Well, not exactly. I signed the legal papers with my wife in front of a JP and they will be filed in a court hearing in Cairns. Neither of us will attend as there are no disputes or child custody issues as our kids are grown with kids of their own. … [Continue reading]
Note to Younger Self: A Retrospective
17/02/2019 by / Leave a Comment
I feel it is about time for a bit of introspective contemplation about my life now that I have completed the many stages of:- childhood, puberty, teenage angst, young arrogance, adult optimism, marriage and kids, middle-age cynicism, and now spending … [Continue reading]
Droughts and Flooding Rains
27/01/2019 by / 1 Comment
The poem by Dorothea Mackellar promised the extremes, but Australia is big enough to have them both at once. The red center and the south have been sizzling for the past month and yesterday Adelaide achieved the dubious honour of a record … [Continue reading]
Power Pole Problem
18/01/2019 by / 6 Comments
A few days ago I heard a crack and the power went off. I went outside and the inverter had tripped out. Then a guest from Blackbean Cottage came to tell me the power had gone and a brief investigation showed transmission wires from the … [Continue reading]
Sauna Mishap
22/12/2018 by / 10 Comments
Yesterday the sauna hut burnt to the ground. I am pleased to say that nobody was hurt. Some guests had lit the fire then gone for a walk. A guest from the other cottage had gone past, not to partake of a sauna, but as is his bent … [Continue reading]
My Mate Owen
17/12/2018 by / 2 Comments
It will not be often I will offer thanks to a cyclone. I've been bashed about and mangled quite a few times over the years. But Owen has brought the much needed rain and greened up Possum Valley and the Tablelands, put enough in my creek to … [Continue reading]
Possum Wrangling
27/11/2018 by / 1 Comment
Having lived in Possum Valley for 42 years now and I can say, without undue modesty, that I am expert in the art of possum wrangling. It is an arcane skill which, alas, has little commercial value in the wider world's job market. … [Continue reading]
Turtle Time
07/11/2018 by / 5 Comments
I was servicing Maple Cottage recently when I saw someone had dropped a hat outside on the grass 10m in front of the kitchen window. I really don't need any more hats. Closer inspection showed it to be a turtle apparently trying to dig a … [Continue reading]