In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. Talk about a recent travel experience.Travel in Australia has been very difficult for the last year thanks to covid. Our government’s response has been to go hard and go early, which has meant tight lockdowns. We have not been allowed to…
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Bookends in Lego Ideas
Lego Ideas is a range of Lego and is Jeckle’s favourite. He’s had three kits so far – a ship in a bottle, fishing shack and a shipwrecked pirate ship. Lego Ideas is a line of Lego that is designed by the public. Whether or not your Lego makes it to sale depends on votes…
Aussie national anthem tweaked
As of the 1st January 2021, the Australian national anthem was changed – one word was substituted for another. Instead of singing: For we are young and free, the words are now: For we are one and free. Not a big difference, but it was done to make our national anthem inclusive, to recognise our…
To-do list fail
Every day I write out a list of things I need to do. It has things that are scheduled as well as the tasks I need to do. Today was a complete to-do list fail. My lists are usually longer than practical, but while I don’t get everything done I always cross some things off…
Aussie lamb ad 2021
Every year the Australian lamb industry drops an ad for Aussies to eat lamb on Australia Day (which is next week). I posted about it last year (and included my favourite from 2016). For your viewing pleasure, here is the 2021 ad, Make lamb, not walls… (A few Aussie explanations first: Aussie state borders have…