It has been devastating watching the catastrophe unfold in the city that I've grown to love. I've said before that this is the first place where I've truly felt settled. It's the city we chose to live in when deciding to emigrate, and we've never once regretted it. Many parts of Brisbane are now a … Continue reading Mourning For The City I Love
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Trials and Tribulations in the Rental Market
We're moving out of our house on Thursday. The only problem is we haven't yet got a home to move to. Things were great with our current house to begin with. We're a short walk away from a park and our house backed on to woods so we could wake up to the sound of … Continue reading Trials and Tribulations in the Rental Market
Adventure Sailing
A couple of weeks ago I went on an Adventure Sailing Day courtesy of a gift experience that Rach bought me for my birthday. The Yacht I went on, which is called Solo, has quite a spectacular history. It has won the Sydney to Hobart race four times and circumnavigated the world 3 times. Also, … Continue reading Adventure Sailing
Dust Storm Blankets Brisbane
I've never seen anything like it. This was the view from our house this afternoon as the largest dust storm in decades descended upon Brisbane and a large part of the east coast of Australia. Apparently it has been caused by gale force winds in central Australia kicking up tonnes of red dust from the … Continue reading Dust Storm Blankets Brisbane
March Meetup Group
On Thursday I held my monthly Brisbane Internet Business Meetup Group which I organise through meetup.com. I've unbelievably now got 129 members. After holding the first few meetups at a Coffee Club, I sent a survey out to all members asking if they wanted to continue with the current informal format, change to a more … Continue reading March Meetup Group