Round 2 – Scott v’s the Royal P. The Royal strikes back. For those that missed round 1, it can be found – here. Warning: This blog entry is rated MA – for mature audiences. *Occasional coarse language. Which has nominally been bleeped out for you protection. *Low level violence. *Frequent bad movie references.…
Here over at Filthy HQ, I occasionally feel the need to actually go to work. Most of the time, this need seems to occur pretty consistently on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday… and surprisingly Friday. This usually occurs on a weekly basis. Work however, is at the moment an astonishing 40 kilometres by road from…
Howard Steer – Saved By The Flying Doctor. I’m going to steal Rob Messenger’s thunder a bit here. While in Charleville I found an interesting Hermes Featherlight, that had formerly been in service to a rather significant Australian. Significant enough that he features on the back of the Australian Twenty Dollar note. I speak…
Walking into the Charleville museum I was confronted by what I thought was an odd collection of typewriters. There was almost no information on each item, and they seemed to be just thrown into place as though they were set up for some ad-hoc type-in for really, really thin people that didn’t need elbow…
While I was out west at Charleville, I had originally planned to do some night photography. I love photographing at night, as it feels so peaceful and requires patience. A 15 minute exposure seems like a lifetime while you’re waiting for it, but I guess in a lot of ways, it is everything that people…
While in Charleville, I went and visited the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) base. The base is on the edge of town, and not that far from the airport. Its primary function is to provide a radio and telephone contact point that people living in the remotest regions of Australia could contact when they needed…
I took a bit of a drive further west of Charleville, and tried to set down and do a few typecasts, and perhaps write a couple of letters. The bonnet of my car can make an interesting desk. All photos can be clicked to enlarge them. Seriously, they ain’t kiddin’. The Exxy gets…
The following typecasts were written ad-hoc in my hotel room or on the roadside. Sure, they’re full of errors and dodgy use of the english language, but they are what they are. ‘Its and it’s’… it’s all the same right? Just after sunset on the road out of the town of Morven. Still…
I’m off….. Of to Charleville. So, I’ve picked a typer to go. It was a tough decision between all my machines, but the Quiet-riter wins out. Sure, it’s barely portable – but I’m not going trekking over any dunes and mountains, and through fiercely dense Rain Forests. No, it is sitting in the footwell just…
About 5pm today. It’s been a bit of a miserable Brisbane day, today. People around here are scratching their heads – in wonder as to what nature may be thinking – if not concerned about what nature may do next. Usually in winter we have a blast of cold conditions that are very dry, where…
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