PacificEdge

From time to time we remember people whom we lost contact with long ago. For me, Des Shield was one of those people.

The world of the late-Twentieth century is history. It took a mere 20 years for the world to lurch from the semi-stable state it inherited…

When the internet came along it changed much for voluntary community organisations. Not always for the better. This story is a thought…

Scenario 1: In its conflict with Israel, Iran closes the shipping channel in the Strait of Hormuz. Scenario 2: China invades Taiwan, the US…

Looking back at technology

On October 15 this year Australians vote on whether to amend the Constitution to allow an indigenous advisory voice to federal Parliament…

Making a brew on road or track stimulates the biochemicals and readies us for the steep climb ahead or to bring to an end that long drive…

THE BIOLITE CAMPSTOVE is a handy doo-dah for car campers who like cooking over a fire. Fill the device with twigs, light it and there you…

WE DRIVE the winding road, first though the tall trees of the temperate rainforest then onto the open alpine plateau. How different it is…

There are many tales of the pandemic. This is one of them.

PUSHED by strong winds, the dark clouds stream across our southern skies and release their load of moisture as dark curtains of cold rain…

LIKE THE AUTHOR, I too felt the allure of the Bass Strait islands. Unlike the author, changing circumstances prevented me doing anything…