The Chateau de Roche Guyon
We spent the evening of our first day in France admiring the scenery as we sailed downstream from Paris while we ate dinner. I was struck by the prevalence of white chalk cliffs along the way – but it stands … Continued
We spent the evening of our first day in France admiring the scenery as we sailed downstream from Paris while we ate dinner. I was struck by the prevalence of white chalk cliffs along the way – but it stands … Continued
By the time you read this Pete and I will either just have arrived home from our first overseas trip in over two years, or we’re nearly there. We’ve been to France for a two-river cruise. From Paris we went … Continued
This has to be the most profound, most deeply significant photograph I have ever seen. It was taken by the James Webb telescope stationed about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth in its orbit around the sun. It was positioned so … Continued
What can I say? I forgot to write a Saturday blog, so now it’s a late blog. Sorry. After weeks of unseasonal rain, the weather here in Hervey Bay has reverted to normal programming – cool to cold nights and … Continued
I can’t help thinking the world is edging toward conflict. Turkei (read Erdoğan) has agreed to allow Finland and Sweden into NATO. I wonder what that cost? He won’t have done it for nothing. That has further upset our mate … Continued
It hasn’t taken long for the Greens and Teals to reveal their true colours. In the past week Zali Stegall has entertained us with her idea of how we can manage Australia’s teetering power grid without resorting to coal, gas … Continued
Well gosh. We’ve hit the inevitable crunch over electricity. NSW and Queensland have been warned about blackouts as the states struggle to ensure power suppliers keep the grid working. Cost of power has been capped to protect consumers, so some … Continued
The Australian elections have been and gone and the Labor party has been sworn into Government. That’s fine. Our country is a democracy and the winner, as they say, takes all. But I don’t think I’m the only one with … Continued
The war in Ukraine no longer has centre stage in our nation’s news media. It has been replaced with the heart-breaking images of nineteen little kids and two teachers senselessly gunned down in a Texas elementary school. Here’s an account … Continued