Friday, March 18, 2016

Hellfire Pass: Least we forget

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Ask most Australians to name the nation’s most notorious wartime locations and you’re likely to hear three names again and again: ANZAC...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Sky high in Dubai

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Garry and I have finally made it back to Dubai.  Our first visit to this Middle Eastern metropolis was Christmas 2007.  At the tim...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Mixing business and pleasure

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Garry and I have flown to Brisbane to visit our third-party warehouse. Our new business, Artiwood, uses an external warehouse to hold its in...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Have car, will travel

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For over a decade, Garry and I have relied on a Saab sedan for transportation. Garry bought the vehicle in 2004. It was a showroom demonstr...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Holiday blues

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It’s official. My family is off to Rarotonga for a pseudo-family reunion later this month. Friends of my brother Matt own property on the is...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

New Horizons

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In 1981 I completed a high school science project on the Solar System. This simple exercise kicked off a lifelong fascination with planets, ...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Putting on a big show

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We’ve just completed our first trade show as the new owners of Artiwood . It’s been a frantic time since acquiring the business in June. Gar...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Now the fun begins!

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Garry and I have bought a toy company. Yes, you heard that right. After almost five months of due diligence and fraught negotiations, we’...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

First light in the East

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Cape Byron is the easternmost point of the Australian continent. The cape sits on a narrow and rocky point less than three kilometres from...