Pro Hart was a former miner, but also Broken Hill’s best known artist. Although he died in 2006, his gallery is worth visiting. The Flying Doctors museum near the airport ...
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Simian Ghost – Wolf Girl [SWE, KX Expat Plugin - Jan 20-21 2012]
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Bear Lake – We Were The Young [USA, KX Expat Plugin - Jan 13-14 2012]
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Felicity Groom – Siren Song [AUS, KX Expat Plugin, Jan 6-7 2012]
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Day 2. Dubbo Zoo [+video]
The zoo in Dubbo is the largest open air zoo in Australia. You can wonder around by foot, bike or car. It has more than 1,500 animals including some amazing white and black rhinoceros, and a sumatran tiger. It’s a subsidiary of the famous Taronga Zoo in Sydney. There are no fences, and it feels like you [...]
Holidays ! Day 1. Sydney – Dubbo
Finally, holidays ! Jump in our car for the next big trip on this amazing and beautiful continent. Outback New South Wales and South Australia. Our first day is a 400 km drive to Dubbo, via Bathurst which lies half way and where our lovely friends Christian and Melissa live. A good opportunity to say [...]
70 years !
Happy Birthday to my lovely mum who turns 70 today ! Unfortunately we can’t join her party in Holland but we drink a glass of good South Australian wine on her, and wish her many more healthy years to come !
Jeroen Soer (1956-2012)
What shock waking up this morning to hear the terrible news that my KXradio colleague Jeroen Soer (55) has passed away. Too early, not fair, very sad. I have met him only a couple of times, just before I moved to Australia and took over a KX radioshow just before Jeroen’s show on Friday morning. [...]
Why I don’t want a newspaper subscription [+video]
Have you ever seen what a torture it is to receive, open and read a newspaper in Australia ? Watch the video (in Dutch) !
Pittwater [+video]
Walter and Sarah invited us for a morning coffee at her dad’s place at Pittwater, a nice area along the Northern Beaches, with shallow water and majestic boats and landscape.
The best of 2011 in Sven Down Under [January 7]
On Saturday January 7 you will hear the best of 2011 in Sven Down Under on KX Radio. This includes Sven’s interviews with Australian singer Emma Louise, Dutch NOS correspondent for Australia and New Zealand Robert Portier, and with Remie Openeer and Mieke Valk of Omroep Zeeland and the Wereldomroep who were down under to [...]
We keep on plugging !
2012 ! A new year, new opportunities. KX Radio has been taken over by Dutch broadcasting company the AVRO. It will not change the format, nor the programmes, so can you still hear me each Saturday between 21h00 and 23h00 NL time. Simone Walraven and I will keep selecting KX Expat Plugins for you. New [...]
Happy New Year from Sydney [+video]
To all readers of this blogs, friends and family I wish you a very happy, healthy and above all inspiring 2012 ! Watch the photos and the full 12 minute video of the spectacular fireworks in Sydney. Tip: the most awesome firework effects are in the last 2 minutes of the video !
Boxing Day get together [+video]
We had Walter, Sarah and the kids over for Boxing Day. They live 900 kms from Sydney, but spent the Christmas days around town, and it’s always fun to catch up with them. A nice day outside, kids in the pool, and chargrilling satays on the barbecue. We even haven’t noticed the Christmas tree inside.
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blogger, masterchef, food lover, DJ@KXradio, works at Douwe Egberts, lives in Sydney Australia
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