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After the Opera – the sad passing of Marzipan the cat

After the Opera – the sad passing of Marzipan the cat

by Ian Cochrane | Mar 26, 2013 | Oceania, Utopia

Many in Melbourne this week are mourning the passing of Marzipan, the grand old tortoiseshell diva of the city’s theatre scene. The much-loved Astor cat died on Sunday 24th March 2013 Australian time after a lingering illness, at the ripe old age of 21 years. It was...
Feline of the Opera – in search of a tortoiseshell diva

Feline of the Opera – in search of a tortoiseshell diva

by Ian Cochrane | Feb 22, 2013 | Oceania, Utopia

Outside there’s a neon finger-sign soaring skyward, the oversized letters reading `ASTOR’. The building’s not much to look at; the high facade brick, of cream and red. The veranda is low and squarish, the fascia lined with a string of bare light globes....

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To all those past readers out there, thank you for your comments over the past five years, however it is now time for a change which means a new site with the old visitors' counter unfortunately reset to zero.

 

For the record, since first going live back in March 2013, there has been about 24,000 visits - 4% from AFRICA, 49% from the AMERICAS, 9% from ASIA, 16% from EUROPE, 22% from OCEANIA... this new site going live in February 2018.

                                   

So… thanks again, it has been a treat to have such an eclectic group of readers from all over the globe, from such diverse and distant lands including Guam and Greenland, Barbados, Cote D'Ivoire and Azerbaijan.

Ian’s writing has been described as –

“… observational and anecdotal, his vignettes illuminated by the assorted zany characters he meets. Anyone with an open mind and a sense of humour, will find resonance in Cochrane’s adventures.”

– Susan Kurosawa, travel editor, The Australian

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