Random thoughts and observations
Michael played his first soccer game in Mount Gambier today, after a break of three weeks. He’s playing for Gambier Centrals and his under 12 team lost 1-4 to Inter. The boys are smaller than he’s used to. After starting in his normal midfield position the coach moved him forward because of his strength. He [...]
I’m putting the finishing touches to a new dynamic website for The Border Watch. It’s my modification of the Revolution News WordPress theme. I hoped to develop something similar when I started at the Kalgoorlie Miner in January 2006. Although I stayed long enough to see the Miner’s website launched, it was not the outcome [...]
Winters in Kalgoorlie are short and not very cold, but temperature is a relative thing. It does get down to zero in Kalgoorlie, but it’s a dry crisp cold, and days starting that way tend to warm up nicely. I only encountered a handful of days when the wind was strong enough and chilly enough [...]
It’s very expensive to live in remote towns such as Kalgoorlie. It’s worse in the Pilbara, from what I can tell, but Kalgoorlie certainly isn’t cheap. We had subsidised housing there, which made it reasonably affordable. When considering a move to Mount Gambier we calculated the impact of losing the housing assistance against lower costs [...]
I’m feeling rather sentimental to be leaving Kalgoorlie after two and a half years. Farewell drinks were enjoyed last night. Juliet and I then had a wonderful dinner with my current and former deputy editors and their partners. The Kalgoorlie Miner staff today presented me with a mock front page (see below) as a parting [...]
