Every business has difficult times, makes mistakes and disappoints customers. It is what you do from there which makes the difference. Sometimes the circumstances are beyond your control, but still how you respond makes the difference. What gets … [Continue reading]
Gone Walkabout
05/04/2014 by / 1 Comment
My apologies to people trying to contact me this last week or so, but I've been away from Possum Valley. I am not easily prised away from my own little enclave, my kingdom in the misty mountains, but this I had to do. A contract job it the … [Continue reading]
The Jungle is Neutral
18/03/2014 by / Leave a Comment
"The jungle is neutral" is the title of a book I read umm.... shall we say about 50 years ago. It was about soldiers fighting the Japanese in 1944 in the jungles of Burma. A terrifying place to fight. There was the discomfort and strange flora and … [Continue reading]
Troubleshooting
12/02/2014 by / Leave a Comment
As I gradually come to in the morning and cock an eye to gauge the weather, I usually review what I might do in the day. Ah yes, going shopping today and an appointment in Atherton at 10 am. A few more press-ups with the eyelids then stumble out of … [Continue reading]
The Wet is here
08/02/2014 by / 1 Comment
After a very hesitant start, the wet season has finally come to Possum Valley in the last week. Before that was only fitfull little showers of no more that 58mm in a day. In much of Australia farmers would rush onto the tractor and plant a crop on … [Continue reading]
Arriving at Possum Valley 1976
14/01/2014 by / 2 Comments
The above picture was taken within a couple of months of arriving at Possum Valley. I bought the place as 'tenants in common' with Mike Cheshire who took this picture and kindly sent it to me a couple of days ago. We had just set up camp by … [Continue reading]
Heat Wave
04/01/2014 by / 2 Comments
Possum Valley has been having the hottest temperatures for several years this last week, reaching 31C . The highest temp ever recorded at PV in the last 38 years is 33C. I know, I know that is nothing in Oz where 50C is not unknown and a place like … [Continue reading]
I’ve been droned
11/12/2013 by / Leave a Comment
A friend came to stay at the Homestead. He is technically accomplished, computer and internet savvy, and a seeker of future trends. He brought his latest purchase, a drone. A year or two ago, I have railed about America's immoral and reckless use … [Continue reading]