Referendum Result: Australia Voted No
Ed Brown Well that’s a shame. A year ago, Noel Pearson was giving the Boyer Lecture and said this: “If success in the forthcoming referendum is to be predicated on our popularity…
Ed Brown
The Voice
I’m sipping an Ole Fashioned. The heater’s on. Beyoncé’s wailing in my ear about how crazy in love she is with Jay-Z. And I’ve spent the day with the lady…
How I Cancelled My Zoom Subscription
Me: Clicks on Account Management, Billing, Cancel Subscription.Zoom: Are you sure? If you cancel you’ll miss out on This Feature, as well as This Feature and all the Features that…
Some thoughts on social media
tl;dr Most social media platforms bad, Twitter very very bad, Mastodon good....
Magnetic Island: Day Eight – Fortifications? More Like Koalafications.
Our last full day on the island, and it was a big one. We’d saved Tripadvisor’s #1 Thing To Do for last – and that was the infamous Magnetic Island…
Magnetic Island: Day Seven – Yippie Kayak, Other Buckets
We had only one thing on the agenda for this day, which meant we could have a very lazy morning. We slept in, we lounged around, we read our books,…
Magnetic Island: Day Six – The Day of Nothing
The day before was epic, so today was a day of relaxation and recovery. A little trip to the Nelly Bay IGA along the usual walk beside the stunningly beautiful…
Magnetic Island: Day Five – Coronavirus Wallabius
This was the day we’d been waiting for – our first proper beach trip. And not just a boring touristy beach like Horseshoe Bay, this was a trip to one…
Magnetic Island: Day Four – Market Day
Some websites will tell you that the second and last Sunday of each month is when the markets are on at Horseshoe Bay. Others will tell you that EVERY Sunday…
Magnetic Island: Day Three – I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This Jetty
After their evening of playing don’t-hide-and-creep at the pub, the fascist bush-stone curlews were much quieter and I awoke on Day 3 well rested. A leisurely breakfast and then we…