The weather is perfect today 10-20C and sparkling blue sky. A perfect winters day. The rainforest residents like it too and are most active. A little while ago there was a little white-browed scrub wren in the house and it perched on my hand for … [Continue reading]
How To Weld
12/07/2014 by / 6 Comments
If you are looking for tips on the finer points of welding high-carbon steel, or the correct amperage for 5mm aluminium butt joint, then just click through as you have been dragged here my some mindless search engine and are being led astray. No, … [Continue reading]
Money Madness
27/06/2014 by / Leave a Comment
From my autonomous command post in the forest wilderness of North Queensland, I keep tabs on the rest of the world while resisting being sucked into its machinery. After great deliberation and soul-searching, the only conclusion I can come to is … [Continue reading]
Happy Solstice
21/06/2014 by / Leave a Comment
Happy winter solstice, the shortest day of the year today. And what a ripper! After 40 days of almost continuous cloud and rain the sun has finally come out for the last couple … [Continue reading]
Indoor Zoo
06/06/2014 by / Leave a Comment
Between my house and the two cottages, I've been having plenty of wildlife encounters indoors, including the melomy above. If you have never heard of a melomy, you have a lot of company as they are only found in the … [Continue reading]
Guest Gifts
22/05/2014 by / Leave a Comment
My guests generously donate many things when they leave. Some intentionally and some not. My usual haul is an orphan sock, some milk and half a block of butter which would not survive a return trip to Cairns. Sometimes I discover in the fridge … [Continue reading]
New Relationship
06/05/2014 by / Leave a Comment
Yes, dear readers, I am slowly groping my way to a new relationship. Perhaps 'groping' is an unfortunate word. Shall we try 'forging' or 'negotiating'? Hmmm, perhaps not, as one suggests something counterfeit and the other resolving differences by … [Continue reading]
Change of Seasons.
27/04/2014 by / Leave a Comment
It is that time of year when the change of seasons seems particularly quick. I wont bore you with mathematical explanations of how with periodical sinusoidal motions, the maximum rate of change is midway between the peak and the trough. Oh... hang … [Continue reading]