Tag: Baulkham Hills
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The Late Hon. James Tyson – a Sketch of his Family History
I was searching the internet for some photos of or about James Tyson and accidentally tripped over a scan of an amazing article in a newspaper called The Queenslander. It was published on Saturday 10 December 1898, just six days after Tyson’s death. Here’s the link to the scan of the page: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/20854080. It’s a…
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Is this a world record?
Linda and the rest of the family have taken off to the south coast with Wally and Tinet Tapia for a few days. I wanted to go but someone had to stay behind to mind the dogs and in any case I have a heavy cold. So I’m at home by myself doing a stock-take…
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Roberta Flack at the Sydney Opera House
One of the many lovely presents we received last Christmas were tickets to see Roberta Flack at the Sydney Opera House. We hadn’t realized at the time that the performance was on Valentine’s Day, so it was a good excuse for a romantic night out for us, as if we needed an excuse.