Environment

October 25, 2016

That Other Kuta

HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Lombok / Bali Oct. 26, 2016 IT’S quieter and rather less crowded than Kuta Bali, though it has grown a little. There’s something that resembles a main street with an Indomaret supermarket and a few other junior emporiums. The warungs along the beach, those Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Environment, Indonesia, Lombok, Photography, Public Administration, Public Works, Tourism

Aceh, Airline delays, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Blasphemy, Bridges Restaurant, Exhibitions, Made Wijaya, Michael Johnsey, Omar Khayyám, Petty theft, Photography, Sharia law, Solemen Indonesia, Untustan, UWRF 2016, Villa Kitty, Wallace Line
September 27, 2016

A Dog’s Life

HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Sep. 28, 2016 THE criminal epidemic of dog-snatching and random killing that afflicts Bali shows no sign of ending; nor is there any indication that the authorities will do anything other than continue to silently applaud the cull and ignore the rest. Such Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Environment, Indonesian Law

Alcohol laws, Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali DIVAS, Christina Iskandar, Dangerous Menus, Diana Shearin, Dog-snatching, Hometown Sydney, Joko Widodo, Made Wijaya, Mara Wolford, OMNIA Dayclub, Sake No Hana
August 16, 2016

They’re a Scream

HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Aug. 17, 2016 If the acquisitive cartel of private interests and public officials that really runs Bali wants to turn the island into Disneyland, it must be conceded (through gritted teeth) that they can. The electoral check on such excess is even Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Economic Development, Environment

Bali Update, Bangli, Batur Geo Park, Benoa Bay, Buleleng, Darwin, Dewa Suardipa, Dolphins, Edvard Munche, Elizabeth Henzell, Fairfax newspapers, Independence Day, Jack Daniels, Jewel Topsfield, Joe Kennedy, Kempinski, Kupang, North Bali Airport, Ritz-Carlton, Saltwater crocodiles, Villa Kitty
July 20, 2016

Blots on the Landscape

HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Jul. 20, 2016 Where to start? We’ll leave aside (for the moment) certain segments of the bar scene where duty of care, which shouldn’t be an entirely foreign concept, is spelt WTF, and winks and nods at malfeasant bad behaviour, if Continue reading

Art, Australia, Bali, Books, Environment, Festivals, Food, General Interest, History, Indonesia, Indonesian Law, Ubud

Adrian Vickers, Australia, Bali, Bar riskers, Dog racing, Made Wijaya, Marian Carroll, NSW Premier Mike Baird, Sand extraction, Sophie Digby, Tim Hannigan, Ubud
June 21, 2016

Gaia Waives the Rules

Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences June 22, 2016 This seemed to be the consensus among the worriers, at least, those who observe ephemeral climatic events as a message from someone or other (and of course, themselves) about the dangers of human environmental iniquity. But climate is cyclical Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Social Development, Ubud

Australian election, Australian Sex Party, Bali Arts Festival, BAWA, Garuda, Governor Made Mangku Pastika, Mercy Corps, Miss Mermaid Bali, President Joko Widodo, Ric Shreves, Ross Fitzgerald, Surf2Save, The Melting Pot, Tolak Reklamasi, Tommy Michael Costa Rica, Tomy Winata, Ubud, visas on arrival, Waterman’s Week 2016
May 24, 2016

Ordure of the Day

Hector’s Bali Diary His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences May 25, 2016 News that Bali’s beaches are the repositories of sewage is hardly novel, and it’s not by any means confined to the Legian beachfront, where the latest discovery by those who should ensure it doesn’t happen has stirred up a noisome Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Bureaucracy, Business, Death Penalty, Environment, Indonesia

Aceh, Alcohol, Australian Sex Party, beach follies, Beach pollution, Capsized ferries, drains, Legian, Rodrigo Duterte, Ross Fitzgerald, Rottnest Island Surferfest, Runaway deer, Surabaya, Sweania Betzeba Delisa
April 29, 2016

Here’s a Tip

Hector’s Bali Diary, Apr. 27, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Now that the issue of destroying Benoa Bay so that rich people can get even richer is at the forefront of the public mind, and is the subject as it should be of robust dissention, it’s time to Continue reading

Bali, Economic Development, Environment, EU, Festivals, Food, Foreign Investment, General Interest, Indonesia, Lombok, Rabies, Tourism, Ubud

2016 Ubud Food Festival, Benoa Bay, Chinese bridesmaids, Chinese investment, European tourists, FAO, Fragrant Rice, Gerard Delhaes, Rabies control, Suwung
April 13, 2016

Lost in the Forest

Hector’s Bali Diary, Apr. 13, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Hollywood actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, visited Sumatra and said he thought it would be a great idea to protect the rainforest and the orangutans living in it, especially from palm oil plantations. This is an unexceptional statement. It is Continue reading

America, Australia, Bali, Environment, Indonesia, Politics, Pornography, Sexual Health

American Pie, Ardian Nugroho, Cheese, Don McLean, Drunken Monkeys, Free condoms, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Palmer
March 30, 2016

Hector’s Bali Diary, Mar. 30, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Voice of the People That 29 banjars can get together to protest the proposed corporate vandalism of Benoa Bay and the destruction of its precious mangrove environment is a political problem for the provincial government and the lesser authorities whose fief is Badung regency. This Continue reading

Bali, Books, Environment, Festivals, Indonesia, Politics, Social Development, Tourism, Writing

Benoa Bay, Candi Dasa, Clare McAlaney, Destination Asia, Droit de Seigneur, Earth Hour, Easter breaks, Free Visas, Governor Pastika, Grass roots democracy, Indonesia Raya, Mike O’Leary, PLN, Supporting ROLE, Tales of Lucky, Tolak Reklamasi, Tomy Winata, UWRF 2016, Vyt Karazija
March 15, 2016

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 16, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Keep them at Bay Made Wijaya, the go-to Bule for behind-the-friezes analysis of Bali society and what really makes it tick, has some very sensible things to say, in his latest Stranger in Paradise column, about the excrescence Governor Made Mangku Pastika and Jakarta business tycoon Continue reading

Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Politics, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Tourism

Amanda Csebik, Association of Veterinarians Indonesia (PDHI), Badung Regency, Benoa mangroves, Deborah Cassrels, Ferry sinkings, Governor Pastika, Hat Party, International Women’s Day, Jewel Topsfield, Klungkung, Local Heroes, Made Restiani, Made Wijaya, Mike O’Leary, Muriel Ydo, Phantom Projects, Rabies Red Zone, Sydney Morning Herald, Tomy Winata, Tsunami buoys

About Me

Former journalist now confined by age and indolence to blogging about this and that, now from Western Australia, previously from Indonesia (that’s the 8 degrees in the title) and before that, Queensland. I don’t do a newsletter so ignore that prompt below.