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Queens Birthday Honours

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Yesturday we had a public holiday for the Queen’s birthday. As the “bolshie” I am, I still feel frustrated that we have the queen of a counrty thousands of miles away as our head of state…………..in the 21st century!!!
I feel even more frustrated that we honour Aussie achievers on the birthday of the Queen of [...]

“To nuke or not to nuke……….that is the question”

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Lots of talk in my home country re the pro’s and con’s of nuclear energy.
In addition to selling uranium from three mines in Australia, should we be looking at value adding????
Should we be establishing “tips” for spent nuclear waste and being paid by other countries for taking their garbage???
Should we be investing in nuclear power [...]

National Palliative Care Awareness Week

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

This week is National Palliative Care Awareness Week in Australia.
I have been involved in awareness week activities for some years now and every year it gets more difficult to get people to engage with the concept.
Palliative Care is really hard to sell from a PR perspective as generally people don’t want to know about it [...]

Mothers Day

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

So Mother’s Day has come and gone for another year.
Those of you who are not a mum or who don’t have a mum may say…………so what, but I think most of you will have some sort of a connection for one reason or another with a mother of some sort.
For me………….I have a mother, a [...]

Miners are rescued……….now a town comes to terms with their loss

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Early this morning, Australian time, Brant Webb and Todd Russell were finally rescued from the hole in the ground where they have been trapped for the past two weeks.
I watched the coverage on TV from early this morning with disbelief as the two men walked out of the mine elevator, embraced their families and headed, [...]

The trapped Beaconsfield Miners

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

It will only be people who live in relative isolation who have not heard of the plight of two miners, Brant Webb and Todd Russell, who are trapped in a mine in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, more than a mile underground. Even Foo Fighter, Dave Grohl has sent best wishes and an offer to meet the men [...]

ANZAC Day

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Last week, here in Australia and elsewhere in the world we commemorated ANZAC Day.
A.N.Z.A.C stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and is commemmorated on April 25th as it marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during World War 1, fourteen years after Australia celebrated [...]

Crystal Awakening

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

I know what you’re thinking……………..I’ve been slack as the show didn’t go up on Friday. Right???
Well I have a good excuse…………..apart from it being Good Friday, I went off on the weekend for a Crystal Workshop with an inspiring woman, Rachelle Charman, and spent some devoted time to ‘getting to know’ my crystals and how [...]

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Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

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Easter………..What does it mean to you, ancient dogma or a chance to reflect, reassess and revive your spirit?

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

I got to pondering as we head towards Good Friday and Easter Sunday…………….what does this mean in the 21st century when most people don’t believe in the traditional Easter story?
Is there something in this story that can assist us even when we do not believe in Christianity or is Easter just a chance for [...]