Lisa Ikin

Joined August 2019

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Freelance writer, amateur photographer, occasional performer of personal stories @Barefaced Stories. Lover of nature, music and art. I write content and copy for small businesses and teach part time in Perth, Western Australia

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Third Place in Speak Up Challenge

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Highway to Hell
Born Ronald Belford Scott, Bon Scott is one of Perth’s claims to fame. He was by all accounts a raucous party animal with the reputation for being “socially maladjusted.” Australians love a tragic hero. The iconic lead singer of AC/DC, who died in 1980, is buried in the Fremantle Cemetery. The place of his memorial has been listed as being of historical significance in the National Trust of Australian (WA) register. Over the years, people have made the pilgrimage to his place of rest in their droves.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Beat
Scones
My grandmother was a wise woman. She had many sayings, among them “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all” and this one:
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Feast
Shark Bay Marine Reserve, Western Australia
”So long and thanks for all the fish” was the last ever message the dolphins in Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy” left for the earthlings before vanishing.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Wander
Nordic Noir For Dummies
So what is this Nordic Noir, this Scandinavian mystery? We all get sucked into watching them (don’t we?). Over the past few years, the ubiquitous Nordic Noir television series has flooded our streaming providers, Netflix, Stan, Foxtel, and SBS on Demand. When you have watched a few, you realise that these frosty treats have a similar theme.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Criminal
What The Flip!. Top Story - March 2020.
He has been told by a former employee that Gordon Ramsay has nothing on him. He has been known to use some slightly dodgy methods to further the cause of a suburban market, but “What The Flip’s” owner and operator, Islam, is a warm, intelligent and empathetic human being with nothing but the community’s best interests at heart.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Feast
The Underbirds
Maggies are one of my favourite birds despite their bad rap. I have always had a thing for the “Underdog”, or in this case, the “Underbird”, the birds that people don’t like or, in some cases, hate.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Petlife
Thank you Former Prime Minister. Third Place in Speak Up Challenge.
January 2040 Dear Former Prime Minister of Australia, I want to thank you on behalf of my grandchild, who is now a young woman, for doing everything you could to ensure that the world she now flourishes in is clean, sustainable and ethical.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in The Swamp
Where else would you rather be?
It was the middle of winter on one of those dead-still days in Perth when the water looks like glass and you know that getting out on the water is the best thing you could possibly do. The temperature is around 10 degrees Celsius and the water temperature is cold.
By Lisa Ikin6 years ago in Photography

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Highway to Hell

Scones

Shark Bay Marine Reserve, Western Australia

Nordic Noir For Dummies

What The Flip!. Top Story - March 2020.

The Underbirds

Thank you Former Prime Minister. Third Place in Speak Up Challenge.

Where else would you rather be?

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