Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist

  • Photo101(1): Home is where the Heart is.

    Photo101(1): Home is where the Heart is.

    What a challenge!  I spent the day at work, thinking about what home means to me, and occasionally checking the feed to see what people were up to. Like many of the other participants, I’m no longer living “at home”, as in where I grew up.  My parents have moved away from there as well,…

  • Sydney Stay : Quality Sands Narrabeen.

    I’ve stayed at the Quality Sands quite a few times; it’s close to our head office in Warriewood.  The location is lovely, right across the street from the beach.  Bad location if you need to be in the city, but you wouldn’t stay there if you needed to be in the city, right?! There are…

  • Sydney Food : Conrad Piggins.

    Conrad Piggins is close to our head office in Warriewood. On Wednesday nights, they do a Chef’s Night Out. I’ve done something similar in Queenstown, New Zealand – it was called Trust the Chef and it was great. The Conrad Piggins experience was slightly different – it was basically a set menu for $45 and…

  • Homeward bound.

    It’s been a good trip to Sydney. Some traffic issues at times (me taking wrong turns) and some violent weather (I’m from Qld, so no worries there) but I got to catch up with some of my all-time favourite people and I had a very productive and pleasant 4 days of work. I’m sitting on…

  • Sydney Food : Gigi’s Pizzeria.

    There were three of us for dinner and one wanted pasta, absolutely. I didn’t mind either way and we ended up here at Gigi’s. My other friend had been here before and said the pizzas were amazing so we met there the night of the recent storm in Sydney. A bit tricky to park but…

  • Sydney Food : The Cubbyhouse Lounge Bar.

    Located at The Spot in Randwick, this a lovely little cafe with some great modern food. We were walk-ins, but my two companions had been there before. Here’s the menu: The venue is nice, cosy but with plenty of room. Lovely chandeliers: The Duck Tarts were absolutely delicious – flaky bottoms, juicy duck and full…

  • Sydney bound.

    I started this post yesterday when I was leaving for Sydney. I have a habit of leaving quite late if I travel on a Sunday. I usually drop my puppy, Gidget, at my parents’ house and have lunch with them before I go. I arrived at the airport at about 1:40pm for my 2:25pm flight…

  • My first post. My next trip.

    Hello travellers My next trip is to Sydney – visiting the Garvan Institute for a symposium.  I would usually just go early on the day, but daylight savings has started and we Queenslanders do not assimilate, so I have no desire to get to the airport by 4:30 on a Monday morning.  Sheesh – I…

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