Random thoughts and observations
While taking the train from Seymour to Melbourne yesterday I noticed the Army seems to have started a kangaroo farm at Puckapunyal. There were scores of the big buggers hopping around near the railway line. Curiously, they appeared to be fenced in using electric tape. There was outrage a couple of years ago when the [...]
Have you noticed how the Australian Coat of Arms has replaced individual logos for all Federal Government agencies and departments? Even Medicare cheques now come in envelopes that bear the kangaroo and emu, instead of the familiar green and gold lettering. I read in The Australian a few months ago that the decision to market [...]
The Australian Roadworker is an endangered species. Once prolific throughout the countryside its numbers have dwindled rapidly in recent years. The roadworker, distinctive in its orange coat, has become a rare sight on our highways and byways. For the past three months I’ve been delayed at roadworks near Yackandandah during my weekly drive to Wodonga. [...]
Australia is wittingly creating a technology divide that threatens to further disadvantage rural and remote areas. I refer to the selective roll-out of broadband technology that’s bypassing most small towns and farming areas. Telstra controls the infrastructure that makes broadband technically possible. Any telecommunications company can establish its own infrastructure, but in both cases it [...]
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