This afternoon Phil and I finally overcame the wonders of modern technology. That is, “I wonder where that email ended up; Why can’t I see the message you just sent?; I saw it being received… it must be here somewhere…”. I think a spam filter was killing it because it had the word “Casino” or [...]
So here, after much hype is Phil’s guest report! Which had this note attached…
Unfortunately, while this conference at the Casino was billed as an excessive hedonistic weekend it ended up being nothing in comparison to the stories conjured up by Hunter. To be honest, it was filled with mild mannered, almost conservative attempts at leaving [...]
Today I walked to work - a distance of between 11 and 12 km. It took me 14100 steps and about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Not too shabby.
It was also quite hot. At 8:30 this morning it was 28.5 according to the BOM. And here’s a tip; if you want to work out if [...]
If you live in Sydney, especially on the beaches, you would by now know that the surf is ridiculously massive. The outside buoys are reporting 6-11m waves, with about 3-4m hitting the exposed points. The Bower should be going mental right now. As for Townsville, here it’s another balmy day in paradise. You know, we [...]
Charters Towers is an interesting place:
Charters: for W.S.E.M. Charters, the Gold Commissioner - the big man from the Cape (Charters was said to be about 6′6″ tall and weighed some 20 stone). Towers: because of the conical shaped hills in the vicinity of the discovery.