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Kedron-Wavell Services Club in Brisbane
It’s been a lovely day in Brisbane. We’ve been shopping and gymnastics training and other stuff as well. My parents have been in Yamba this last week and were not in the mood to cook dinner. We went to...
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Best meal ever and #StateofOrigin Game 2
Last night Bron and I visited some close friends who we often have dinner with. Mostly it’s us going to their place to eat wonderful food. Last night was no different. In the words of Bron (and I...
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Footy food and the Decider #origin #QUEENSLANDER Queensland defeats NSW 21:20
Tonight it was the decider. Last year Queensland won its sixth State of Origin series. This year Queensland won the first game and NSW won the second game. I’ve previously written that I really hope...
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Daydream Island
I’m on holidays. I’m with Miss11 and Miss15 on Daydream Island for two days. It was a great day getting here today. We flew JetStar from Brisbane to Proserpine, took a bus to Abel Point Marina and then...
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The long awaited Daydream Island blog post
The Whitsunday Islands are off the central coast of Queensland (click for map). They have been a popular holiday destination for many Australians and tourists from overseas for decades. The islands are...
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Men in Black 3 and Prometheus
I’m just about finished for my holiday. I returned to Canberra on Wednesday afternoon after a wonderful time in Queensland. I’ve been a bit busy at work and haven’t had time to see a couple of movies...
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Brisbane
I’m currently in Brisbane to visit my kids. Brisbane is where I was born and spent 30 years learning skills in medicine, pathology and specifically clinical microbiology. I grew up here. I love...
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Super Sweet Award!
Barb Beacham, a wonderful blogger friend whose site is called, “Life in the Foothills,” included me this week for the Super Sweet Award! Thank you Barb. Barb and I started following each other soon...
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Week 51 2012 Christmas party season
Saturday night I went to a Christmas barbecue with some friends. It was a good night with lots of tasty food and good company. I’d like to say it was unseasonably cold, but this is Canberra. It’s...
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My weekend in Brisbane
I love my visits to see my kids and also my parents. The weather has recently turned sour in Canberra and Brisbane is maintaining its warm and wet weather. It rained most of the time I was in Brisbane....
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Smoked ham hock my way | #bestblogs13
In February I won a competition on radio station 2CC. I won $50 worth of meat from Elite Meats at Kippax Fair in Holt (in the North of Canberra). Today it felt like a good day to cook the smoked ham...
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Queensland Pride | #QLDER #ORIGIN Game 1 State of Origin Rugby League the...
Regular readers will know my passion and pride in being a Queenslander. I’ve referred to the greatest competition in the greatest game of all many times in this blog, that is, State of Origin rugby...
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Queensland Day and Bunsen burner love
Thursday 06 June 2013 was the 154th celebration of Queensland day and the day Queensland got its constitution. I had a 6 am teleconference and needed coffee I like being in the office early. It’s quiet...
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State of Origin Game 2 | #QUEENSLANDER
Tonight was game 2 in this year’s state of origin series. Queensland was soundly defeated by NSW in game 1 and tonight Queensland had to fight back to square the ledger before the third and final game...
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Back to work routine | State of #Origin 3 | #QUEENSLANDER
I’ve been back at work three days and I’m really feeling it. I normally don’t suffer badly from jet lag because of insomnia and lots of hypopnias when I sleep. Two weeks though in a time zone three...
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One of my favourite microorganisms, viz., Burkholderia pseudomallei (the...
As a young pathology trainee I remember reading about this mysterious bacterium and the disease it caused. I wasn’t far into my training when one morning I found a rapidly motile bacillus in a wet...
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