On Tuesday morning we went back to the Beechworth Bakery for a leisurely breakfast. We were on the last leg, a 200km drive to Melton where we would stay for a few days before heading home. With the long weekend over, the roads were comparatively empty. We weren’t in a hurry and when we saw…
After a day of bright sky and warm sun, we said goodbye to Hay with clouds building up on the horizon. It was a short 200km drive down to Echuca on the Murray River. Echuca is a large town on the Victorian side of the Murray, with Moama, also a large town, on the opposite,…
We hit the road after breakfast in a Bourke café, going south east through arid country towards Cobar. This area was where we started seeing lots of goats. These feral animals do well on the tough plants of the plains and they’re smart. You don’t often see a goat killed by traffic. They seem to…
There’s only one thing to talk about in this Saturday’s blog – the Voice. Today the Prime Minister revealed the question he will put to the Australian people in a referendum later this year. “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
From Goondiwindi we headed south-west for Bourke, a town on the Darling River which we’d visited before. Instead of taking Google Map’s obvious route we went for another option, using roads we hadn’t been on before. All was well until we realised that some of the road would be dirt. We didn’t want to do…
We’ve been on a short road trip down to Victoria and back to visit a relative who lives west of Melbourne. Back when we were younger we drove the two thousand kilometre trip with two overnight stops but these days we prefer to take our time. Besides, after the incessant rain in the western areas…
Oh dear. It’s baby boomer bashing time again. I can’t help but think that some of these journalists write their articles just for the click-bait headlines. This time Troy Bramston’s headline is For nation’s sake, boomer self-interest must end (It’s behind a pay wall – sorry – but here’s a quote.) “There has never been…
The news is full of commentary on the treasurer Jim Chalmers’ projected changes to superannuation, despite the fact that before the 2022 election, we were promised that no changes would be made. What was that Peter Garrett said in 2007? “Once we get in we will just change it all.” Seems the wolf is stripping…
I have always been a reader. As a child I was good at it, and I loved it. I loved Enid Blyton. Noddy and Big Ears, the Secret Seven, the Famous Five. I read the adventures of Rupert Bear and Blinky Bill and I still love Winnie the Pooh. I never read Roald Dahl, though. …
I’ve had a hard time coming up with anything in particular to write about this week, but there are a few things I noticed. Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to resign as the Scottish First Minister, not least because of the furore about a rapist who decided to transition to be a woman, who was…