First Day On the Job

Folks, I was in a pet store earlier this week and standing in front of the snake cage was the boss lady giving the newly minted, teenaged, employee the run down.

“Right,” she said, placing…

Ah, Winter in Central Queensland! The grass is browning off, the bush is dusty, quiet and waiting patiently for rain to come; hopefully soon.

The caravan parks are full of southerners fleeing the freezing temps back home and the beaches…

Folks, in my wardrobe, I keep a little shoebox of keepsakes full of bric-a-brac I’ve collected over the years, which probably has a dollar value of tens of cents, but its’ sentimental value is off the charts.

There’s the badge…

Mid-winter, humidity at 90% plus. Still haven’t broken out the jumper. Happy Days!

Steam pouring off a nearby Chemtrail Processing Plant. Well, it’s got to be made somewhere before it’s packed into jets and dumped over the country to control…

Folks, at 2am Saturday morning I woke from restful slumber and slid straight into panic mode.

‘What if?!’ my brain shrieked.

“What if ‘what’?!” I mumbled into my pillow.

‘What if it rains?! What if nobody shows?! What have you…

Agnes Water and 1770 turning it on again this week:

Concrete pad… Done!

The weather is:

Great shot!

A drawing…

Folks, on Saturday the 11th of July, at 10am, Doll and I will wander down to our local beach at Tannum Sands, stand on the outdoor stage, and put on a small show to launch the new album, Discovery Coast…

I’d like to kick off this weeks’ post with another poem from the very talented NSW artist & poet, Annette Kelsey:

Fleeting

gone
the stellar blue
of summer
calling me
to see
winter’s palette
with new eyes

this
early…

Folks, this week has been a bit, hectic, because in a couple of weeks, I’ll be launching (onto an unsuspecting world) my first batch of recordings of songs.

Music and lyrics which I wrote with my own brain!

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Folks, a lot happened in the past week… there were a few things I didn’t get time to take photos of which was a bit annoying, but part of life. At the time I had my hands full trying to…

It’s now mid-winter here in the subtropics, I might have to break out my tracksuit top soon.

Anyway, braving pre-dawn lows of 16 degree temps we set off. I took this photo possibly for future insurance purposes and because it…

Watching my grandchildren at their weekly swimming lesson always brings me joy.

The big jumps, the shrieks of joy, the eagerness to try a bit harder, splashing and ducking each other.

And then the nice instructor kicks me out of…

Clouds over Kirkdale:

Agnes Water Main Beach:

1770 sound:

1770 inlet:

I think they get wild when old men take photos of their vans’ windows?

Capn’ Jack Sparra:

Doll and I last weekend at Beach Arts and Music (photos blatantly…

Folks, I’m a bit embarrassed to tell you this, but I’ve been working on one novel for over ten years.

Ten. Bloody. Years.

At this point I’m asking myself, why am I bothering? What on earth is wrong with me?!

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Winter in Gladstone is not what could be called, ‘Frosty’. It’s still warm enough to swim during the day, out of the wind.

But, best of all, the crocs and stingers (jellyfish) tend to avoid going to the beach in…

My American cousins, I live in Queensland, Australia and we used to be ruled by a bloke who, pretty much, wrote the template for Donny's small ‘p’ presidency.

He was Premier (your version of a State Governor) Johannes…

This week started out sunny (but the mare’s tails whispered weather change coming, and the jet trails… nevermind):

As predicted by the clouds, things got a little damp (much needed wetness too!):

A day later:

Then…

Last weekend Doll and I were on the road having a ball pretending to be a couple of icons of country music; basically, getting to play dress ups and sing-a-along.

And we bought our particular brand of joy, fun, magic…

Childers Isis Club Friday Night:

Childers Saturday morning, The Chad Morgan Museum:

Saturday arvo set up (please don’t rain!):

Isis Club Saturday Night (no rain!):

Caloundra Sunday and Monday (rain… so much rain)

Setting…

Folks, apparently, I live in one of the redneckest regions in one of the most redneckest states of Oz, but I don’t have a single inkling to sign up with Pauline Hansons’ One Nation Party.

Unlike our right leaning, Federal…

Beautiful one day (mare’s tails fill the sky - change a-coming kids):

A bit chilly the next:

Gladstone Harbour:

Overlooking the new bar at the entrance to 1770:

For those of you who ever wondered how your Tonka…

Folks, I don’t post much on Facebook / Meta (or whatever it’s called these days), because scrolling on Fb has become a never-ending flow of mind-numbing:

Fb used to be a brilliant way of…

Folks, this week as the temperature plummeted below 25 degrees and the westerly winds howled down the Great Divide and over the coastal plains, we here in Central Queensland have turned the ceiling fans down to ‘Low’.

Yet, in spite…