Archive for May, 2006

The Pacemaker

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

I know it’s only May, and that IMDII is still a little way off, but I can’t wait to share my new ride with the tomandzoe.com readership. Here she is, The Dominators Pacemaker. Obviously she’s not finished yet, she still needs new wheels, a drivetrain, a seatpost, a saddle, a front brake, and a handlebar [...]

Just Larried

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I’m heading into the field tomorrow, for a post-TC Larry survey of the Mulgrave River. It should be interesting to see the devestation first hand, even if it has been dulled by a couple of months of cleaning up. I wonder if the fish will be around, or if they’ve been washed downstream?
Zoe and I [...]

Climate change continues

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Talk of climate change, and our response, continues today, with the announcement here in The Australian that Canberra will direct talks aimed at establishing a global carbon credit trading scheme.
In almost the same breath, there’s talk of the imminent opening of the Three Gorges Dam in China. A wonderful day for the Yangtze (not).
Closer [...]

Media ‘tart’

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Richard, my supervisor, labelled me a media tart, after my article was published in the Daily Telegraph. He’ll be really laying it on today, after the news went to print in the Townsville Bulletin, and I did a radio interview with ABC Cairns.
The Bulletin made the usual changes to the media release, by removing [...]

What a day, with more to come

Monday, May 15th, 2006

So, it’s monday night. 1020. Today was pretty big.
On Friday last week I sent out a press release. It was picked up by a few regional papers (Sunday Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph Sydney, Launceston Examiner, and the Border Mail) and a couple of radio outlets. Today I did a radio interview with the local ABC [...]