8º of latitude

April 1, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Apr. 2, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences On the Wrong Bus An outbreak of gratuitous and unnecessary angst caught our eye the just before the 2014 Bali Spirit Festival got under way. It was said – by dog lady and artist Linda Buller of all people, on Facebook, the favoured resort of… Continue reading

General Interest

Aravina rose, Artisan wines, Bali Spirit Festival, Bali’s Australian retirees, Chris Salans, Jajan Pasar, Kerobokan, KK9 project, Linda Buller, Lizzie Love, Meghan Pappenheim, Noela Newton, Ubud, water projects, Wise moscato
March 18, 2014

Hector’s Diary Bali Advertiser, Mar. 19, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Stop Being a Pain BIMC Hospital at Nusa Dua is now offering a revolutionary treatment for chronic joint pain and muscle injuries. News of this beneficence has already piqued the interest of certain elderly diarists around town, whose bodies unaccountably will not conform to… Continue reading

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Bali Spirit Festival, BIMC, Friends of BAWA, Nissan Micra, Old Friends, Orthopaedic PRP treatment, Passionfruit Cowgirl, Short Essential Breaks, Western Australia
March 4, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 5, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Diving Lessons The matter of the Japanese divers whose expedition turned into disaster off Nusa Penida on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) is now in police hands. An investigation is apparently under way. The skipper of the dive boat is a person of interest, according to reports.… Continue reading

Art, Australia, Bali

Alicia Budihardja, Australia Network, Conrad Bali, diving disaster, lobby art, local cats, moving house, The Laguna Bali, Vyt Karazija
February 18, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 19, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Hear No More of Her Schapelle Corby, celebrity jailbird by Australian media acclaim and blessed (though that’s hardly the word) with a scrofulous family, has finally been freed on parole. That’s a good outcome, far too long delayed but welcome nonetheless. The excessive jail… Continue reading

General Interest

Bali development, Kerobokan K9s, Linda Coles, Lizzie Love, Majell Hind, Schapelle Corby, Smile Foundation
February 17, 2014

Clumsy Confections on all Sides

Nick Feik, editor of the online newspaper PoliticsOz, wrote this in his editorial note today (Feb. 17): TERRITORIAL TENSIONS The Indonesian government had only just finished protesting to Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty over the Abbott government’s border protection policies when its foreign minister Marty Natalegawa was again fronting the media to object to Australian conduct.… Continue reading

General Interest

Asylum seekers, Australia, Indonesia
February 4, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb 5, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences New ROLE for Netball Netballers have always been vaguely worrying. Their skill at stopping dead when they get the ball – since unlike basketball you can’t run with it – is a complete mystery to people (such as your diarist) whose own sport is… Continue reading

General Interest

Air NZ, Bali Flames netball, Groundhog Day, Ill-mannered Aussies, karma, Lombok, Louise Cogan, Pete Seeger, Peter Cosgrove, ROLE Foundation, Susi Johnston, Year of the Horse
January 21, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Jan. 22, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Facts Please The sad deaths of Queensland tourists Noelene and Yvana Bischoff shortly after they began a holiday at Padang Bai need to be explained. It’s always better to get the facts in any circumstances, however tragic. And there is very little that is… Continue reading

General Interest

Australian Consulate, Brett Farmer, Burns’ Night, Derek Pugh, Happy Endings. Rhonda & Ketut, Jetstar, Lex Bartlem, Lombok Writers’ Guild, Noelene & Yvana Bischoff, Peter Duncan, Plaga wines, Senggigi, Taman Restaurant, the Kilt, Virgin Australia, Wiwik Pusparini
January 7, 2014

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 8, 2014

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Beat That! The Beat Magazine edition of Dec. 20 carried a little feature quoting what it said were a few notable people around town on what 2013 was like for them and what they were looking forward to in 2014. Hector, in the person of… Continue reading

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Beach Rubbish, Byron Bay, Candi Dasa, Four Seasons, Ganesha Fertility Retreats, Hengki Pudjianto, Rabies Threat, The Beat Mag, Ubud, Year of the Monkey
December 24, 2013

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Dec. 25, 2013

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Christmas Sale Bargain BIMC has been a fixture at the high end of the medical and hospital sector in Bali for 15 years, the benchmark place for services available to everyone but predominantly accessed by foreign tourists, long-term foreign residents and well-heeled Indonesians. So… Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Indonesia

Absent Australians, Angry Russians, BARC, BAWA, BIMC, Christmas Carols, Villa Kitty
December 11, 2013

A GOOD ARGUMENT

And let’s just note this: No one’s rights have been infringed. The person concerned remains an Australian citizen. with all the benefits that status confers. ASIO acting to prevent Australians fighting in Syrian war is not racist Gerard Henderson, The Sydney Morning Herald 10 December 2013 So now it has come to this.… Continue reading

General Interest

Australia, Jihad, Syria

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.