Thursday night saw me attending one of Melbourne's biggest balls, a women-only event called the Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend ball. It is run every year for the Challenge charity (www.challenge.org.au), an organisation providing services and programs that support children and families living with cancer and other life-threatening blood disorders. I don't get to … Continue reading Diamonds Ball
Author: maireaddoyle
Yes we have no bananas
How ironic it is that, having finally settled in a country with a tropical zone, I find myself in the middle of a banana famine. Since Cyclone Larry hit northern Queensland and decimated more than 90% of the banana crop, bananas have been like gold dust. The few tiny withered specimens we find in the … Continue reading Yes we have no bananas
blogs we love
I’ve been getting more and more into blogs recently. Being the Queen of Surf (as y’all know I am) my web wanderings have led me to some weird and wonderful places, many of them blogs. I have shared some of my favourites with you below. Wandering Scribe This amazing story of a homeless London woman … Continue reading blogs we love
seven things
Seven Things To Do Before I Die 1. See the Aurora Borealis 2. Forgive somebody properly 3. Get a book published 4. Age gracefully 5. See fifty more countries 6. Meet the next seven presidents of Ireland (I’ve met the last two) 7. Stay ridiculously healthy up to the last moment Seven Things I Cannot … Continue reading seven things
Máiréad Doyle 