You all know I love a saying. I’ve invented some and butchered more well known ones. Either way, they are the gifts that keep on giving. Literally. I’ve been storytelling since I was a kid and I have to give…
I’m finally a winner
I was never allowed to even buy raffle tickets as a child. Instead I had to donate the money, but not take the tickets. Gambling was a sin. It’s probably no surprise then, that I won on the Melbourne Cup…
Ideas and certain reality
The Festival of Tina started two years ago to make certain that I celebrated the first half century of my life in style then launched the second with a bang. It was so much fun I decided to keep it…
You know you’re getting old when…
I remember all the things my parents used to say that made them seem old. Stuff like: “Back in my day” and one of my Dad’s all time favourites: “When you’re the father of three daughters…you will understand x,y or…
You still can’t rule anything in or out
You can’t rule anything in or out, apparently, except ruling things in or out. It has now been officially proven. There are some longstanding, hard no’s in my life. Especially to do with food. I even have a list of…
120% Aussie as…
The Festival of Tina is all about collecting memories. But finding the right words to describe these experiences is what makes it fun for me. Apparently I now have so many ‘sayings’ that I have to write a book. I…
The people you meet… again
It is the opposite of walking along and a seagull shits on you from a great height. You walk into a bar, stand on the sidelines of a frisbee game or stretch your legs on a plane and…. tada… an…
Life’s a beach…
So it turns out that acronyms are awesome. Because they can stand for more than one thing… Like TBI. It was previously Tina’s Bar Investigations. But when you are on a cruise in the Mediterranean, or anywhere really, it can…
It’s a numbers game
I prefer the temperature of the sea to start with a 2, but my seat number on a plane to start with a 1. And so it begins. Let’s call it the FOT #4, but who’s counting? It began back…
The travel mindset
The travel mindset is just that: a mindset, not a destination. And I was reminded today that you don’t have to be travelling to have it. I set out for a walk on the coldest day ever in my home…