Afghanistan unfiltered

Here is a video of the thoughts of a soldier returned from Afghanistan, word for word, direct to a journalist, without the filtering of the Australian Defence Force media management. Food for thought. Make your own judgements. WARNING – it contains a bit of bad language.

The Sydney dust storm – from my place

There are a million pictures out there now of the dust storm that swept across most central and eastern Australia a couple of months ago, but for what it’s worth, here is what it looked like from my place. There is quite a nearby hill that can normally be seen in the background, and further away, I usually have a good view of the city centre. Not so that day!

Bring back the Mo!

It’s a measure of the success of Movember that you’ve probably heard about it already! But if not, go here to find out about it. Everyone’s getting on board including legendary band Powderfinger and the 4 Nations winning Aussie Kangaroos Rugby League team.

 

There’s a rumour going round (mostly in my own head at this point) that the Mo might just survive some way into December this year as well…