The current ‘womance’ (female ‘bromance’) between Gina Rinehart and Pauline Hanson is causing tongues to wag around the country.

The ‘Magnate’ and the ‘Megaphone’ are yet to make the cover of Women’s Weekly, but they’re certainly an…

Folks, I pride myself on being ‘a doer’.

I get shit done. Sometimes I get shit on, shit gets real or I get the shits. But, generally, if you need, or want, something done:

I might dither a bit, complain…

We decided to decamp to Hervey Bay for a couple of days… and it RAINED!

Years ago, my workmate spent his Saturday handing out flyers for the LNP State candidate in his suburb.

Trust me, his standing as a Labor stalwart copped a bit of a battering.

But, they were neighbours. Actually, good mates. Politically…

To The Valley!

Last weekend we packed our rhinestone suitcases and wandered up to Many Peaks in the Boyne Valley to perform…

Here, in my small part of the electorate of Flynn, I keep hearing a version of the same thing, basically, ‘They’re all corrupt!’

The general consensus is, ‘Nobody in Canberra really gives a toss about us.’

There’s a lot of…

Folks, this week we were busier than a cane toad trying to cross a busy street.

Long story short, we made it to the swamp… without too many injuries.

Aside from our regular ‘work’ we put in the hard yards…

My neighbour hails from India, and he tells me One Nation will help him buy a house which is why he’s going to vote for Pauline at the next election.

My eyebrows still haven’t fully descended since hearing him say…

Folks, last year, I wrote here, on this esteemed platform, about how Gladstone doesn’t have a song that captures the spirit of our region and how I should probably write one.

Then, challenged my readers to have a crack too.

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Agnes Waters… words… stuff… ah, just enjoy!

Folks, in another life I worked in building maintenance at a university. One morning, I was tweaking the air-conditioning system in the ceiling above a conference room where a large meeting was being held.

Apparently, the audience didn’t like stewing…

First Day On the Job

Folks, I was in a pet store earlier this week and standing in front of the snake cage was the boss lady giving the newly minted, teenaged, employee the run down.

“Right,” she said, placing…

Ah, Winter in Central Queensland! The grass is browning off, the bush is dusty, quiet and waiting patiently for rain to come; hopefully soon.

The caravan parks are full of southerners fleeing the freezing temps back home and the beaches…

Folks, in my wardrobe, I keep a little shoebox of keepsakes full of bric-a-brac I’ve collected over the years, which probably has a dollar value of tens of cents, but its’ sentimental value is off the charts.

There’s the badge…

Mid-winter, humidity at 90% plus. Still haven’t broken out the jumper. Happy Days!

Steam pouring off a nearby Chemtrail Processing Plant. Well, it’s got to be made somewhere before it’s packed into jets and dumped over the country to control…

Folks, at 2am Saturday morning I woke from restful slumber and slid straight into panic mode.

‘What if?!’ my brain shrieked.

“What if ‘what’?!” I mumbled into my pillow.

‘What if it rains?! What if nobody shows?! What have you…

Agnes Water and 1770 turning it on again this week:

Concrete pad… Done!

The weather is:

Great shot!

A drawing…

Folks, on Saturday the 11th of July, at 10am, Doll and I will wander down to our local beach at Tannum Sands, stand on the outdoor stage, and put on a small show to launch the new album, Discovery Coast…

I’d like to kick off this weeks’ post with another poem from the very talented NSW artist & poet, Annette Kelsey:

Fleeting

gone
the stellar blue
of summer
calling me
to see
winter’s palette
with new eyes

this
early…

Folks, this week has been a bit, hectic, because in a couple of weeks, I’ll be launching (onto an unsuspecting world) my first batch of recordings of songs.

Music and lyrics which I wrote with my own brain!

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Folks, a lot happened in the past week… there were a few things I didn’t get time to take photos of which was a bit annoying, but part of life. At the time I had my hands full trying to…

It’s now mid-winter here in the subtropics, I might have to break out my tracksuit top soon.

Anyway, braving pre-dawn lows of 16 degree temps we set off. I took this photo possibly for future insurance purposes and because it…

Watching my grandchildren at their weekly swimming lesson always brings me joy.

The big jumps, the shrieks of joy, the eagerness to try a bit harder, splashing and ducking each other.

And then the nice instructor kicks me out of…