The opening night of AVCon at the Adelaide Convention Center was a spectacle I’d been waiting for several months now and finally it arrived. I’m not really a big anime fan or gaming enthusiast. In fact I felt just a little bit fraudulent waiting in the long snaking queue surrounded by excited individuals and groups […]
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It’s almost a play on words but I don’t really think it works. Regardless, these mushrooms can be found on the side of the Adelaide Convention Center about half way up the building on the north western corner. I had just arrived for the opening celebrations of AVCON, the Adelaide Anime and Gaming Convention 2017. […]
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A sliver of yellow algae wrests in the broken shells of a gritty Henley Beach. With winter now here our beaches will be scored of their summer sand revealing the shellgrit below. The carpet of broken shells makes for interesting images but it not so kind on bare feet. I don’t mind at all when […]
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Even in the stormy evening light the Grange Kiosk appears warm and cosy. As much as I would have liked to have had dinner here tonight we made do with a couple of drinks at the Grange Hotel before heading home for a wholesome kitchen cooked meal. Our Indian summer seems to be finally over […]
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During the climax of one of Adele’s most beloved songes the arena burst into a ticker tape shower. Little snippets of paper with hand written messages flittered into the crowd, into the stands and out into the parklands beyond the stadium. “hello”, “Twas your song through every open door” and “… to stand in your […]
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