Art and Abart

Dark wooden furniture, Erdinger beer on tap and comfort food from the 1950s. Middle Europe somewhere? No not middle Europe but lower nor...

What happened to all the wooden seats? If they still exist they are often like this one. Mostly they have been replaced by aluminium seat...

Calm clear day at the Woy Woy wharf. A bird sits at the end of a pier with its belly to the warm winter sun. View north from the Woy Woy...

Simon Tedeschi played piano at the Pearl Beach Festival with Ian Cooper on violin. They were charasmatic and fun. The chairs were in a sem...

Among performers at the Pearl Beach Festival last weekend were the Enigma Quartet, Simon Tedeschi (piano) with Ian Cooper (violinist),  Jane...

White lillies and large red flowers with floppy petals. These are the flowers that sit in the vase at Ruby's Cafe in Umina. Flowers a...

Rain rain rain. Then out comes the sun for five seconds, shining brightly before it is blotted out by the clouds again. Rain rain rain.

In June the flowering Banksia shine like lights in the bush. Banksia (Watercolour on Arches Paper) ...

The bush track between Patonga and Pearl Beach is part of the Great North Walk which goes all the way from Sydney to Newcastle. The bush pat...

Not only coffee and edibles but books, old collectors items and mannequins, you find them all in Ruby's Cafe and Bookshop in Umina Beac...

I just discovered the tenor Bryan Hymel through the mostly opera blog.  A voice like honey ... have a listen:

I bought a book the other day published in mcmxlvii I had to look it up online .... had forgotton that when smaller values precede larger ...

'Blow away the cobwebs,' I thought. 'Walk on the beach!' Umina Beach, 25 May at 16:30 It was 4:30 in the afternoon, the...

A thought posted yesterday by the Dalai Lama: Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. ...

The Fairy Angylion She has her wings spread but her feet planted firmly on the floor Watchful, waiting to play a fairy trick And burst...

People often sit in the train from Sydney with their baggage beside them instead of on the floor. As the train fills up the bags get shifted...

The sea turns quickly. On Sunday the sea was flat calm but 24 hours later there was a raging surf. At Avoca huge waves were breaking in the ...

The days are getting short and mid afternoon feels more like evening on cloudy days. This photo was taken about 3pm from the railway bridge ...

This is Matt. He wrote the play 'Boo' that is on until 14 May at the King Street Theatre . I saw it last week and it is fun. Go alon...

As I sat there painting he talked and she listened. He talked and talked. She listened and occassionally made a suggestion or asked a questi...