Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. What a weekend in sport we have just seen! The Kangaroos knocked over the Fijians to advance to the rugby league world cup final, the Wallabies beat Scotland to make it an unheard of 3 wins in a row, and the...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. Like many of you, at the beginning of each new year I set myself goals for the year. This year my list included – learn to speak French, rid the world of poverty, clean out the garage, cure cancer, not...
I fell off my pushbike this morning. There I was speeding down a small slope (admittedly whilst fantasizing that I was descending some storied peak in the Tour de France, Evans, Froome and Contador in my wake). At the bottom of this storied climb (it must be at least...
Dinner time at the Job household is held in the traditional manner. No lounging around in front of the TV watching Bondi chef for us – we all gather at the dining room table each night– with the head of the household at the head of the table. I sit on the King’s right...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting ENews. I am happy to admit I am not an avid watcher of television. On the rare occasion that I find myself with nothing to do of an evening I would rather read a book or look on the interweb at some subject I am...
Welcome to an unusual Thursday edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. No I am not sitting in a tent at Everest base camp typing away on my iPad waiting for the weather window for an attempt at the summit. The Everest Mission is on hold for now, due to pressure from...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews and my first effort as a movie reviewer. If this goes well I might buy myself a nice cardigan, grow a van dyke beard and start smoking a pipe. Then I will look the part of a movie reviewer. It is said that a...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. Recent events have caused me to ponder on the true meaning of the word ‘genius’. One answer is a person who scores 140 or greater in an IQ test. Another apparently is a person who works in an Apple store, and...
Welcome to this ‘Stop Press’ special edition of Southern Cross News! We have a 5 day course next week and we just have secured the services of one of the greats of the sailing instructing world and we have two places still available. This legendary instructor is...
Welcome to this week’s edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. The Queensland sailing calendar, not unlike the Catholic Church calendar, is a series of big and small events spread (seemingly at random) throughout the year. But the Easter weekend is a biggy for both...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. I read with interest an article that ‘scientists’ had recently discovered that people who have a hobby or interest live longer. Furthermore if that hobby or interest involves outdoor activity you should...
After my last rave about growing old the feedback appears that I am not alone. But it has occurred to me of late that it is not just me growing older but how much the world I inhabit has changed. The world was a simpler place before smartphones roamed the planet. ...
Welcome to this first Southern Cross Enews for 2013. 2013! Ye gods what has happened to my life? T’was only a year or so ago we were excited about the new millennium surely! The swift passage of time has been brought home to me by my sudden realisation that I am now...
