Queensland

Highway to Hell

June 1, 2009

[Editors Note: In an unprecedented grovel I’m beginning this post with an apology to all those who believed me abducted or absconded! The Outback of Australia turned out to be the most impossible region to achieve any internet time – not least because Reb and I are too tight to pay the $30 to stay […]

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Bad Fruit

May 2, 2009

The thrill of actually landing a job was dummed down by the reality that it was picking mandarins. Still, the recruitment officer made it quite clear that we were very privileged to have received this job, while the government of Australia took pains to reiterate that we must remain employed for no less than three […]

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Mundane in the Membrane

April 27, 2009

Seconds after I rolled the car to a halt I popped the bonnet and did what every man does well; I stared at the engine, and let out a “hmmmm…” I’d later learn the “pregnant” radiator pipe was impregnated by a back draft of fumes and the car was in need of what us humans […]

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