Category Archives: Life

Posted on July 17, 2015 by John Sad news, I’m afraid. Ripley has gone. He was fine until a few days ago when he started going off his food. Then he was breathing very heavily. I took him to the … Continue reading →

Originally posted July 4 Not much blogging recently, mainly because I didn’t want to harm my happy-go-lucky upbeat reputation (just joking). This is a bit more serious. I’m still battling with some health problems, but at least I’ve come through one … Continue reading →

Now I’m home with good broadband, I can put pics on the blog more easily. Therefore I pay tribute to the great mountaineering team of Arnott and Cook by putting their pictures here in my blog, which as you know, … Continue reading →

Thursday: a grey day, but warm and dry. We hired a little half cabin boat from the Tea Gardens boat shed and motored gently under the Singing Bridge towards the mouth of the Myall River. The boat chap showed us … Continue reading →

Biggest congratulations to mates Steve Cook and Norm Arnott for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. A huge achievement. I might give it a go some time if the porters are allowed to carry you to the top!