Random thoughts and observations
The Office of Road Safety in Western Australia has released a discussion paper, which proposes reducing the speed limit in regional areas from 110kmh to 100kmh. The Monash University (Victoria) experts who prepared the report say that lowering speed limits will reduce the number of traffic accidents. They are right, of course, but as letter [...]
The Spring Festival is being held today in Kalgoorlie. It’s currently 37 degrees and windy. The festival is really just a big fete or market, worth a visit though. It’s held at Hammond Park, which is one of the nicest venues in Kalgoorlie. There is lots of grass and shade, with a water feature, birds [...]
We had dinner tonight at Amy’s Restaurant in Flanagan’s Hotel for the first time. Flanagan’s is the Kalgoorlie Miner watering hole, but it’s the first time I’ve eaten there. Apparently it was formerly called the Union Club Hotel. I don’t know why the name changed. Flanagan is presumably the miner who discovered gold with Paddy [...]
The weather has been relatively mild so far this month, although they’re forecasting 35 degrees and windy for the “spring” festival on Sunday. I came home from work this afternoon after a full day inside the office, stepped out of the car and said to Juliet: “This reminds me of those summer evenings in Porepunkah [...]
I subbed eight pages at work today, which is the most I’ve done at the Kalgoorlie Miner. There’s nothing extraordinary about that, just it’s unusual for the editor of a daily paper to be so hands on. At Myrtleford (a weekly) for example, I used to layout a +24-page paper by myself, subbing as many [...]
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