Oh, it's fun driving on Pennant Hills Road! (With apologies to Sydney-lovers) My life has been rather topsy-turvy in recent weeks. My aunt died on 30 October, as regular readers here know, which has necessitated two five-day trips to Sydney, not to mention other related work in between.  Consequently, I haven't had much time for reading or, even, for thinking … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Novels set in Sydney

I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall, And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty city Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all (From "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson) In "Clancy of the Overflow", Banjo … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Outback continent, urban culture?