Chemo and Cricket-10th December,2013I had an appointment to see Oncologist Gavin Marx at the San on 26th November. I proposed to him that before commencing chemo I should go to Adelaide for the Test Match. He helpfully calculated that the ideal time to begin chemo was six weeks after surgery and that was the 10th December, the day after … Continue reading Cricket and Chemo
Author: David Boyd
"Oh What a Feeling"
"Oh What a Feeling!"Ignorance is bliss. I was pretty blasé about my approaching surgery. It was just as well I didn't know what I was in for!The big picture is that I had a marked change in bowel habit. My GP sent me to a gastro specialist who did a colonoscopy on 9th October. This … Continue reading "Oh What a Feeling"
Contemplation
As I prepare for my first surgery since having my appendix removed in 1949 I have been mindful of one of my favourite school day quotations-"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day.For what are men better than sheep or … Continue reading Contemplation
The Murray Darling Basin (MDB)-A September,2013 Overview
The Murray Darling Basin (MDB)-A September, 2013 OverviewFrom the time that the Howard Government, in an attempt to gather"green" votes decided to throw $10bn at the Murray Darling Basin, themanagement of the Basin has been a political football. This initiativearose as the great Millennium Drought was biting hard and the naturalconsequences of drought were being … Continue reading The Murray Darling Basin (MDB)-A September,2013 Overview
Blog Log – A Cricket Tragic’s Indulgence
Tuesday, 9th July,2013 At the Swire (Australia) Christmas Party last year the Chairman suggested I should accompany him to the Ashes Test match at Lord's (London) in July.That got me thinking, particularly when I discovered I could get a ticket thru' my membership of the SACA (South Australian Cricket Association). He then announced that business … Continue reading Blog Log – A Cricket Tragic’s Indulgence
Lower Lakes and Up-river Storages-Letter to The Land
I addressed a further letter to The Land in response to one which suggested an inconsistency between calling for better management of "The Barrages" and maintaining upstream dams."Andrew Brown’s (One dam question-Letters,June 13th) provides an ideal opening to explain precisely the difference between upstream water storages in the Murray Darling Basin and the damming of … Continue reading Lower Lakes and Up-river Storages-Letter to The Land
Unnatural Nonsense
When I read the recent Murray Darling Basin Authorities' "Environmental Watering Priorities" paper and the South Australian Government's celebratory "Implementing the MDB Plan" release, my grey hair stands on end. I have never read such artificial, misleading nonsense.Who do these water bureaucrats think they are? God? Do they not understand that following the ravages of … Continue reading Unnatural Nonsense
The Barrages
The issue of The Barrages, assiduously avoided in the preparation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan has again arisen with a well researched column by Jennifer Marohasy in the May 30th edition of The Land newspaper-I wrote a Letter to the Editor-"Once again Jennifer Marohasy (Barrage truths kept from leaking out-The Land-30th May, 2013) has … Continue reading The Barrages
Global Warming/Climate Change
As the European carbon market collapses and European Governments come under increasing pressure on energy policy, the following communication to a senior Shadow Minister is concise, crystal clear and timely."I agree with the Opposition's policy to rescind the carbon tax and abolish the Climate Commission, but not with the rest of its climate change policy. The … Continue reading Global Warming/Climate Change
Rupert Murdoch Speaks at The Institute of Public Affairs 70th Birthday Party
I have long admired the achievements of Rupert Murdoch-a man with a vision, a strategy and prepared to 'have a go'. His speech is well worth listening to.
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