I was so tired last night and couldn't keep my eyes open. Yes I missed seeing Australia losing the Ashes again in England. Apparently Flintoff ran out Ricky Ponting and the rest were eventually dismissed giving the Pomms a 197 run victory. The City Fathers were planning to honour Ricky for being the highest Australian run scorer and it has been mooted that Invermay Park, where Ricky played his early club cricket, to be renamed the Ricky Ponting Oval. Wonder now if that will now transpire with the Aussies losing the Ashes in England twice under his leadership. Just wait to 2011 when the Poms arrive back here to defend the Ashes. But will Ricky be there still?
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I really must write somethig.
I am still about and although I have not recently contributed, I still ruminate on life yet have been too lazy to write. So I decided to just jot down a few random thoughts.
This month has been very damp and we have had plenty of rain. The Cataract Gorge was in flood and it brought back memories of how it used to be before the dam was constructed at Trevallyn. I also remember the 1969 flood and the Gorge then was spectacular. I wasn't even born in 1929 but have seen that rare movie footage. But the biggest flood was apparently in December 1863 but there are no artistic or photographic records of that. It is odd that there seems to be a 40 year cycle for these big floods.
I was shocked to read in today's paper that David Fry has stood down as a candidate in the upcoming State election to put his name forward as a potential candidate for Bass in the federal sphere. What a pity as we really need people of his stature to be in State Parliament.
Essendon provided the biggest upset in this year's AFL season by just beating the unbeaten St. Kilda. I know Dad would have been pleased if he was still here and know my aunt in Sorrento is on a high. Collingwood is in a very good position and will do well in the upcoming finals.
Robin 0550 UTC
This month has been very damp and we have had plenty of rain. The Cataract Gorge was in flood and it brought back memories of how it used to be before the dam was constructed at Trevallyn. I also remember the 1969 flood and the Gorge then was spectacular. I wasn't even born in 1929 but have seen that rare movie footage. But the biggest flood was apparently in December 1863 but there are no artistic or photographic records of that. It is odd that there seems to be a 40 year cycle for these big floods.
I was shocked to read in today's paper that David Fry has stood down as a candidate in the upcoming State election to put his name forward as a potential candidate for Bass in the federal sphere. What a pity as we really need people of his stature to be in State Parliament.
Essendon provided the biggest upset in this year's AFL season by just beating the unbeaten St. Kilda. I know Dad would have been pleased if he was still here and know my aunt in Sorrento is on a high. Collingwood is in a very good position and will do well in the upcoming finals.
Robin 0550 UTC
Monday, August 3, 2009
August ramblings
I haven't written a blog in over three weeks. Yes I have been tempted to sound off but I was not particularly motivated to put my random thoughts down.
It is August already and it is taking some time for the weather to change and I expect that it will very soon. Spring is only 4 weeks away and there is still a covering of snow on the nearby mountains. However the ski fields on Ben Lomond are not as full as they were last year.
The snow cover has not been consistent this year, although we have had plenty of rainfall during July.
Collingwood are doing well despite the hiccup against Hawthorn. The latter are not the same outfit as last year and this week face up to St. Kilda at York Park in a coup for Tasmanian football. The venue is sold out so the telecast will go out live over the local TV station. The Saints have not lost a game after 18 rounds, although they were extremely lucky against Sydney last Saturday night, jst scraping in by a solitary point. I must state that they have been very impressive so far. They used to be co-tenants of York Park but the former coach, Grant Thomas, was less than enthusiastic about journeying down here. The result was they opted out of playing down here. The Saints used to have quite a lot of supporters here because of the Tasmanian connection e.g. Baldock, Ian Stewart, Verdun Howell. Anyway Hawthorn has picked up thousands of members in Tasmania, about 10,000 and cemented their presence here.
Much was also made in the media over the supposed agreement between Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley to hand over coaching duties in 2 years time. Bucks has not had any real coaching experience at the senior level and it seems to be a gamble on Eddie's part.
Robin L. Harwood 0550 UTC
It is August already and it is taking some time for the weather to change and I expect that it will very soon. Spring is only 4 weeks away and there is still a covering of snow on the nearby mountains. However the ski fields on Ben Lomond are not as full as they were last year.
The snow cover has not been consistent this year, although we have had plenty of rainfall during July.
Collingwood are doing well despite the hiccup against Hawthorn. The latter are not the same outfit as last year and this week face up to St. Kilda at York Park in a coup for Tasmanian football. The venue is sold out so the telecast will go out live over the local TV station. The Saints have not lost a game after 18 rounds, although they were extremely lucky against Sydney last Saturday night, jst scraping in by a solitary point. I must state that they have been very impressive so far. They used to be co-tenants of York Park but the former coach, Grant Thomas, was less than enthusiastic about journeying down here. The result was they opted out of playing down here. The Saints used to have quite a lot of supporters here because of the Tasmanian connection e.g. Baldock, Ian Stewart, Verdun Howell. Anyway Hawthorn has picked up thousands of members in Tasmania, about 10,000 and cemented their presence here.
Much was also made in the media over the supposed agreement between Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley to hand over coaching duties in 2 years time. Bucks has not had any real coaching experience at the senior level and it seems to be a gamble on Eddie's part.
Robin L. Harwood 0550 UTC
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