DEAR Jasminda, I HAVE been asked to go on a four-day overseas hike, which looks very challenging There are lots of inclines and the trail is high-altitude. How should I prepare? Reagan G. DEAR Reagan, HOW you prepare depends very much on the person you are. My son was invited to go on one of […]
I KNOW that the idea behind having elected members of the community is to allow them to determine our future. But it concerns me that we find they regularly get it so wrong when we try to fathom why they took certain actions. History shows that when political leaders of all sides fail to provide […]
FOR 25 years I have conducted business with clients in the USA, so I thought that I understood how they thought and acted. I really loved the people that I interacted with. I’ve had many trips on the Colorado River, living on a huge houseboat in Utah. I have travelled to Minneapolis St Paul, driven […]
WITH a nice full Moon it’s going to be a great week for lunar studies and an even better time to haul out that telescope you got last Christmas and left in the garage. The Moon makes for an easy target. OK, keep an eye on the skies this weekend as we head outside for […]
DEAR News Of The Area, POLITICIANS are quick to use social media when they want to promote an announcement, celebrate a government funding commitment, or take credit for a community project. But what happens when the public disagrees with them? Social media has become one of the most-powerful tools politicians use to communicate with the […]
DEAR Jasminda, I AM organising a cocktail party and the partner of one of the guests has just informed me she is a coeliac vegan. Now I am in a quandary as to what to prepare for her and how it will fit into the overall menu. Any suggestions? Gordon W. DEAR Gordon, THE first […]
THE Myall River Action Group (MRAG) is advocating the deepening of the whole length of the lower Myall River (NOTA, ‘Urgent action needed on Myall’s shoals’, Page 6, 8/10/26). This “dredge, dredge, dredge” philosophy reminds me of the “drill, drill, drill” philosophy of short-term exploitation. Why tamper with nature? Why not select boats that suit […]
THE Government’s response to the immigration debate was laid out recently by Tony Bourke. The whole country was interested to see the numbers and categories selected to produce reduced entry. Like every decision made by Government, there was the reality that there would be winners and losers to their solution and of course we all […]
