So I made “Sydney chocolate” using macadamia butter and crushed Anzac biscuitsAug 2025 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/foodies_sydney
There are at least 16 photos of this bloke in the Coles magazine and I'd far rather see 16 potatoesMay 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/AussieCasual
This week I tried the Coles “5 meals for the week” recipe suggestionsSep 2025 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/foodies_sydney ⋅ #5
Every time I pass this magnificent building I feel horror at how close it came to being demolished for a car parkOct 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Got handed this at Chatswood today. Exciting! I’ve never been to Sydenham, what awaits me there?Aug 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
In Sydney, we get posters about sanitary products and mental health on the back of bathroom stall doors. In Cairns...Jul 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/australia
The worst and most expensive cup of tea I have ever had - Hotel Sacher, ViennaJul 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/tea
Alas! I was feeling so confident about my writing, but then someone posted this gem. I can never compete :(Sep 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/writingcirclejerk
The default settings on my child’s new CBA debit card have Gambling Payments “Allowed”Aug 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/australia
Ultra easy bread recipe for those struggling to find non-UPF breadSep 2025 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/ultraprocessedfood
It has finally arrived! So excited to re-(re-re-re-re-etc)read itApr 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/janeausten ⋅ #re-re-re-re-etc
Warning: looks like the $cum $ucking $cientologists are getting active again Dec 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
For those who need help with writing the blurb for their masterpiece...Mar 2022 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/writingcirclejerk
My Hallowe’en tea calendar arrived! So far resisting the temptation to cheat and peek inside the gravestones earlyOct 2022 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/tea
Don't worry gents - the gold leather g-string is still available - and in XXL size!Oct 2025 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/AmazonVineAustralia
It's the gushing reviews from all my adoring fans that make the arduous, gruelling, soul-tormenting work of typing on a keyboard so worthwhileSep 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/writingcirclejerk
On the Apple Music page for the PSB there is a compilation video - where is this shot of Neil on a waterslide from?May 2 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/petshopboys
As far as I'm concerned, Sharon, the Women's Movement is what you do with your pelvisNov 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/oldbritishtelly
It’s bad enough the escalators are broken (again) at Chatswood, but they’ve blocked the bloody stairs off tooMay 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney ⋅ #again
I tamed this amazing pet but now I can’t work out what world I found him on. Is there some way to do this?Nov 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/NoMansSkyTheGame
Over eighty years after this young man died in Malaya, he is still loved and rememberedMay 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
What Disney character is this? (From the Profile icons)Jan 2022 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/DisneyPlus ⋅ #From-the-Profile-icons
I so wanted to bridge this gap but you can’t build this close to a settlement. This was the best I could manage Nov 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/NoMansSkyTheGame
Smoky purple starlight silver space grey olive green... MEAT POWDERMay 20 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/AmazonVineAustralia
Photographed this lovely little flowering gum last week - saw this today :(Mar 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Amusing article in this week’s Economist about romance novel categoriesMar 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/romanceauthors
Amid all the swooning over jacarandas, how about some love for the Australian Flame Tree?Nov 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
They were supposed to be snowflake biscuits. I’m going to present them as “snow splats”Dec 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/bakingfail
In these difficult economic times, it's heartwarming to know there are some successful, rich and generous Brits out thereMay 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/CasualUK
Does anyone know what this building is/the reason behind its unusual form?Oct 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Even AI couldn't stop this poor cat from looking pissed off (at the Melbourne Cup? 100 years ago?!!)May 15 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/AmazonVineAustralia ⋅ #100
Or if you are a billionaire, you can probably just hire 3000 cleaners and take 3 minutesAug 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/LinkedInLunatics ⋅ #3000 #3
It’s basically purple broccolini, but still, they’re getting closerAug 2024 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/foodies_sydney
I know he’s not the most photogenic, but he is very elderly and we adore himMar 2019 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/blackcats
What am I doing wrong here? (Allison photo quest)Jul 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/CozyGrove ⋅ #Allison-photo-quest
Is anyone good at describing clothing details? I imagine my heroine's wedding dress to be something like this, but have no idea how to describe it! It's a vintage Carla ZampattiFeb 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/romanceauthors
Sometimes you get a review, and realise that all the struggle been worthwhile. Finally, someone out there *gets* your work and appreciates your transcendental brillianceJun 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/writingcirclejerk
They were selling these tea sets for AUD $10 (~USD $7) at a newly-opened shop near meSep 2019 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/tea ⋅ #10 #7
Very minor Sydney Transport annoyance: the screens are polarised the wrong way for my sunglassesOct 2020 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
“Canberra... is isolated, it's middle class, it's fat, dumb and happy. It's self-referential”Mar 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/australia
Q for the rail buffs: were there always four lines running North of Chatswood or did they widen the line for the tunnel?Oct 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Devastating Digestive Disillusionment: it's not even as big as the picture on the packetFeb 2022 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/CasualUK
10pm and still 22c and I am sitting on my verandah. What are you all up to at this hour of the night?Sep 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
A legendary image to commemorate the opening night of Vivid Chatswood tonightMay 2019 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Early reveal of some of the stores coming to the newly renovated Chatswood ChaseSep 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Train stuck between St Leonards and Artarmon, they’re advising people to get buses and take the metro to Epping if they need to get to Hornsby. All the other trains are stuck behind itFeb 2023 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
I don’t know if it’s partly the rain, but it’s a bit claustrophobic not being able to see out of the bus windows (due to images they’ve printed on the interior glass)Mar 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
I wasn't the only person to google my rain-despair. There were no comforting answers eitherMar 2022 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Some colourful street art murals on the Pacific Highway around Lindfield and KillaraSep 2020 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
One of the best, healthiest green walls in Sydney - always a delight to walk pastApr 2019 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Merry Solstice! Tonight I will be feasting on a Sol Invictus - the Unconquered Sun - pie. How is everyone else celebrating?Jun 2021 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney
Tomato festival at Botanic Gardens (today and Sunday)Feb 2020 ⋅ istara ⋅ r/sydney ⋅ #today-and-Sunday
