Never Too Old

January 31, 2010 Inspiration
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When I was 20 years old I thought;

30 was old

40 was ancient

over 50, well so long, nice knowing you

Now that I’m over 50 my attitude has changed since my ‘younger days’ .
Age is something that I don’t often think about and it is no barrier to maintaining or starting a new hobby as long as [...]

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An Act Of Kindness

January 28, 2010 I remember when ...
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Dave Grant died last Sunday at 4.25pm., aged 50, from pancreatic cancer.
Who was Dave Grant?
Well, he was a high profile Australian comedian.
And over the years I’d seen him perform on stage and television but I did not know him personally.
I only met him once and for a brief moment.
It was a few years ago when [...]

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Beware Of Vampires

January 26, 2010 Bits of Nonsense
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Gee, vampires are hard work.
I was on the phone the other day talking to a fellow I knew and for most of the one-sided conversation all I got was what’s wrong with the world.
It was a whinge (complain) fest that I found tiring to hear and it felt like all the energy was being sucked [...]

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La La Falls Conquered

January 25, 2010 Random Thoughts
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It’s taken awhile but I have finally conquered a bush walk called La La Falls.
All 3.2 kilometers of it.
And that’s 3 kilometers more than I’m used to walking!
La La Falls is located in Warburton, about 80 km east of Melbourne, Australia.
Sue and I regularly go to Warburton for planning days and on one occasion we [...]

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Perspective

January 19, 2010 Photography
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Recently we visited Mt Donna Buang, about 80 km east of Melbourne, Australia and I took these  photos of  the stair case observation tower.
The first two photos are of the tower itself and the third photo was taken from the top of the tower.
When I reviewed these photos on my computer, the theme that immediately [...]

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Stand By Me

December 21, 2009 Inspiration

One of my all time favourite songs is Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’. He co write the song with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stollers and released it in 1961.
Here’s the original song sung by Ben E. King.
Now listen to the international version from the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”.
Both are inspiring [...]

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Organised Chaos – Nepal Adventures 2

December 17, 2009 Random Thoughts
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Our drive from Kathmandu airport to the guest house was organised chaos.
Cars, buses, motorbikes, taxis, trucks, guys furiouslypedalling their three wheel bicycled carriages carrying tense tourists, street vendors with their fruit and wares atop of bicycles; all battling for the prime position on the road. The centre. Head on collisions narrowly averted by the constant [...]

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