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Mona & Co: April 2011

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Fortunately that all finished by about 8.30pm. Before that though, we had gone to Mathinna Falls, (north-west of St Marys). We even had to negotiate some low-range 4WD stuff because of the damage done by the recent floods of the South Esk River. The Falls were very impressive (not that large though), probably more picturesque. Cecile B de Bond in action. The lengths he will go to get THAT photo! The debris from the floods. We did a bit of local exploring on Saturday, going to Eva...

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Books, reading and writing. Laquo; dead europe. April 2, 2010. Promises much via subtitle (. How irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet and threatens our lives. Cover blurb and hype. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of ‘how’ in the book and certainly no ‘why’. Specter uses six examples where public debate around science and scientific evidence has become polarised and irrational with (he says) negative consequences. Specter then goes through the MMR vaccine case. Given his emph...

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Books, reading and writing. Laquo; one morning like a bird. In search of a competent writer. In defense of food. July 26, 2009. Michael Pollan seeks to reconnect humans with their traditional knowledge of diet and the pleasure of eating simple healthy real with the mantra: ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants’. In Defense of Food. The book also has a short history of the industrialisation of food, which Pollan breaks down into five steps:. Wholefoods became refined foods. This article in the NY Times.

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Books, reading and writing. Laquo; short and sweet. April 10, 2010. Revolutionary Road is the name of the street where Frank and April Wheeler live in Richard Yates’ novel of the same name. Of course they do, because Frank and April have a horror of convention – they maintain an ironic detachment from their suburban home as proof of their authenticity and intellectual superiority. This plan energises them for a while but Frank begins to realize that he is never going to write the novel because he’s...

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Mona & Co: March 2011

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Thursday, March 24, 2011. Tasman Peninsula - The Coal Mines - Port Arthur. When in Tourist Mode - do what the tourists do. A Tasmanian Tour wouldn't be complete without the near-mandatory visit to Port Arthur. (At least we didn't do the other touristy thing of standing in front of EVERY scene taken by the camera! Today's blog covers the Tasman Peninsula in general, and The Coal Mines and Port Arthur in detail. The historic Dunalley Pub. Uh-uh There's no such thing as a free lunch, right? Before we 'did' ...

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Mona & Co: August 2009

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009. G'day - Ian again. Alice Springs has been a mix of disappointments and exciting times. As I said earlier, same price but MUCH better than a CVP. So what did we actually do? Hey - LOTS of TOURISTY things like . We scaled the Anzac Lookout (in Suzi on a made road). We mooched Todd Mall. We went out to the near West Macs to visit Simpson's Gap. We went to the Sunday Markets in Todd Mall. We visited the Araluen Cultural Centre. (Now we got Kultcha! REAL men's secret business!

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Mona & Co: September 2009

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. G'day - Ian again. Ipswich has been our base for a while, now, and today is the day to move on again. While here we have managed to catch up on things like washing clothes AND Suzi. A minute's silence as we remember Suzi in all her mud-splattered, battle-scarred, off-road-cred and glory, now reduced to just another Toorak Tractor - wussy-fussy clean and shiny, with no indication it has even been onto dirt roads. Sigh! Would have been Bunnings but they are too far away! Machin...

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Mona & Co: Port Fairy (cont.)

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Port Fairy (cont.). Our stay in Port Fairy was very pleasant and relaxing. On Monday we went for a walk into the village and picked up some brochures for walks in and around town. It is a very historic village with over 50 National Trust buildings. There are quite a few galleries and art venues but unfortunately not everything is open during winter! Capt Mills Cottage c 1843. The original cottage at the rear is believed to be the. Oldest house still standing in Victoria. A trave...