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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Fine wine and good company back home.

Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Leaving Kangaroo Island by plane. What a view from the sky above!

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Saying hello to the local population in Kingscote, the oldest European settlement in South Australia. Unfortunately, I have yet to see any penguins that allegedly live in the area...

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Private tour at the eucalyptus oil distillery.

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Selfie with the mascot of this distillery: An emu!

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Wine tasting and delicious meat pies for lunch with the bros.

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Magnificent view by the sea at Cape Willoughby.

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

View from the hotel room: American River.

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The question remains: How remarkable are these rocks behind me?

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Who needs to build a large triumphal arch when nature has already made one for your viewing pleasure?

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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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At the end of Jetty Road you will find... a jetty!

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A short hop across the ditch. I've been told that we are still technically on a state highway.

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Horse drawn tramway at Victor Harbor.

Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

More wine tasting on Boxing Day.

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Making a visit to the vineyards.

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French onion soup and steak tartare as my entrée for this evening.

Lego elves are hard at work in Melbourne's Myer department store.

Trying out the new Metro Tunnel in Melbourne. It seems there is still a bit of a glitch with the announcement system here falsely claiming this train is not in service.

Australian Jesuit priest and composer Christopher Willcock taking a bow after his compositions were performed at this afternoon's concert of Baroque Christmas presented by the Australian Chamber Choir.

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Second Sunday of Advent at St Paul's this morning.

Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A pleasure to meet with countertenor Iestyn Davies after the closing night of Opera Australia's production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice last night.

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Standing ovation at OA's production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice at the Regent Theatre last night, featuring acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies and Australian soprano Samantha Clarke in title roles.

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Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Standing ovation at this afternoon's Australian Brandenburg Orchestra "Water Music" concert featuring Handel's Water Music and new compositions by Nick Wales and Rrawun Maymuru (Yolŋu songman from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land).

Michael Fong @michaelfong.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Echoes of Peace: A Vigil for Palestine this evening.

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A Shiseido poster from 1983 featuring models in kimono.

Alexander McQueen's design "La Dame Bleue" (2007) inspired by kimono.

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Alexander McQueen's design "La Dame Bleue" (2007) inspired by kimono.

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Pretending to be a samurai at the kimono exhibition.

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Maybe the 1930s was the time when Egyptomania spread to Japan? Japanese obi (sash) with pottery design inspired by Ancient Egypt, c. 1930.

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Bach Cantata service at St John Southgate this morning. A thought provoking sermon by guest preacher Rev Britta Taddiken from Thomaskirche Leipzig about the perception of the end of the world and the final judgement, which is the theme of the cantata BWV70.

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