An extraordinary flood
I know quite a few of you have seen footage of the extraordinary flooding in Hervey Bay over the weekend. A number of people have asked after our welfare (thank you, we appreciate that) so I thought I’d better let … Continued
Nature can be a bitch
It’s the first cyclone of the season on the east coast of Australia – or maybe the last of this summer’s cyclone season. Cyclone Alfred is a most unusual storm. Most cyclones are seen off Queensland’s northern coastline and the … Continued
Bullies picking on a kid behind the bike sheds
I wasn’t going to do a blog this week. Life’s been full of first world problems – first emptying, then ripping out the old kitchen and putting in a new one with new appliances. And while that was going on, … Continued
When the World Won’t Let You Look Away
I’d love my blogs to be about innocent things like house renovations, the beach, wildlife, gardens. But sometimes what’s happening in the world grabs me and shakes me and makes me very, very angry – as well as worried about … Continued
A renovated laundry
Progress is happening in our downsized house. We’re fixing all the things we didn’t notice when we bought the place. One of them is the lack of storage space. Or should I say the storage space was not well thought … Continued
Facebook ain’t what it used to be
One of the nice features of Facebook is that each day (under memories) it will show you all the posts you’ve made for all the years you’ve been with the platform. It’s fun looking back over the years. But increasingly … Continued
I won’t be DeepSeeking
Unless you’ve just emerged from an untrackable wasteland somewhere I expect you’ll have encountered Artificial Intelligence of one form or another. It’s on phones, your car, on Facebook, in MS Word etc etc. And now a Chinese company has produced … Continued
The garden – before and after
While we’re waiting for work to start on the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry (not in that order) at our house Pete and I have been busy transforming the garden. The next three pictures are ‘before’ shots. After the chooks went … Continued
We’ve allowed the extremists to infiltrate our country
The holiday period is over. There has been another attack on a Sydney synagogue with swastikas being painted on the walls. The perpetrators tried to set the place on fire, too. More and more it echoes the events in Germany … Continued
The summer hiatus
Time flies, doesn’t it? We’re already a week into 2025. In Australia that means we’re about halfway through the annual summer hiatus, where everything is on hold. All the TV shows are on holidays so you get endless repeats or … Continued