Beyond the Bin
The kid was young, maybe thirteen. Tall and tanned, a stock of black hair, with a fringe hanging in menace over his right eye. He looked worried, standing in front of the council r
Fly In Fly Out – a parody
This is a link – a funny one. For those who have endured the dramas of a FIFO it might give you a giggle. For those who haven’t it will be 16 minutes of silly things
Why I bought a Ducati, and another one, and…..
Comments like this from the October 1972 Cycle road test of a Ducati 750 GT had me captivated; “When the disc brake squeezes the bike down from three-figure speeds, when the bi
Jesus looked at the water and it blushed
This is a phrase I have borrowed. It is normally attributed to Lord Byron or some other literary genius over the past couple of hundred years. But the myth of the writing is worth
500g of mince
This was no ordinary shopping trolley. He had pushed plenty of those before retiring. The chromed frame was angled forward to reduce wind resistance. A push bar lowered to hip heig
Carmel’s Asian Pumpkin Soup
CARMEL’S ASIAN PUMPKIN SOUP Ingredients 2 tablespoons coconut oil 1 red onion, finely chopped 6 garlic cloves crushed 20g grated fresh ginger 4 tablespoons Tom Yum paste 1.5kg bu
Model of the Earth showing the Magnetic field
This post recognises some great work by the NASA team to allow 3D printing of complex phenomena – the earth!!! The video explains how the field is created in the small
Truck Lights
His rig was a trail of lights, turboed in the night. The length of a city block, blazing through bush byways. Over country causeways, down sweeping highways, through sleepy towns i
