Category Archives: Current News

This was Canberra’s gift to itself for the Centenary celebrations. Personally I think another big party on the Lake would have been better received. However it was commissioned to a former Canberra artist Patricia Piccinini by the ACT Government to … Continue reading →

While I have had various Nissan Z models over the years I like this as much as the first one I had. A lil bit of tweaking to get the audio up to spec and now it does everything except … Continue reading →

This story has a personal family connection which I was not aware of until recent months. It relates to peace keepers being killed while on missions overseas yet being neglected by the Australian War Memorial for their service. If they … Continue reading →

Just viewed the ad for the new mercedes model released later in the year and of course I WANT ONE! So this gets added to my bucket list along with a bunch of other things I never tick off.

This was taken from a visit to Griffith over the past week which is now the center of attention regarding the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and water rights. The main entry road into the town displayed some interesting ways of using … Continue reading →

I thought this was awesome, a unbelievable landing and it all went like clockwork. It could have been the end of NASA had it failed, I mean in terms of funding. But  I am so glad that  ingenuity won out … Continue reading →

Just back from another trip and in time for the 2012 London Olympics. I enjoy watching all the sports especially ones the Aussies are involved in. Most of all like watching the Basketball and swimming. But the best commercial for … Continue reading →

One of my favorite things and my domain name pays homage to it. Fifty-five years after humans first escaped the bounds of Earth and launched a satellite into orbit, we are about to cross another frontier. We will soon extend … Continue reading →

Saw this yesterday which I thought was cool, lucky for us Cpt Cook ended up landing in Australia when he was sent to observe the last Venus transit across the sun. Which is a a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not … Continue reading →

One of the comments I made before the launch of Facebook on the stock market that as a business enterprise it did not make sense to me. I do not doubt the popularity of Facebook but personally it has never … Continue reading →