17 May 2012
BLOOD-red sports cars, hair-plugs, empty-nest syndrome: we are all familiar with the cliches that tend to accompany a mid-life crisis. But while we tend to associate the crisis as being around the age of 45, for some it's hitting at retirement.
For some a mid-life crisis can be motivational a desire to try something new such, embrace a hobby...
25 Mar 2012
MY DAD was a really keen photographer.
His old Zeiss Ikon folding camera sits on the filing cabinet in my office. It’s a beautiful example of fine 1950s German engineering and it’s my guess it would still take a darn good photograph today.
02 Mar 2012
IT is one of the most sedate ways of seeing the world, made famous by the likes of novelist Jules Verne in Around the World in 80 Days.
Suspended in a wide, blue sky on an early morning balloon flight, the only sound is the occasional blast of the burner forcing more hot air into the giant envelope above.
17 Feb 2012
JACK Nixon's early days were spent working on the family cattle station in the Kimberley and he invested 13 valuable years assisting in the TB eradication program carried out in that same area.
03 Feb 2012
THE first few weeks of your retirement can feel like a second honeymoon – no stress, free time and the opportunity to catch up with family, friends and hobbies. But while retirement can often feel like a holiday, there can be new mental and emotional issues which come with the change in lifestyle.
17 Jan 2012
MURRAY Ball’s New Zealand cartoon strip Footrot Flats has always struck a note with me and it’s no coincidence Jess, our not-so-pure border collie, was named after the Dog’s girlfriend featured in the story.
10 Jan 2012
I PURCHASED a robust dual axle trailer at a clearance sale a couple of years ago. It was my intention to get somebody with greater skills than me to knock up a crate, add a rear ramp and turn it into a stock carrier.
03 Jan 2012
WHATEVER your reason, the question you’re asking yourself is: how do I get started?
Maybe you’ve always wanted to write and you’ve decided to start. Perhaps you’d never thought of writing ... until that brilliant idea struck and you just had to express it.
03 Jan 2012
YEARS ago, very few people purchased barbecues. Instead, they bought metal hot plates cut to order by scrap metal dealers and built their own.
30 Dec 2011
MY WIFE advised me a while ago that any Dexter calves born one particular calendar year would need a moniker starting with the letter D.
I’m not sure why. I think it’s an easy way to identify the bovine’s year of birth.
