Category Archives: Ramblings

When I was a kid, I spent quite a bit of time on buses on long trips back and forth to Brisbane for various extra-curricular events. While all the cool and hip kids passed the time away on their Nintendo … Continue reading →

I imagine most people south of the border are accustomed to days starting pretty much like this – overcast, bleak, foggy and miserable. I love being a Queenslander, purely for the fact that although some winter days start out like … Continue reading →

It’s interesting the stuff you find on the back of toilet doors. You expect the weird and wacky in public restrooms but the place I wouldn’t expect to find anything interesting is in a government facility. Traditionally, they’ve been fans … Continue reading →

I could hardly believe my eyes. Among all the food courts in the shopping centres dotted across SE Queensland, I have NEVER ever seen a vendor with a Vegemite sandwich on their board. I guess when people are out shopping … Continue reading →

I remember the first time I visited Tasmania. It was an exciting time, my first “big” trip away as a family interstate. We had a wonderful time travelling across the island over a few weeks, making the most of the … Continue reading →

Occasionally, I get a bit of a bee in my bonnet about something that annoys me and I can’t help myself – I have to try to do something about it. A few months ago, I was on the warpath … Continue reading →

Last weekend, I got to the Gold Coast airport for my flight out to Newcastle and remembered I’d forgotten something to read. They had a very small bookstore in the newsagency so I thought I’d have a browse through the … Continue reading →

Eight and a half years. One hundred and two months. Two hundred and four pay periods. Four hundred and eight weeks. One thousand six hundred and thirty-two shifts. No matter how I look at it, it’s a long period of … Continue reading →

The last couple of weeks I have been engaged in an exercise of futility called “getting my package from FactoryFast”. What started out as a simple online order for a foldup keyboard has turned into a test of my patience. … Continue reading →