Custom Clamp

The improved jockey wheel at the front of the camper trailer came with a clamp that allowed for a load up to 400kg and had 4 different clamping heights.

Great! Except that the clamp only suited a 75mm bar. I asked a local engineering firm to attach a backing plate for a 100mm bar and it all works very well.

King of Australia

Dr Edward de Bono died on 9 June aged 88.

He authored two of my favourite books -

Simplicity

Teach yourself to think.

He is also famous for- 

Lateral Thinking and

Six Thinking Hats.

He once said he wanted to be King of Australia because he sold so msny books here.

Using the tools he taught, I have surprised my colleagues many times with a creative idea.

Still as Stone

The stone curlew freezes if it thinks you are watching. It is like a Weeping Angel.

It seems to think itself invisible if it is not moving. It blends in well with dead leaves and stones.

On the Beach

The ocean shore at Minjerribah.

The sea like glass fractures at the edge of white sand. Nature at rest.

This is not the despair of Neville Shute.

Sorry Tassie.

I have placed a map of Australia on the side of my camper trailer.

Unfortunately Tasmania would not fit and it has been moved - better than being left off.

Bee transport

I transported a hive of Tetragonula hockingsi native bees to Home Hill.

The bees spent five days confined by insect screen in their hive and they coped well.

Tetragonula hockingsi are native to coastal Queensland - they fly at temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius.

The Bowen Mango

The Bowen mango was always the best eating mango when I was a child. Now the cultivar is called Kensington Pride.

Local controversy is the way this giant mango is displayed - it is upside down compared to the way mangoes hang on the tree.