Not just fast. Fasterest.

I was wandering around Circular Quay in the centre of Sydney yesterday, taking in the sunshine and the beautiful views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Walking past an advertising hoarding, I spotted an advert for Vodafone Australia’s 4G broadband rollout that niggled with me very slightly. The copy runs: ‘Not just […]

Jetlag and why it sucks

We’ve been in Sydney for a week now and I think my body clock is just about acclimatised to being in the Southern Hemisphere. The first few days after a long flight always seem to be the worst – that my-head-is-full-of-cotton-wool feeling that’s halfway between hangover and sleep deprivation. But it begins to pass once […]

Air travel: both miracle and nightmare

My first ever post from the Southern Hemisphere – exciting stuff! A pink-tinged dawn greeted our arrival at Sydney airport at 5am yesterday after a plane journey that seemed to last for several lifetimes. I’ve never been a great lover of air travel. So the thought of 7 hours on a plane to Dubai, almost […]

Pork. The Other White Meat – the allure of Australian advertising

I’m heading off on a well-earned late summer break to Sydney this week. Aside from the obvious allure of summer, sunshine and the potential for some quality Aussie hospitality, I’m very much looking forward to seeing some new examples of the magnificent bluntness of Australian advertising. I should say at this point, that my partner […]