Not long after you break your neck in three places (in a not-swimming-well-enough accident) people tend to ask a lot of questions.

I go through the world as I am. For better or worse (and I have plenty of both to call on). Not really my jam (as Craig noted).

To honour the memory of Sue Salthouse, advocate, leader and mentor to many people.

"People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart" Mandela

After a long day at the office, Dougie tweets away at the universe. Meanwhile, it's gone out for dinner to a good Indian erestaurant.

Thistle The Cat sleeps soundly. I was in the mood for the bleakness of 20th Century Modernism. Go figure.

The last day in this office. I am not sad to leave and will never look back.

Wash. The. Car.

Which matters most -- the journey or the destination? Actually, a skilled mechanic come auto-electrician is crucial to success.

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.

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.

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.

Friends & fearless leaders.

Does a picture paint 1,000 words? Maybe the answer depends on your point of view.

I was born a city boy. And I have grown into a suburban adult, it would seem.

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...

The English writer Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797) is often credited with writing the first ever Gothic novel. His story, The Castle of...

My relationship with ancient Rome is marginal at best. We had a very tall history teacher in our third year at Secondary school. He was...

Our first Italian train -- Frecciarossa 9281. The 7:20 a.m. from Paris Gare de Lyon to Milano Centrale, arriving 2:07 p.m. Change trains...

Taking the train between Edinburgh Waverley and London King's Cross has been one of my favourite journeys since my first trip in the late...