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Dougie
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Happy Hogmanay
Driving home to Spike's parents for New Year.
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Dougie
Dec 30, 20221 min read
The end of the line(s)
We prepare to relocate office. We cannot even give away these ancient relics.
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Dougie
Dec 29, 20224 min read
So near and yet ... so very very far
Which matters most -- the journey or the destination? Actually, a skilled mechanic come auto-electrician is crucial to success.
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Dougie
Dec 23, 20221 min read
Let them eat cake?
Joyeux Noël! Our local shops have a new French bakery
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Dougie
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Dougie 'wakes up' to smell the roses.
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Dougie
Nov 27, 20222 min read
Sometimes work must wait
Down time. Sunday in Spike Deane's garden. Work can wait. We'll shake some different tree tomorrow.
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Dougie
Nov 16, 20226 min read
In memory of JOHN BRUCE MOXON: 1938–2022
In memory of a great Australian. With thanks to Margaret, Bruce, Ray and Karen for asking me to write this tribute. It was a privileges.
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Dougie
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Nothing About Us Without Us -- How to re-build the NDIS
I am part of a review panel considering reforms to Australia's $30 Billion, 535,000 person NDIS. Here's my speech to our first webinar.
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Dougie
Oct 18, 20221 min read
So this is positive ... NDIS Review launched by Minister
I have been appointed with others to the independent panel guiding a year long review of the NDIS. Pleased to be asked. Happy to say yes.
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Dougie
Sep 4, 20225 min read
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Does a picture paint 1,000 words? Maybe the answer depends on your point of view.
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Dougie
Aug 22, 20227 min read
This above all - to thine own self be true. And fix the NDIS!
Like many of us (I suppose) I have been reading about and listening to the former Prime Minister of Australia with sorrow (genuine) and ....
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Dougie
Aug 3, 20222 min read
More than just a game, more than just a business
This is why I love the 3rd best fitba team in Glasgow: when I was 10 years old I liked their red, yellow and black strip; when I was 14...
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Dougie
Jul 30, 20226 min read
Time to make lemonade?
I was born a city boy. And I have grown into a suburban adult, it would seem.
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Dougie
Jul 16, 20221 min read
Get Vaccinated
Dougie at ACT Health Access & Sensory Clinic receiving 4th Pfizer shot.
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Dougie
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Full Circle
We awoke a little late. I think we have a plausible excuse (see the preceding 55 hours). As I should have anticipated, there were no...
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Dougie
Jun 26, 20224 min read
There is a very good reason we call it "long haul" ...
When we began this long, long journey it was 6:00 a.m. in Paris on Thursday 23 June. So what would that be 'back home'? Two o'clock on...
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Dougie
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Going home is getting real
The distance between the Glam Hotel Milano and the entrance to Milano Centrale is two hundred and sixty metres. I am wearing a most...
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Dougie
Jun 21, 20227 min read
North to Milano with a death-defying start
We bade farewell to Stephanie, the cats and the Trullo early. Joe drove us across the 'heel' to Taranto from where our train for Milano...
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Dougie
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Must all good things come to an end? For now ...
We begin our long journey back to Australia tomorrow -- north to Paris by train then two flights back to the big southern island. So here...
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