our Water Our Future

Our Land Our Water Our Future

How do you make city slickers realise that what happens in the country has a direct impact on them? With a whopping 80% of NSW now covered by mining licences and applications, you’d think they’d be awake to the fact that their food and water supplies are under threat. But they seem to be in …

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Absolutely Strictly Voddy Sweety Darling

Absolutely Strictly Voddy Sweety Darling

My old buddy Baz Luhrmann got in touch the other day to ask if I could be MC Big Nelly at the launch of his new vodka, Absolut Oz. The do was at the Bondi Pavilion where Baz and I launched our own theatrical careers back in 1982. We’d both starred in movies the year …

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Welcome New Citizens

Welcome New Citizens

Last night I had the pleasure of being the guest speaker at Woollahra Council’s citizenship ceremony where we were treated with those great Aussie classics, lamingtons and pies. Mayor Toni Zeltzer, who taught me Biology at school, wore her ceremonial chains and gave each new citizen a native plant as a memento of the momentous …

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The Green Cathedral

The Green Cathedral

What a fully sick honour it was to be invited to open ‘The Green Cathedral – a celebration of the history and culture of surfing on the South Coast’. And on a very auspicious day too, when the official waiting period began in Hawaii for the Pipeline Masters where the world title will be decided. …

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CEMENTA

CEMENTA

About three and a half hours north west of Sydney you’ll come across a little town called Kandos. Nestled beneath the escarpments of the Great Dividing Range with the spectacular Wollemi National park as its backdrop, this classic country town was created back in 1915 to provide housing for workers at the newly commissioned cement …

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JANIS UNDERGROUND

JANIS UNDERGROUND

When I was a teen babe grommet I used to keep my surfboard in a grotty old basement under a block of flats at the back of Sir Thomas Mitchell Rd in Bondi. I also stashed an old record player there with a small collection of vinyl including the classic psychadelic rock album ‘Cheap Thrills’. …

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NORTH BONDI ITALIAN

NORTH BONDI ITALIAN

At 6pm each night, members and visitors of the North Bondi RSL Club are encouraged to stand, face the Eternal Flame and remember those who died in battle. The ‘Rissole’ is a club like any other except for the gala view from its balcony out across the iconic bay and the exceptional trattoria below. Constantly …

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PUBERTY BLU-RAY

PUBERTY BLU-RAY

Had a blast yesterday catching up with the original gang for a featurette extra on the upcoming Blu-ray edition of ‘Puberty Blues’. Hadn’t seen Geoff Rhoe for decades and didn’t even recognise him at first due to some new front teeth. He said he lost them when a bull ran at him and the new …

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