Kew Gardens Christmas lights/ experience. In London. Sold out most nights. So if you are going next year get in early ! Freezing cold. Tickets from 4.30 because that is when it is dark 🤣 A great 2 mile walking trail. Easy access from central London by train.

I am obsessed with birds. In Australia I adore Australian magpies. I love British Magpies too. Even though they are in no way related to ours. #birds

Liberty Department Store is a beautiful quirky building in the heart of Theatre District. In London you must go a buy luxury or at least something in Liberty Fabric.

We like to go to the Ice Cream Parlour in Fortnum and Mason In London. You can have afternoon tea upstairs, but there are better ones in London IMHO. But the ice cream parlour is incredibly gorgeous and has luscious flavours. I suggest the banana split flavoured ice cream.

Fortnum and Mason in London was chaos. So busy. So many biscuits. So many people. So much tea. It is the home for British Biscuits (cookies) Like any Omiyage store in Tokyo Disney !

The Buckingham Palace shop London has a cute little chalet for Hot Chocolate and cake for Christmas.

Selfridges London Christmas is Disney themed. The shopping bags are everything. Just brilliant.

In London the luxury stores of New Bond street put on a Christmas show.

My Bichon Bennet has mastered the art of being truly present in any situation.

Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly is amazing. Since 1797. There was a book signing nearly every day. I was so excited to meet Mary Berry. She was amazing. Just brilliant. I now have too many books weighing down our luggage.

Selfridges Christmas windows were themed to Disney. All kind of unique merchandise which as a Disney nut was awesome.

London was pumping with Christmas. The streets were packed with people. The department stores were so busy you couldn’t walk ! Fortnum and Mason , Liberty, Selfridges, Harrods- all crazy but sooooo christmassy. Christmas carols were playing everywhere and the light displays - amazing.

Hadestown is the most perfect musical in London. Clever and flawless. We saw it in Sydney but the London version is much more tightly and expertly produced. The performers were perfect. We saw it twice. The circle is hot - dress accordingly or fall asleep.

The stage show of Hercules in London. We loved the characters of Hercules, Meg and the Muses. Unfortunately the show was a little sloppy and relied on dad jokes and sloppy innuendo. You can see it could be awesome, but I don’t think Disney cares. Great merch!

We have never seen a British Pantomime. So we went to see Sleeping Beauty at the Paladium - it was so much fun. Catherine Tate and Julian Clary. So naughty! Huge production -but not for children. Highly recommend.

We have been in London to see shows! We saw the Importance of Being Ernest, a play I love, but the London Production was farcical. Algi and Jack hyperactively bouncing on the stage. Not subtle or clever. Also it’s Cecily -Sicily is in Italy. Stephen Fry was good as Lady Bracknell. We left.

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

Meeting Mickey on his birthday in Tokyo Disney Land required a standby pass. On the app! So lovely to see so many Mickey fans in the park.

Mickey’s and Minnie’s birthday yesterday. Had to line up and get a physical ticket!! But then we were the lucky ones to get a character greeting. So gorgeous.

TDR has released the new New Year plush badges for the year of the Horse ! So cute as always.

The new Christmas Parade in Tokyo Disney Sea. It’s cute and has sharp dancing. There is a dance to learn and it stops 3 times along the parade route! DPA sells out quickly.

We are in Tokyo DisneySea as Camelia Falco, Harrison Hightower & Sindbad today. It is going to be so much fun. Happy Halloween ! 🎃

Tokyo DisneySea today. Celebrating Halloween. Our second day of dressing up as Gelatoni and Shellie May. Just so much fun. So many wonderful interactions with others in costume. It is truly a wonderful highlight for us. I loved making the costumes.

Tokyo Disneyland Halloween snacks. Pumpkin everything. Amazing and delicious.

We are in Tokyo Disneyland for Halloween. We love dressing up in costumes so much. It is so much fun! Everyone who is dressed in costume is conspiratorial. Such happy glances and waving. Today and tomorrow Gelatoni and Shellie May. Colourful Happiness!

