Despite it being t-shirt weather in Sydney it was a miserable cloudy day when I struck out on my own for a couple of hours with my camera. Intent on taking some pictures of the Opera House it turned out to be a real disappointment with a cloudy dull sky making the... MT judges the level of civility in a city by it’s capability to rustle up a grand afternoon tea in such a way that an Englishman abroad can feel right at home. We may have just missed Sydney’s latest foodie festival but it didn’t stop us partaking... If I ignored the people crawling like ants up the Sydney Harbour bridge I could imagine that I am back in Newcastle Upon Tyne where I spent many happy years living soon after I left University and got my first job. I couldn’t help but think wistfully of those... It’s quite a shock to a country girl to be in a city. The urban hum drones in the background and the neon sparkles all around us. It’s a razzle-dazzle world. We’ve jumped the ditch and taken up camp in Sydney for a few days. It’s about 7 years since I was last here. That time on business from the UK and playing hooky with my friend who flew up from Wellington. This time this is all pleasure. Time to explore, to... 