Today we bid Margaret River a fond adieu. We drove down south to Augusta to see the lighthouse, where two oceans (Indian and South) meet. Then we headed to a vineyard at Pemberton for lunch. After which we stopped at Walpole to see the Valley of the Giants – an invigorating tree top walk, 40 …
Month: April 2003
Margaret River, day four. It was a fine sunny morning and we left to visit Fonti Farm which is a cheese factory. Very lovely cheeses and yoghurt; somehow they taste nicer in Australia than back home. Me and Vicki (left) outside the coffee processor’s. After that, we had a coffee tasting session. Most unfortunately, as …
We visited our first winery, Voyager Estate, and had lunch at its restaurant. Then we checked out an art exhibition after emerging from the Tourist Information Office with a load of pamphlets. There is just so much to see at Margaret River! We had dinner at another restaurant called Fortes, located in the main town …
We went to Subiaco, had lunch at an open air food court with live music, watched a movie (Anger Management), browsed the eclectic mix of shops in the area. I hardly bought anything, even at the fruit market, but it was an eye-opener anyway.
I’ll be off to Perth in several hours’ time. I’ve finished packing and am now unsure if I can stay awake long enough to catch the Man United v Real Madrid match. My dad and sister are supporting who else but Man U. I’m going for Real but I don’t think they’ll do as well …
England’s patron saint may not be English, and he may not have killed a dragon, but we still love him anyway. Read more.
Here I give a brief tribute to Dr. Alex Chao, a friend of my father’s, who died of SARS on April 22, 2003. He was the son of the late Professor Chao Tzee Cheng, Singapore’s most famous forensic pathologist.
This is a little morbid but touching all the same: Deceased bloggers living on through their websites. More from Wired.
The American Sugar industry has launched a ferocious attack on the WHO, for reporting that sugar should only take up a maximum of 10 per cent in our diets. They say the figure should be closer to a maximum of 25 per cent (!). They have threatened to influence funding cuts for the Geneva-based organisation, …
Oh, this is just sweeet: Talking Cock reports that the Singapore Government has just hired the Iraqi Information Minister to head our very own MITA.