We just went to Baking101 in Stanmore (in Sydney) it was amazing. Croissants of all kinds (the seeded mustard in the ham and cheese croissant was awesome) hot cinnamon rolls with fresh cream were straight out of the oven- just wow. STANMORE 駅のちかくで

In Shanghai Disneyland… looking at the imposing cranes that signal the construction of Spider-Man land and the much discussed Spider-Man roller coaster. So exciting.

Let’s talk Shanghai Disneyland snacks. This is awesome

Lumiere’s Kitchen Restaurant in the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel… character greetings included. Always different costumes. Summer this year is gorgeous.

Breakfast at Lumiere’s Kitchen in the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel. This is an enormous buffet. Always awesome.

Shanghai Disneyland. Sitting and waiting for Illuminate a Nighttime Spectacular. There are short animations on the castle in the lead up to the show.

Shanghai Disneyland Royal Banquet Hall restaurant menu. I love the pumpkin. However, It is all delicious.

The Royal Banquet Hall restaurant is great! It is inside the castle in Shanghai Disneyland. Tickets for the front section of “Illuminate a Nighttime Spectacular” are added to make a package. And you get photos with Daisy, Donald, Mickey and Minnie. A wonderful experience for any Disney Fan.

Shanghai Disneyland food is awesome. There are actually too many great choices.

Shanghai Disneyland is hot. It’s 39 degrees Celsius but oh soooo awesome. The Disneyland hotel has great character photos for guests. Us with Chip and Dale.

We saw the very first show on the first day of Dreams Take Flight in Tokyo Disney Sea ! We are seeing it again today. Live singing. Sharp story and dancing. Brilliant and new in every way !!!! Wonderful. Entertainment is back in a huge way. I am so happy.

Tokyo Disney Resort in high summer. Amazing.

In Tokyo Disney Sea. We did the Dockside Splash Remix DPA. We got standing spots very close to the show. There were water canons. We did not wear ponchos. (Plastic bags for our stuff😅) We were saturated. It was an AMAZING show. AMAZING!!!! Brilliant. Please go if you can it was so much fun!

We have been at Tokyo Disney for the summer festival for a few days . I can report that I got saturated by BayMax in Disneyland and it was awesome. Dried in minutes. But such a feeling of conspiratorial joy ! 🤩

Shellie May is always for me. Gelatoni is always for Chris, (although, I have got some wicked jeans for myself with all 7 of them painted on them) This is the original backpack I painted for myself for the 20th anniversary of Duffy (of Shellie May) It is a little small.

A leather backpack entirely for me. Shellie May is my favourite. I drew her in toy proportions this time. Sometimes I like her in human proportions. Leather preparer, leather paint and top coats by Angelus. Posca pens. Belle and Bloom backpack. #disney

My friend in Tokyo loves Minnie. So I painted this as my present to her. A lot of fun. #mickey #disney When I paint it’s all about expression. If you are interested in what I used… posca pens and angelus leather paint. #angelus deglazer and high shine top coat. Oroton Australia bag.

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

Has Lego put up their prices worldwide to account for the tariffs in the USA too???? Many of the websites that sell Lego have inflated prices here in Australia. So Kmart has prices $20-$100 less than DJs or the Lego store online. If they are punishing everyone, I will find other gifts to buy. #lego

Mickey in pyjamas at the Kingdom Club at the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel is always wonderful. (Oh and the nightly 7.30 character in pyjamas varies… Donald … Minnie….)

Hong Kong Disneyland was awesome. Very very hot. Anniversary celebrations start in a couple of weeks. So… no Duffy costumes.🥲 It’s the first time we have had photos with naked Duffy Family in Hong Kong. 🤣 great fun. Short lines.

Ocean Park Hong Kong. 9 month old Panda baby Jia Jia! She and her brother DeDe are intoxicating. Honestly. #panda

Happy Pride Month. We got these cute coats for the boys back in 2017 when Australia had the marriage equality plebiscite, which thankfully won in a landslide.

A rainbow lorikeet on a chilly morning. He is searching for the perfect bottle brush nectar in the cold morning air. Or he’s lost something and is saying “hmmmm … I am sure I left it somewhere around here” #birds

Sunshine is lovely on the fluffy faces of the pair of bichons who rule our house. Apparently, if there are more dog beds in a house than human beds, then the dogs own the house. Hmmmm is 9 too many for 2 dogs ?