We had a family trip to Shepparton today. After shopping we went swimming at the indoor pool and then stocked up on bulk foods at the fruit factory. Afterwards we travelled about 40km out of our way to enjoy a barbecue at Goulburn Weir near Nagambie. Juliet and I had been there before with the [...]
Illegal immigrants
There has been renewed debate in our local papers lately about the issue of illegal immigrants. I’d like to state my views: Australia has to protect its borders. The Government and the Opposition agree on that and they mostly agree on the methods. Many of the boat people arrivals were economic refugees, who paid others [...]
Australia v The World
There are mixed views on the World XI v Australia cricket series, which is about to commence. Personally, I think it’s fantastic. The only thing that’s undermined it is Australia’s loss to England in The Ashes, but that can be rationalised (try me). The concept is excellent and will create interest around the Commonwealth (can’t [...]
Opera removes ads
The popular Opera web browser is now available without advertising. Although unobtrusive, I never liked having the ads there and used Opera infrequently. I’m now more inclined to use it on a regular basis. Like Firefox and Mozilla, it’s cross-platform and can be used in Linux or Windows. Why did they remove the ads: “Opera’s [...]
