The Woofden was suffering a serious dearth of glasses ( the drinking kind). Somehow after I left to go to Melbourne (to greet a new grand offspring)  and came home again, all drinking glasses bar 2 had mysteriously disappeared. The ... Read more »

  Yesterday I joined in a photography excursion walking around Perth with other photographers. The object of the exercise is to get shots to enter into the competition. The other photographers are really serious ones and many are professionals, so I ... Read more »

Folks, .In Australia, we do not have to invent tall stories about fishing, such as the catfish that swam away with a whole wharf with boats attached. All our stories are true! Consider my first fishing adventure. My parents and ... Read more »

My ex boss ( he is the ex, because I pulled the plug at work) is known as Kickboxer. Back in the dim, dark, dusty, musty corridors of time, he was into kickboxing, hence the nickname. Kickboxer has a lovely ... Read more »

While I was out… Something happened to TV in Australia… I haven’t watched TV for yonks. However, having given Foxtel the flick ( I am, sick of paying taxes when ole Rupe sneaks out of paying any and owes bloody ... Read more »

One of the hard things about retiring is cutting down expenses.  Things you have taken for granted, because you have subscribed to them for so long and because you could afford them. One thing that was costing me a fortune ... Read more »

I am rather one-eyed – mentally and physically… ———————————————————- A couple of weeks ago I went to the local optician to get some new glasses, cuz my current ones are not doing the job any more. The optician dude checked ... Read more »

Subject: Stop Press – Unbelievable I have lost my shift key function on the el cheapo wireless kbd so no exclamation marks cuz I am too lazy to use iPad kbd function. Anyway I cut it a bit fine checking ... Read more »

Melaka is a hodgepodge of old and new and a multitude of cultures and nationalities. It’s a real con-fusion of muddled oddities. In fact you could say it is Malaysia’s answer to the Wozland port of Fremantle. They both share ... Read more »

Apologies for the interruption, folks, but I just got distracted by a trio of entertainers and a few Tigers in the Lounge bar of the hotel. Both the trio and the tigers were excellent:) There ain’t much alcohol in tigers ... Read more »