The week before last I had to go to Melbourne for a couple of days.
I’ve written before about holiday travel between Canberra and Melbourne.
But this was different. I had to organise the trip fairly quickly. Continue reading
Whoever thought food production could be so beautiful and 
easy?
One of the things I like most about spring is getting out and looking at all the beautiful gardens.
In fact, Canberra (where I live) has Floriade, a whole floral Continue reading
You know that ‘do what I say, not what I do’ just doesn’t 
inspire confidence in the speaker’s leadership.
That’s because we know that actions speak louder than words.
So I was very pleased when my main superannuation fund Continue reading
After the low energy of winter, spring in Australia has gone
off with a BANG!
Canberra had its warmest first day of spring on record.
Then we had our earliest ‘summer’ storm. (Finally, some rain!) Continue reading
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A couple of protests have made headlines in the last few days.
The first appears to have been big news in Canada and the US and amongst environmental organisations. It was the Draw the Line day of action organised by 350.org against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to transport oil from Canadian tar sands to Texas for refining.