Childhood

An Ode to The Mysterious Cities of Gold

January 4, 2011

One of the greatest cartoons (and memorable cartoon theme songs) of all time. It’s South American history and archaeology, mixed with science fiction! Estaban is a young Spanish orphan who was saved from a ship wreck at sea.  The only clue to his origins is a strange medallion around his neck. He is taken to [...]

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My Fairy Home… Magickal Reflections of the Blue Mountains

March 23, 2008

At Christmas I visited the town where I grew up, in the Blue Mountains (west of Sydney). I hadn’t been back there in 10+ years. I climbed down a freak’n mountain! (Enjoy the photos!) Recently I discovered an old school assignment, which gives perfect insight into what the Blue Mountains means to me. As you [...]

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Are you funner than a fifth grader?

November 23, 2007

I have a confession. I played in the park every night this week. And I love it! I have recently discovered that my suburb is blessed with several fine parks. We’ve got swings, slippery-dips, see-saws, merry-go-rounds, flying foxes, funky climbing things, spinning-around-things that you sit on, and even space-age musical instruments which light up like [...]

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Best children’s TV shows of the 80′s! #1

November 9, 2007

I love YouTube! Tonight I had a flash-back-o-rama to the 80′s when I discovered the opening theme to one of my favourite TV shows, Secret Valley. Does anyone remember it? They always had so much fun on that show (do kids these days still have food fights or does that only happen virtually on Facebook [...]

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