Dixie Chicks went down well in their Brisbane concert last night when they dedicated their song Lullabye to Bindi and Bob, the children of the late Steve Irwin, a.k.a. the Crocodile Hunter. They already built up good credits by criticising George Bush’s drive to war which can’t be bad even though this ended up with … More Dixie Chicks – good ol' girls.

I’d love a motorcycle. I quite fancy travelling Australia with the bike, a small swag a decent camera… and an upload link of some sort 😀 I suppose I’d prefer a fully fitted Winnebago… but I doubt that’ll ever happen. Ah well… I could live quite happily with potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, … More The future?

Kiddlies Ice Skating rink is having their annual Christmas Pageant… so of course because the kids are now skating regularly and have a had a few ‘group’ lessons, they want to take part. So of course they need ‘the gear’ to look as good as everyone else… even tho of course ‘everyone else’ doesn’t have … More Ice Skating… is *not* cheap!

I wonder if there is any scientific validity in the phrase’ famous last words’? Having just written during my break about the wonderful weather… and how much I *love* gardeing… I go back out to a gale and skies that look as if the heavens are going to open any second and recreate scenes of … More Winds of change

Well you have to if you *have* a garden of course… which we do after a fashion. I’ll load photos up when it looks good… sometime in the next ten years maybe. While my mind likes gardening, I think my body loathes it. This might explain the aches and pains I develop after just a … More Gardening. Love it or hate it you have to do it.

Ahhh… nice to be here in summer. All the traditional stuff happening… the flies, the scent of barbecues and Aeroguard permeating the air, the flies, the power cuts, the flies… so nice 🙂 Was quite windy today so maybe a power line came down or a branch dropped on one… power came back quickly tho… … More Summer is icumen in

Following up an initiative begun last year by her father Steve, eight year old Bindi Irwin has appeared in a TV commercial advertising a fundraising deal struck with the Sunday Telegraph. Next Sunday a green ‘wildlife warrior’ bracelet will be available at newsagents for $1 with the presentation of a token printed in that days … More Wildlife warriors on the move

A pharmaceutical company in Norway has warned ‘members of the modelling industry’ *not* to use one of its products. The story runs that ‘models’ have been reducing the look of puffy eyes by applying haemorrhoid cream. My take on this is that by issuing the warning… along with the reason… the manufactureres are making sure … More Money in piles…

So I managed to pretty much get to this evening without too many problems. Walked to the local shop to get dinner and only had water and a banana when I got back so was comfotable enough. Dinner lately has been an al fresco affair. I fiire up our natural gas barbie and chuck whatever … More Food glorious food.

Since the ‘sister site’ to this blog is called Australian Opinion you might be interested to know why I have two domains whose names sound so similar. Simple story really. For several years, the Australian Opinion domain belonged to a guy called Ron. I met Ron 10 years ago or so while we were both … More So why pick this domain?