Call of the Reed Warbler
To Australians who have lived more than a few decades and travelled even occasionally outside major cities it must be apparent that the countryside has...
Imputation discredit
It’s hardly surprising that, as we approach and enter retirement, we take a more active interest in retirement incomes and how they are generated. Interest...
PostCapitalism
I find it difficult to avoid increasing awareness of economics nowadays. That’s especially true since I retired and our superannuation savings were flipped into income...
Build a sandcastle on the beach
We don’t often get to the beach. Toowoomba is a couple of hours drive from the nearest beaches and when we do go there it...
Walking in a rainforest
Another of the items I pulled out in the draw for my ‘bucket list‘ was “Walk in a rainforest”. I didn’t think that was likely...
Out to dinner
The activity that generated my ‘bucket list‘ was driven by Majella, perhaps with some assistance from the other wives, so it was no real surprise...
Visit a waterfall
Another of the items on my ‘bucket list‘ was to ‘visit a waterfall’. I didn’t expect that to be a major challenge because we have...
Read a novel
Reading a novel was one of the 10 items on my ‘bucket list’ that I expected should not be challenging in retirement. Thus it was...
Retired
As of Monday, 1 January, I am officially retired. My retirement arrangement with USQ specified 31 December, 2017, as my retirement date with all leave...
My bucket list
A few weekends ago we had a group of friends over for a shared lunch. Majella’s pretext was that somebody else had been going to...