There is no doubt that parenting is by far one of the best jobs you’ll ever have. Sure, there are plenty of books around that tell you how to do it. If you’re unlucky you’ll have family around who think they know better than you and won’t be afraid to tell you. There are barriers […]

Rummaging through some boxes I happened upon an old 9×4 manilla envelope, and there inside a box of slides. May 1983 Rocklands Slide Show is scrawled in my handwriting. It’s an old tatty envelope that includes, not only the box of slides, but a cassette tape, some homemade slides and a running sheet. I remember […]

Michael and I go strolling in the bush. Join us as we walk from Shipwreck Creek to Seal Creek, to see the flowers and a big hairy spider!

The Australian Dream written by Stan Grant It wouldn’t be right to say that I don’t like football. It wouldn’t be right to say that I do like football either. I don’t go out of my way to watch it or participate in it. I don’t have a passing interest in it or really care […]

Bullies abound in politics and we should all call it out. It needs to stop!

A dog, an overseas trip, a song and a name. A little trip down memory lane.

News Ltd continues its unwarranted attack on Michael, ignoring the substance of his activism.  Piers Akerman is the latest bully to make shit up. IT’S a sad truth that those who so recently claimed to be the bullied are now among the world’s greatest bullies. Great way to start an article, an assertion, without any […]

The Australian continues it’s witch hunt and treating the GLBTI community as it’s plaything.

The media misses the mark, does little fact checking and takes off on the wrong tangent. How hard is it to get it right?

Asking really simple questions leads to a media storm that is inaccurate and at times just plain wrong