One of my earliest ventures into talk radio was at about the age of thirteen, doing some vox pops (interviews in the street) with people in Lismore about the recently installed traffic lights. Armed with a cassette recorder, I took to the streets to see what the good folk of Lismore thought of the installation … Continue reading Lismore’s Roundabouts
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As my genealogical information reveals, Lismore has been the hometown for various members of my family for about 100 years. Although I’ve been living away, effectively, since the end of high school, it’s still home. “Do you still have family there?”, people will often ask me. The answer is YES, LOTS. My plan is retire home to Lismore sometime in the next 5-10 years.
Almost fifty years later I can still remember the smell and the thud of the rubber ink stamp going into my passbook. Back then, everyone had a Commonwealth Bank account, as we were automatically (it seems) signed up at school. I also seem to remember we would take our coins to school weekly, and somehow, … Continue reading South Lismore
There was a moment a few days ago when a couple of older family members took an afternoon nap, and I was awfully tempted to join them. But I had work to do. I think my family has been slightly bemused by me working from home this week. While they've all mostly had fairly manual … Continue reading Lismore Reflections
My heart sunk when the announcement came over the public address system at Sydney Airport. “There may be a slight delay in leaving, as we have a requirement for all flight staff to apply for Queensland border permits, in the event we need to divert”, the announcer said. “Via Queensland?”, I groaned, along with just … Continue reading Flying Home
Conscious that I sometimes share material on other platforms that never makes “the cut” here on my blog, I will start sharing a few bits and pieces here also. These are the tweets, posts, and observations that still seem relevant at the end of each month. Lots of ephemera, but hopefully still quite entertaining. October … Continue reading October Socials
There was a very strange feeling at Sydney Airport today. Though of course there are times when it can be reasonably quiet there, there's always at least some "buzz" around the place. When I caught the train to the airport, there was only one other person who got off at the same time as me. … Continue reading Flying Home
With a bit of free time on my hands over the last few weeks, I've been using a website to colourize some old family photographs I'd only ever seen previously in black and white. http://playback.fm/colorize-photo Though, I can definitely pick there's an algorythm at work (they all look a little bit "the same"), I'm still happy … Continue reading Black and White Family Photographs in Colour