Yet another year passes by with no recognition of the Welsh contribution to Australian culture. Where are the parades, flags, the parties to celebrate the life of the only Saint to have actually been born and lived in his own country?? It’s all wrong!! It’s time to get militant…Â oh what the hell. For more … More Happy St David's Day!!

Some of you may ask “Billy Who?” but he isn;t an unknown. Billy was the singer who created one of the best little rock songs ever “Some people I know (think that I’m crazy)” sung by Australians and others around the world for the past 30 years. He died of a massive heart attack at … More Vale Billy Thorpe

The eldest daughter (the one in the UK of course) has just had another baby… a little girl… first grand-daughter in fact!! No idea what the name is yet, the daughter *did* tell me the name she was going to give it but that was months ago and you know what my mind is like. … More Congratulations again!

It would appear from statements tendered to the Federal Court yesterday that citizens of Australia who are in danger abroad have no basis in law to call on their government for aid and assistance. The fact this seems to fly in the face of what has always been seen as fundamental to the entire system … More Legal representation not a right?

Getting quite used to this now. Wife gets on bus and I stagger off into the darkness with the two dogs.The kids used to come but they seem to be less inclined to make the effort now preferring to stay curled up under the doona… nice for some! I was in bed at 8:00 p.m. … More The morning stroll

Can’t find a decent pair of walking boots that’s a reasonable price so make do with buying trainers andwearing them until they fall apart at the seams… which isn’t long usually. The latest pair to be ruined are labelled by Mizumo ‘Wave Creation’ so are probably some generic brand… either way whilst I’ve never heard … More These boots were made for walking.

The littlies went to a Girl Guides church service today… it’s ‘Thinking Day’ today and the anniversary of the beginning of Scouting/Guiding so there was a parade… I think 😀 Anyway, we drove up Windsor Road on the way and as we drove I saw a small dog on the left resolutely walking along the … More Yet another dog day…

Readers will… or might… recall that last year my folks tried to extend their stay for three months but my other got ‘knocked back’ by DIMAC (Department of Immigration and Citizenship). The old man got through… but the old lady *didn’t*… so they left a little earlier than they’d have liked. This year the strangest … More Golden oldies

Lord that site also takes a load of time!The bandwidth took a beating last month so I upped it… and then got an ‘Exceeded bandwidth limit” again yesterday. So I checked… and realised with some ebarrassment that I’d been reading the account specs wrongl;y… I have *75* Gigabytes of bandwidth to play with… so raised … More Australian Opinion

I’ve spent ages over the last two days rushing around doing sfa which sort of ate into my time for posting. Still… the house is a damn sight cleaner at least… even managed to vac and wash the floor… amazing… I’d forgotten it was brown tile and wasn’t actually *supposed* to be hairy!! 🙂