Ruminations From My Veranda

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Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x. This is the fifth posting in this on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”. It's a nice late Autumn day, and although the sun is shining, I have dipped into another very fine, not expensive, red. I really do think Aussie red's are among the best in ...

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Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.

This is the fourth posting in an on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”.
The daytime temperatures are definitely much lower than just a couple of weeks ago, and so as much as I was enjoying the crisp...

The recent election of Pope Francis

Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.


This is the third posting in a new on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”.

So I sit here on my veranda, the weather is warm in the hills of Belgrave this evening and I have a fine glass of 2011 Banrock Station Chardonnay. Nicely chilled it is full flavoured with a taste of peach and citrus. Along with the warm breeze it has put me in quite a mellow mood.
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Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.

This is the second posting in a new on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column called “Ruminations From My Veranda”. A nice evening, I have a bottle of red, a glass, some cheese and I sat back and thought about the two things dominating the news. The ...

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Hi, I’m Rob Greaves and I’m a Feature Writer, Administrator and ‘Editor-in Training’ at the Toorak Times, sometimes I publish under Rob and sometimes under ras-x.



This is the first posting in a new on-going, if not somewhat ad-hoc column, to be called “Ruminations From My Veranda”.
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