Random thoughts and observations
I can belatedly report that I recorded 1111mm of rain in 2004 at our home in Porepunkah. This is slightly below the official long-term average for Bright of 1153mm. I wasn’t recording temperatures last summer, so can’t give accurate averages or highest maxima. I was recording in winter though, and can state the lowest maximum [...]
An abbreviated version of my submission to Alpine Shire Council on its draft code of governance was published in the Myrtleford Times and Alpine Observer on Wednesday as a letter to the editor. It’s a shame the letter wasn’t printed a couple of weeks earlier to encourage other submissions, because I’ve been overwhelmed with the [...]
I’ve recently developed a web site for a local community organisation, the Bright and District Charitable Foundation. It’s all HTML, which was a change for me after working with PHP scripts for content management. HTML offers more design flexibility, and this can be beneficial for sites that want to make an eye-catching impression and won’t [...]
I spoke yesterday to consultants who are preparing a Porepunkah master plan for Alpine Shire Council. I gave them my views on the infrastructure improvements needed to keep pace with our growing population. In the eight years that we’ve lived here, I estimate that 50-60 new houses have been built and some new subdivisions have [...]
This afternoon I walked for 90 minutes in the Porepunkah pine plantation between Roberts Creek Road and Bright. It’s a walk I first undertook about this time last year, and it’s pleasing to note my stronger fitness today climbing the hills. Hancocks harvested pine from part of the hill several months ago and I wanted [...]
