Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The beautiful Golden Highway on a frosty winter morning.
Driving along this road in the strongest of summer and winter days, it's such a stunning journey because there's a real mix of terrain and not a lot of stops breaking it up.
I went to Newcastle for the second time last weekend. It was for a number of things: needing to get a hat pin from lack of looking last time (my tourist buy everywhere I visit), the silent film festival making its way through, catching up with whoever I knew was around, and going to get my car checked. That last one didn't happen because it turns out that there wasn't a Citroen service specialist there after all. Thankfully all seems to be relatively well.
I had more time to shop than I would've liked - it's so easy to spend there when Hunter Street is a clearance/vintage haven. Love. But I also got to the screening of silent film Tol'able David (1921) which I thought was adorable. And then I won the door prize before catching a bus for free with four minutes to spare. A good day. A nice brunch with my friend before he gave me an extended tour of the coastline rounded off a good weekend on the Sunday. Also did the most touristy thing you can probably do in Newcastle and went inside Fort Scratchley which was cool. Only place in Australia from where a gun was once fired at threatening naval craft...
Here's a small look at what I got up to. I was lucky I had beautiful weather when I got there, it was actually WARM on the Saturday. No jacket! I've learned quickly living regional that whenever there's heavy fog/frost in the morning, it always turns out to be a beautiful sunny day.
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| Greater Union King St cinemas. I'm so glad these type still exist! It's so old skool! |
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| Forts built at Merewether for a feared WWII invasion |
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| The 80-pounder gun inside Fort Scratchley |
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| You can't really stop along my favourite part of the drive, but this was a nice place for a photo stop on the way home |
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| My door prize - FairTrade coffee? Tea? Charlie Chaplin doco on DVD? WIN. |
Friday, March 30, 2012
All local prices.
NZ: pink mohair handmade knitted jumper - $45, grey fitted mid-length coat - $35 (same store), Reiss flowy patterned skirt - $12, Paper Bag Princess. All Wellington.
Australia: orange/blue checked long-sleeve winter top - $15, camel woolen shorts - $45, queen justine vintage. Both Bondi Markets.
NZ: two-for-one sunnies - $25, Pagani (Christchurch), stud earrings - $4.95 (Queenstown Mall), plastic Tikis - $1.20 (Rotorua).
Moral of the story: I couldn't resist Wellington's vintage charm. I may not have bought shoes but there are other ways to spoil yourself. I'll do a Europe and buy bigger on shoes for NZ trip #2.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Dubbo Showground markets were recently moved to a riverside oval to become the new (and seemingly improved) Riverside Markets. While I never went pre-move, my eventual discovery of what these markets are was a long time coming. Like a lot of other things in life.
Came away with more than expected. And this was after having to walk a good 500 metres extra or so to get into the Centro, then to the ATM to get money, and then walking all the way back hoping the stuff would still be there. Thankfully, this isn't Sydney so I was fine.
I'm clearly still daydreaming about European adventures. I first stumbled across a first edition of an Australian book called Roaming Round Europe by Frank Clune, the telling of his adventures around Western Europe in 1952. Spent what was my last $10.
On returning from the ATM I found a French grammar book, which appears to be the most confusing thing I've ever read. But thinking of my imminent French lesson I thought it would be handy. $1. PS: said lesson never eventuated... le sigh.
Then a book stand had Azur Like It by Wendy Holden, about a journalist who gets sent to cover the Cannes Film Festival. That's so me! But then she discovers a dark side. Not so me. I was intrigued. $3.
Teeny silver thing on the French grammar book is a Pandora-style charm of a paw for my travel charm bracelet, signifying Australia through Dubbo/the central west... via Taronga Western Plains Zoo. $1.
And then there were the shoes. Found at the most amazing little vintage stall that made me want to do a Barcelona and pinch it all.
The shoes were sitting on the left of those pink shoes on the ground before I grabbed them with the intention of scrubbing them into a fantastic work-purpose pair for my wardrobe. $10.
I took the photo with Annie's details clearly in sight because she's great and deserves business. My new shoes were previously her own and she has a great selection of accessories, shoes and even clothes. The first I've seen of affordable great vintage in Dubbo. Tre bien.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Ok, so I obviously bought a shiteload of clothes while away. Two months is a long time. Excuse the shoddy photography.
Greece and London Part One: surprised I didn't like much clothes-wise on the islands. But London was the big one...
L-R: Santorini dress, 49P/New Look military jacket, 15P/You for New Look skirt, 5P/Maribou tie-dye dress/H&M black slip, 7.99P/Maribou handkerchief top
*Forgot to include a baggy 3/4 sleeve khaki mesh-type top from Zara I picked up for 7.95P*
Portobello Road proper/Camden hidden gems
L-R: tenki dress, 15P/vintage striped dress, 18P/vintage winter dress, 18P/floral dress, 10P/green pantaloons, 8P
During-tour buys and presents:
L-R: silk scarf from Venice, 25E/Fishbowl t-shirt for New Yorker (Krakow), possibly 54.90Zloty/Episode (Amsterdam) baggy tee, price unknown/Tally Weijl (Greece) dressy tank, price unknown/Murphy's (Santorini) promo T-shirt, priceless ;D
Novelty Tees:
L-R: Topdeck Spirit of Europe tee/Schnaps Museum (Vienna) promo tee, 10E/Topdeck Hoff Berlin tee/Amsterdam tee/Busabout La Tomatina 2010 tee
London Take Two: I just had to go back didn't I?
L-R: Topshop cropped tee, 14P. Camden Markets: vintage dress, 15P/tank top, 4P/skirt, 2P. Episode skirt, 13P
Spain... and er, tights for our Berlin pub crawl:
L-R: Shambala harem pants from Peniscola, 21E/shorts from Barcelona, 19,95E/H&M pink tights from Berlin, 5E
Now keep in mind this is only clothes. Bags, shoes and jewellry to come if anyone's interested.
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