Technology is great. Until it isn’t. I’ve spent a few hours today hunting for a file which I know was there a few weeks ago and now is not. I’m assuming (hoping) I’ve somehow accidentally shifted it inside another folder. But no matter how hard I look I can’t find it. It’s not the end…
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A sense of achievement
I love that feeling you get when you finish something. If you could bottle it I would get it by the boxful. I have that feeling now. This semester I have been lecturing at the Canberra Institute of Technology and everything has been online. I like to be well ahead of my teaching weeks, so…
The $1 million barramundi
Am Australian fishing contest, it’s in its sixth year and is one thing covid hasn’t stopped from going ahead. Famous for barramundi, the Northern Territory is widely known as Australia’s top fishing destination. The Million Dollar Fish competition started in 2015 to encourage visitation and to give one lucky fisho the chance to reel in…
Death Road
Have you heard of death roads? I hadn’t until my dad sent me some photos of this one in Colombia. One look and you’ll understand where the name came from. This one is Trampolin de la Muerte – a route between Mocoa and Pasto. It’s about 65km (35 miles) along rocky road that will lead…
Favourite song to sing
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. What is your favourite song to sing?You can’t hear my singing voice which is something you should all be eternally grateful for. I can get my clarinet in tune but my voice, nope. It’s frustrating because I can hear how flat…