Category Archives: personal bits

Whylandra Crossing ride

Last Saturday wasn’t the first day of spring, but it felt like it. I put on my helmet and pumped up the tyres on my bike and took a ride out along the highway towards Narromine – not quite knowing where I was going. Riding on the highway with cars and trucks doing 110 km/hr [...]

intelligent design

Should intelligent design be taught in school science classes?    Personally I am amazed at the fanatical – almost fundamentalist – response that has come from otherwise level headed scientists and science educators on this issue. I really am amazed. I have no time for ‘creation science’ in general, and I applaud the work of [...]

Happy birthday Queen Elizabeth

Happy birthday Queen Elizabeth! Sorry its a week late. Don’t worry, sometimes I even do the same thing to my own mum. (I promise I wont this year though.) Anyway, I thought you might like to know that Jo and I really enjoyed the day off. The weather cleared just enough for us to take [...]