Fate has delivered a couple of interesting coincidences in the past week. Firstly, a friend I hadn't seen for more than 15 years contacted me at work. I met Carol, from Zimbabwe, at Alice Springs in 1988 and visited her in Harare and Kwe Kwe in 1990. It turns out she has been living in [...]
Victorian election
Political junkies will be interested in this article from The Age and will recognise the significance it holds for the seat of Morwell, which includes Traralgon where I grew up. Several high-profile members of the Traralgon ALP branch have quit the party and one, Lisa Proctor, will stand as an independent and direct preferences to [...]
Mt Buffalo Chalet to close?
I picked up this interesting piece of news from my former home territory, courtesy Australian Associated Press, regarding the future of Mount Buffalo Chalet: Parks Victoria, the owner of the chalet, today said it had been notified by the lease holder, Burbank, of its intention to cease operations. But Burbank spokeswoman Sue McDermott said the [...]
Crikey
The cutting-edge news web site Crikey is offering a two-week free trial, which I’ve taken up. I used to visit Crikey a lot when Stephen Mayne was writing. He had some excellent sources in the Victorian Liberal and Labor Parties. The site doesn’t have much free content these days, so I’m interested to try out [...]
Mild weather continues
May 12, 2006 at 10:02 pm
I stopped checking the weather forecast for a while and I didn’t miss anything because every day was 23 degrees. The temperature is now starting to increase and the forecast for Tuesday is 27 degrees. These figures are incomprehensible in May for someone from cooler climes in Victoria. The last low-level snowfall we experienced at [...]
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