Archive for April, 2006

Update

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Recently, news items have been few and far between. There’s really not that much going on. I think it’s ’cause most of us are supposed to be working (which we have been of course). Karin has a friend visiting from Adelaide, so there off on a paddling adventure in the Whitsunday’s, Lauryne is killing time [...]

Mary River Dam

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, today annouced plans to fast track the destruction of fisheries productivity and instream diversity in the Mary River, north of Brisbane. His announcement comes after years of research into the deleterious effect of river regulation on freshwater ecosystems. The funding for this dam will come from the privatisation of the retail [...]

The Kirsten Evertz school of dominating

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

Kirsten Evertz, a.k.a. Kiki, our sister, left Townsville today in a flurry that can only be described as unabashedly Kiki. Our last glimpse of her was running for the plane, which was waiting on the tarmac - her 5 backpacks flying in all directions. As she went through security they found a paring knife in [...]

Stamp and deliver.

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Thanks to the easter bunny (bless his little heart), I have finally had a chance to do two things:
1. I went fly-fishing on Maggie with Kiki and Zoe. While I hobbled up and down the beach casting, they {sunbaited}*. I didn’t catch anything, on account of I fished during the middle of the day, but [...]

The “party” that wasn’t

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Man, all we wanted to do was have a relaxing weekend on maggie to spend some quality time with Kiki before she leaves, have a BBQ with all our friends and have a few laughs. is that too much to ask?
beautiful house booked on the island, everyone has scheduled time off to get away, it’s [...]