I came across an interesting Ethiopian-Jewish recipe requiring korarima (Ethiopian cardamom). No shops in Perth stock it, so went online and also got berbere (compound chill spice). I now have 1kg of berbere. Recipe suggestions.

Second night. Candles lit, as much as anything out of defiance, but also out of huge thanks for the public and private response from across the religious spectrum to the #Bondi violence. (If you look carefully you'll notice that the memorial candle on the left is still going).

This first night of Chanuka we did not light the first candle of the festival; we lit a memorial candle for the people massacred in #Bondi.

It's through this door

Mothers Day best wishes from Subiaco in Perth

The banana benders missed one. Or is it simply Tuesday after a long weekend?

Some #NewYearResolutions I could get behind

Our blinged-up pool-noodle chanukia. Happy Chanuka. Chag Urim Sameach.

In the lead up to Perth Christmas, it's 35.1C, heading to predicted top of 38, so following these mangoes' example and hiding out in the cold.