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?!

…

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…

Folks, we’ve been immersing ourselves in some great shows and music during the past two weeks. Although were disappointed to learn that another festival in nearby Baffle Creek has bitten the dust due to cost of living expenses, even before…

What’s In A Name

I knew him as The Mower Man. The whole town knew him as The Mower Man.

As the old joke goes: ‘One donkey! Once!’

He lived on Sun Valley Road, in a townhouse with a yard…

Happy Snaps

Ripped into, then outta, Brissy last weekend to see this play:

Simply brilliant!

The set reminded me of numerous industrial workplaces… as did the ‘explosion’ scene.

Anyway, before hitting the rather sparse freeway out of Dodge, we popped…

Today, I watched another LNG ship enter Gladstone harbour. Around here we jokingly refer to them as ‘Floating Bombs’ and do our best not to run our dinghy’s into them.

But, to the sailors aboard watching us scoot around the…

Happy Snaps

Doll returned home and bought a little present with her:

The Boyne / Benaraby River bridge has taken so long to be repaired they honestly could have built a second one in the time it’s taken:

Agnes Water…

Nearly every morning, while the kettle boils (and I wait for the shooting pains in my back to ease up), a thought rolls through my mind:

‘Is he still alive? Will today be the day?’

Of course, you…

Folks, after a short break to retool I thought I’d try something a little different… something like this on Saturdays and something to read over breakfast on Sundays.

Thought of the Day

‘I will be posting telepathically today. So if…