Wednesday W’s #58.
What’s top of my mind: I’m getting tired. People sling off at teachers, especially about the long holidays we have.…
Wednesday W’s #57.
What’s top of my mind: Getting all my correction done. This is so much ‘top of mind’ that it wasn’t…
Wednesday W’s #56.
What’s top of my mind: My doggie visitors. The photo above shows Jeffrey sleeping on the couch next to his…
When does the annoyance outweigh the money?
It’s an interesting thought exercise for someone like me who has taken on some work after retirement – when is…
Wednesday W’s #55.
What’s top of my mind: It’s day 24 today. One more day to go before I’m officially at the halfway…
Wednesday W’s #54.
What’s top of my mind: The things we do for those we love. Look what I brought home a few…
Little Adventures #17 – Feb 2023: Eastland.
I’ve lived in Melbourne my whole life and I’ve never been to Eastland. I’d heard of it, of course… a…
Wednesday W’s #53
What’s top of my mind: It’s day 13. I’m writing this on my 13th workday. This is the time when…
Wednesday W’s #52
What’s top of my mind: How much money I spent last year. For some reason, I didn’t keep up with…
Wednesday W’s #51.
What’s top of my mind: How UNretired people don’t have a clue. I was sitting at my desk today and…
Medieval fun with the students.
I’m sitting here at my desk in the staffroom on the students’ first day back after the summer holidays. Most…
Wednesday W’s #50.
What’s top of my mind: Country hospitals. Remember last week I was saying that I was looking after 2 dogs…
Wednesday W’s #49
What’s top of my mind: My trip is coming together!!! I was hoping that all of the broad brush strokes…
Wednesday W’s #48.
What’s top of my mind: I accidentally agreed to work full time in term 1. I didn’t say yes and…
Antarctica, days 14 – 16: Planes, Trains, Automobiles and one last stroke of good luck.
From the moment the taxi pulled up at the hotel to take me to Ushuaia airport, my luck ran out.…
Antarctica trip Days 11 – 13: Whales and the world cup semi-final in Argentina.
The crew arranged all sorts of mini-lectures to help fill the next two days. An astonishing number of them are…
Antarctica trip Day 10: Jougla Island and Port Lockroy.
Straight after breakfast this morning, we were called into the lounge for a briefing. There were two women from Port…
Antarctica Day 9 – The Icebergs’ Graveyard and the Polar Plunge.
During lunch the ship repositioned itself in the middle of Port Charcot Bay. This area is known as the Icebergs’…
Antarctica Trip Day 9: Petermann Island.
Today began with real Antarctic weather. We were told to dress warmly as it was snowing. This was not good…
Antarctica trip Day 8 in the afternoon – Damoy Point.
We were late in the afternoon getting to Damoy Point, the place where we’ll be exploring. My group was scheduled…
Antarctica trip Day 7 in the morning – Brown station.
This morning was a bit of an earlier start. We were out in the zodiacs by 8 am, cruising around…
Antarctica Trip Day 7: Anvord Bay in the zodiacs.
While we were sitting in the dining room, eating our lunch, someone got wildly excited and started telling and pointing…
Antarctica Trip Day 7: Cuverville Island.
Scenic enough for you? I was hot by the time it was our turn to go on land. As you…