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Newcastle Photos – Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend

June 14, 2011 · 3 comments

My Mum’s the Queen!

With a detour via Sydney on the way to check out some job leads, and arriving back close to midnight last night, the weekend was a rather long long weekend.

I wanted to get the Miley cake…

It was loved anyways ;)

Swans Colours

Subtle flavours

I put my icy fingers on his neck and then he kept making me keep doing it!!

A dinner at Grind on Darby Street

My made up breakfast at Hippo at Warners Bay.

The coffee I didn’t spill all over myself. Liam (the toddler) spilled two. I only spilled one. Grace does not come with age in my family!

Mum had a avocado salsa dish with a poached egg.

Looking forward to being closer, getting there at bit more!

Tagged as: breakfast, cake, coffee, Darby Street, flowers, grind, Hippo, Liam, newcastle, photos, Warners Bay

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We are the youth – Memories of silverchair

May 27, 2011 · 9 comments

Who else can remember being from Newcastle and ‘not liking’ silverchair, mostly because they were from Newie?

This was in year six I think for me, when Tomorrow was big, Frogstomp the rage, and I do have memories of Newcastle not really liking them ;)

Shift a few years on, and any inkling I had of that was gone. I was surprised about penpals in the US and Germany knowing them and liking them, and liking that I was from Newcastle where they were from.

Girls camping out front of his former high school. And mine because some of them were confused.

Wondering if we’d lose Daniel Johns to his depression and anorexia…

Moving out. Larger sounds. More effects and orchestras.

Emotion Sickness. Addict with no heroin.

The latest album. Different. Another step further from Frogstomp.

Evolution and Hibernation.

Tagged as: music, newcastle, silverchair

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Newcastle Eats

May 25, 2011 · 6 comments

A quick trip to Newcastle always means lots of food…

A Lunch at the Toronto Workers Club..

Pasta special for the parents

Parmy for Rish

Asian salad for me

Caesar salad for my sister

Dinner with Rish’s family

Coffee at Glee Roasters on Darby Street

Gluten free Sultana Splitz biscuits from Freedom Foods (omg these were really quite yum!)

And lunch at Grind.

Tagged as: coffee, Darby Street, gluten free, lunch, newcastle, Toronto

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How was your weekend?

May 22, 2011 · 6 comments

Week 434

International :: Roast
Witnesses :: box
Rising :: tide
Two years ago :: today
Sausage :: sizzle
Physically :: attractive
Approached :: me
Mole :: skin
Collar :: bone
Encased :: surrounded

Just arrived home from a weekend in Newcastle. Seeing family, being warm. Planning for the future.

How was your weekend? x

Tagged as: life, mutterings, newcastle

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Easter Long Weekend, Newcastle

April 29, 2011 · 12 comments

Ahh, long weekends. Not too much traffic on the drive up, got stuck a bit on the Central Coast on the F3 on the way back, but not too bad overall. Extra thousand ks on the car, but time well spent to catch up with family and friends, even though this easter was sans chocolate for me, which I think cut down the amount others around me had!

New Mural

Gorgeous weather for walks and a run

Civic Park Fountain

Attack!

A very strong, but nice, latte from the Gourmet Goose, Hamilton

Black Carrot in the stir fry veges

Coffee with Mum at dt cafe, Toronto

Gluten Free almond biscuit at dt cafe

Devonshire tea for Mum at dt cafe, Toronto

And, of course, hanging out with my nephew! :D

Looking forward to heading up again for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend :)

How often do you get to see family?

Tagged as: Beach, coffee, Easter, family, fountain, gluten free, long weekend, mural, newcastle, Toronto

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In my mind

March 4, 2011 · 3 comments

For those of you from, or familiar with Newcastle… that was filmed upstairs at the Great Northern, right near Newcastle station. The tatty walls fit with the song, I think. I haven’t been in the bar area since uni, how about you?

Tagged as: Amanda Palmer, newcastle

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New Year’s Eve – Customs House Newcastle

January 13, 2011 · 8 comments

Decided, as nothing else was planned, we’d get all grown up and actually go to dinner for New Year’s Eve. We HAVE been out of school for 10 years you know ;) So, to Customs House it was, for 4 courses, a view out the window of the fireworks, and awesome company. Oh and more cheap wine :p

With my Bellini on arrival.

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Tagged as: customs house, Darby Street, dinner, new year, newcastle, pide, wine

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Longbench on Darby Breakfast

January 6, 2011 · 2 comments

After sending Rish off to paint our rental house in Newcastle, I caught up with a friend for breakfast at Longbench on Darby Street. Had to send back my first coffee, because there were still lipstick prints on the glass, but the second went down well. Not sure why they sent honey with my soy latte.

Breakfast for me was sourdough, avocado (with lime and pepper) and some tomato. Healthy for January 3. My dear friend Phil went the fruit salad. Longbench has been up and down over the years. Used to have a friend who was a chef there aaaages ago, but he’s moved to several places since! Love Darby Street cafes!

Tagged as: breakfast, coffee, Darby Street, long bench, newcastle

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The Ramjet Cat, Darby Street

January 5, 2011 · 0 comments

There’s a cool white and black cat that lives at Ramjet, a clothing store on Darby Street, Newcastle. He’s cool! Sleeping away, not worried by the passers-by!

Tagged as: cats, Darby Street, newcastle

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Breakfast at The Kitchen, Darby Street, Newcastle

September 4, 2010 · 6 comments

Liam, eating my Semolina Porridge. He liked it more than me.

Caught up with my sister and nephew, and my parents at The Kitchen cafe on Darby Street Cooks Hill when we were up. After Jennie lugging the stroller upstairs (my dad had told them that we needed a place for the stroller when he booked, but they didn’t note it down, otherwise a downstairs table would have been organised and appreciated), we got to choosing our foods.

The Semolina Porridge that Liam and I ended up sharing. Wasn’t a good choice on my behalf, was hoping for more fruit. But Liam scoffed down more than me, so it wasn’t wasted!
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Tagged as: breakfast, Darby Street, Liam, newcastle

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Sprocket Roasters (Cafe), Hunter Street, Newcastle

September 3, 2010 · 7 comments

I’ve walked past Sprocket Roasters on Hunter St Newcastle before, but haven’t headed in to try their home-roated coffee before… but it was a such as gorgeous day on Saturday that my parents and I said “Why not? Let’s have another coffee before the train comes!” (while the trains still run, hey?

We sat outside on the corner of Watt and Hunter Sts