THE CHILDRENS' TEARS
My tears revealed again the deep sadness I always feel when I enter a Holocaust museum and see the evidence of the estimated 1.5 million...


"I'M OLD BOTANY BAY ..."
OLD BOTANY BAY by Dame Mary Gilmore I’m old Botany Bay; stiff in the joints, little to say. I am he who paved the way, that you might...


INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE A DROP. TOGETHER WE ARE AN OCEAN.
Again Australians have rallied in the face of disaster to meet the ravages of bushfires with selfless teamwork - the Spirit of Australia....


THE STAIN ON THE SAND
When I woke this morning a wide expanse of ash littered beautiful Seven Mile Beach. The retreating high tide deposited thousands of tons...


SOMEONE GAVE ME A COMB FOR CHRISTMAS ...
I SAID I WILL NEVER PART WITH IT. I hope you can have a happy and joyful Christmas despite the environmental challenges we are experiencing.


YOU’RE UNLIKELY TO SEE THIS IN AUSTRALIA
It’s an unexploded ordinance sitting on the corner of a farmer’s field near Ypres, waiting for pickup and disposal by the army. We saw...


THE END OF AN ERA
The Sourdough Café in Berry is no longer. This gathering was a wake. Some of the usual suspects of our Thursday morning cycling group...





