Eungella Chalet

Good good with a great view of the Pioneer River Valley.

Lamberts Beach

A wonderful beach in the Mackay suburb - Slate Point.

The Clear North

Illawong Beach in Mackay uncrowded, beautiful and big tides.

Brotherhood Books

brotherhoodbooks.org.au

A great place to find second hand books.

The Brotherhood of St. Laurence supports people experiencing disadvantage.

That'll do, Pig, that'll do.

Today my registration as an engineer in Queensland expired.

I was first called an engineer when I started at university forty years ago - it seems a long time.

I was registered when I became a consulting engineer in 2006, so registered for 14 years.

I wanted to celebrate but I'm suffering from a cold so I trimmed the trees and did the washing.

Will Power!

Will Power! by George Weinberg & Dianne Rowe (ISDN 0-7336-0397-1).

A guide for psychological development using characters from Shakespeare's plays-

Stage One: Defining Yourself

Stage Two: Understanding Others

Stage Three: Self-Reliance

Stage Four: Preserving Your "Self" in Relationships

Stave Five: Keeping the Demons Out of Your Life

Stage Six: Nurturing Your Soul

This book is part of my permanent library.

Consider the long now.

I like the idea of a clock that will run for 10,000 years.

One is being built in West Texas.

It is programmed to play a different tune each day for 10,000 years -if someone is there to wind up the mechanism and occasionally if no-one winds it up.

It would be worth making a pilgrimage to hear a tune that will never be repeated.