2023 is now part of history and was our last year in Australia before embarking on a new adventure. I have been to Ireland many times before but coming here to live is completely different. This is a move my wife and I have been planning for many years. For Jennifer it is a long […]
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Amazigh Life
It was both lovely and humbling spending time amid the Amazigh people of Zaouiat Ahansa. This is a place where motorised vehicles were absent, where people commuted by foot and donkeys carried goods, firewood and people. A rare extravagance might even be a rider on horseback. When I say, “amid the Amazigh”, I do not […]
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You could easily miss out on this beautiful mural adorning the grain silo’s of Kimba if you were just passing through. The main highway from east to west passes a view of nondescript plain white. Melbourne artist Cam Scale used 200 litres of paint to cover this unusual canvas with a vision representing the region. […]
Read MoreSleeping With The Enemy
There is so much controversy, misdirection and plain old fallacy about the ill affects of wind generated power. Some people complain of sleepless nights, nausea, headaches and a loss of general well-being if a power generating turbine is part of their visual landscape. Funny how those people with turbines on their own land and who […]
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