Brisbane Blogs

It's Easy Being Green

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A greenie living in the ‘burbs, I want to make a difference, starting with my home and family. I’ll create a sustainable house and garden from my old Queenslander cottage and maybe inspire others to do the same. Plus, I’ll get involved in Brisbane’s green scene, go to environmental events, talk to passionate change-makers and find inspiration in others doing their bit for the planet. Join me.

Down in the dumps

Posted 9 February 2010 - 3:24pm

I wasn't looking forward to a trip to the dump. I know it exists but, like the tons of waste it deals with, out of sight is out of mind.

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Love the planet this Valentine's Day

Posted 2 February 2010 - 11:34am

I don’t want to fall into the consumerist trap that surrounds Valentine’s Day. Maybe I can proclaim my love this Valentine’s Day with an eco-conscious gift and card.

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Packing litter free lunchboxes

Posted 25 January 2010 - 4:23pm

Getting the kids back to school means its time to make school lunches every day and this year, I'm taking on a new challenge - going 'litter-free'.

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Performing Arts Blog

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Katherine Lyall-Watson is a playwright and theatre reviewer and has been an active and passionate member of the theatre community for 20 years. Her first play, Tinder, was short-listed for the 2008 Queensland Premier’s Drama Award. Her next plays, Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls and The Kerensky Project are currently in development.

Melanie Zanetti

Posted 9 February 2010 - 9:31am With Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) having injuries and replacement actors in two recent shows (The Little Dog Laughed and last year's School of Arts), I wonder if it's time to 2 comments...read on »

Performance Anxiety

Posted 5 February 2010 - 4:21pm

Brian Lucas's one-man show Performance Anxiety is a highlight at WTF?

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Playwrights and professional work

Posted 28 January 2010 - 9:59am

More stats for those whose minds work that way…with many thanks to Kate Foy for starting the discussion with her posts on her Groundling blog.

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Highway to Health

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Paul is a lover and a fighter, a husband and a father. He drinks too much coffee, and hopes to reduce his personal surface area in 2009. If he could find a way to live under the ocean he would do so. The research continues...

Blubbery figures (week 52 results)

Posted 12 January 2010 - 7:46am

Oh dear!

My starting weight sounds an awful lot like an FM radio station, and if I was a radio station my catchcry would be ‘now bigger than ever’.

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Take a good hard look at yourself

Posted 22 December 2009 - 10:35am

According to a recent report, 40 percent of Queensland men cannot see their own groin.

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Another transgression for Tiger

Posted 8 December 2009 - 8:36am

Up until now I have always accepted the following mantra - "what happens on Tiger stays on Tiger".

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