Month: August 2015
I Feel Young Again!
I saw an article recently from Ofcom Research that showed the technology that would be most missed by various age groups if it were to disappear. There is a clear trend showing that the most important technology to an individual is the one that was most prevalent as they grew up. I thought hard about […]
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85 Transport Platoon Reunion 2015
I have just returned from a wonderful time with old mates at a reunion of 85 Transport Platoon, the Army unit in which I served in Vietnam. The unit was formed in 1966 specifically for assignment to Vietnam and was the first new unit in the Australian Army formed specifically for combat duties since WW2. […]
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Wimmera – Sheep and Grain Country
The area west of Horsham is flat and not particularly photogenic. Once you leave the Grampians behind, there are no outstanding natural features to break the relatively flat landscape. As I drove towards the South Australian border, it was clear that this is a broad-acre grain farming and sheep area. At the moment, newly sown […]
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Grampians Waterfalls
I’m travelling to Victor Harbor in South Australia for the bi-annual reunion of the unit (85 Transport Platoon) with which I served in Vietnam from 1969 – 70. I decided to travel through the Grampian Mountains and spend an afternoon taking some photos of waterfalls. I was up this way earlier this year but there […]
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Sorry for an Inconvenience
I have to apologise for a problem that my website has been causing. I found that it has been infected with some form of malware that resulted in a spurious window opening whenever anyone clicked on a link to a page or another post. This window contained spam content of various kinds. The originator of the […]
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