Saturday, November 17, 2018

Beachside reunion

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My former CEO at Text 100, Aedhmar, was in town this week. I took time out, along with a few former colleagues, to reconnect and reminisce ...
Saturday, November 03, 2018

Doing battle in Wellington

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I unexpectedly found myself in Wellington last month.  My Mum was admitted to hospital in New Zealand’s windy capital after falling ill...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Death of a fridge

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Our apartment building is less than 18 months away from celebrating the 20th anniversary of its construction. As I've mentioned in...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Platinum Paradise

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Every so often Garry and I find ourselves scheduling a holiday in an unexpected location.  Our recent vacation in Fiji was no exception...
Sunday, September 02, 2018

The forgotten ones

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I learnt today that, Janet Elizabeth Armstrong, passed away recently. Jan, as she was commonly known, was the first wife of Neil Armstro...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

Just another brick in the wall

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Our building is currently in the midst of a major capital works program.  This work includes repainting the exterior, inspecting and r...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Standing room only

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In November this year, I’ll celebrate the 30 th anniversary of my first visit to Australia. I arrived in Sydney in 1988 courtesy of Pr...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Golden Moments

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We've returned from a week of business meetings in San Francisco. In the weekend we took some time out to explore the Marin He...

Filling in the gaps

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A weekend in Benbow gave Garry and I an opportunity to drive a section of California’s Route 1 coastal highway we missed during our  W...

Avenue of the Giants

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The Coast Redwoods of northern California are world’s tallest trees. The current record holder, Hyperion, towers more than 115 metr...