Tag Archives: Australia

Journal of the far side: 7 – Tjukurpa – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Silent Eye – more of Steve’s visit to Uluru… It is, in the end, all about creation time. The meaning of this is not obvious to the Western psyche steeped in its causal logic, locked into this-to-that … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Far Side – 4: The 1954 Coffee Bar – Steve Tanham

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The pictures on the wall tell the story – they’re an homage to how the world was in 1954, the year that Pellegrini came to Melbourne and established his iconic coffee bar. It was also the year I was born, … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Far Side – 3: City of the Shining River -Steve Tanham

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

More from Steve’s travels to Australia: I’m not a lover of big cities. I like to visit, but find little ‘humanity’ in their towering steel and glass trophies that seem to impose conditions of spiritual sterility on us – conditions … Continue reading →

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Journal of the far side – Day 1: Dubai – Steve Tanham

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

My eldest son and our daughter-in-law left for a life in Australia in July of this year, taking with them our only grandchild, Alice. As recently-qualified doctors, both were dismayed by the politics being played by the UK Tory government … Continue reading →