Thoughts

Driving and Thinking

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of driving and I’ve been using the time for thinking. I use that drive to enjoy my surroundings, noticing what’s there and what’s changed since my last visits.  In Australia we are lucky in that most roads are lined with natives plants that are ever changing. I have also [...]

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Australia Day 2011

Australia Day is a day I think about how lucky I am to live where I do. We live in a democratic, stable country where anyone can be what they like, only restricted by themselves and not by any pre-conceived notions of what is and isn’t allowed. There is work available for those who can [...]

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Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year 2011 I wish everyone a very Happy New Year and hope that you have a wonderful 2011. A New Year is a time for to make new resolutions, make changes and decide what you like about yourself and won’t change. Think seriously about what you want to change and change it because [...]

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Melbourne Cup 2010 – Give $1 to Charity

Melbourne Cup – 2010 150th Anniversary Give $1 to charity The Race that Stops a Nation Every year, at 3pm on the 1st Tuesday in November, the “Race that Stops a Nation” is run in Melbourne. This year is the 150th Anniversary of the Melbourne Cup and there is a real possibility that Bart Cummings, [...]

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Changing my Internet Plan

Changing my Internet Plan I need a new Internet Plan I currently get 20 gb/40 gb (peak/off peak) ADSL+2 Broadband Plan with Westnet and it’s just not enough for what I’m doing on the net.  Every month I pay excess charges because I go over my limit.  I want at least 40 gb/60 gb (peak/off [...]

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