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A day off yesterday, but back into attempting to get into marathon level fitness today. After a breakfast of two pieces of toast with a combination of tomato, avocado, peanut butter and Vegemite (not all together), a read of my … Continue reading →

OK. Here it is. I’m aged 47 and a half. For many of those years I will have to say that by any measure of fitness I have not been. Fit that is. In fact I would have been judged … Continue reading →

My great friend Pip Courtney has been in Rockhampton in Central Queensland covering Beef Week for Landline on the ABC. You can the online page on by following this link. http://blogs.abc.net.au/theoverflow/2012/05/beef2012.html

This is the opinion piece I have done the ABC News’ “The Drum” website. You can find the story here, with all the comments included. It’s not often Australians get an insight into Pacific-style politics, but last week’s expulsion of the … Continue reading →

As I tap at the screen here in the media room in Auckland, in the room next the leaders of the Smaller Island States are apparently setting the hard and firm agenda they will be taking to all Forum leaders … Continue reading →

I know. It’s a long winded intro, but it had to be said. I’m in New Zealsnd reporting on the Pacific Islands Forum. It’s supposed to be the major meeting of the region, worthy of all sorts of media coverage. … Continue reading →

When you get to a new destination it’s always a good idea to find somewhere which makes you welcome. For me in New York City that place became the Mulberry Street Bar in LIttle Italy. Great staff and a warm … Continue reading →

I write this from Rockland in Maine, on the Atlantic Coast. And before you ask, the photo above was taken on the town square in Rochester Vermont. Beautiful town, lovely people. It’s one of the lucky accidents of travelling that … Continue reading →

I’ve been back in the USA for just over a week. A few days in LA, best forgotten quickly, and now on the East Coast. I’ve popped down to North Carolina, to its Outer Banks for a few days, mostly … Continue reading →

I write this from around thirty thousand feet above North America, winging my way towards Los Angeles. Ain’t technology grand? This flight marks an end to a three month trip through Mexico and the Caribbean, Cuba in particular. It would … Continue reading →