Well the shopping centres all have Bing Crosby crooning though the speakers, all the staff are wearing reindeer red hats and there is tinsel everywhere. This can only mean one thing is fast approaching. The start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. And what a race it...
My apologies for not having sent a newsletter for some time, but I have been receiving treatment for a very serious medical condition. Yes dear reader a month ago I became aware that for years I had been unknowingly suffering from ‘Diogenes syndrome’. Otherwise known...
I mentioned in an earlier edition of my ramblings, that the Job household life is now centred around a hairy, noisy and completely insane 15 month old border collie named Ellie. She is the first greeted by everyone in the morning and the last to be hugged good night....
So what is your dream job? Maybe you are one of the 9% of people who have their childhood dream job. This figure came from a recent survey on LinkedIn, and given that most people on LinkedIn appear to be looking for a job, this may not be representative of the wider...
Is there a more emotive time of day than sunset? For some it signifies the end of the day and a time to relax, for others it heralds the mystery and excitement of the night to follow. For most it is a time to relax, remove a cork (unwinding a screw top doesn’t have...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. Firstly let me announce the winner of the great ‘Share Southern Cross’s FB (!) page and win a WAGS race for 8 people’ competition. Yes with the power and technology of Facebook at our fingertips, we wrote all...
Welcome to this Brisbane to Keppel Yacht Race edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. This year’s race was the hardest yet and, despite a sterling performance by Team Southern Cross, sadly there was no trip to the podium for us this year. Race day dawned clear and...
I bought a new heater this week, much to the amusement of my friends who live in Victoria. Of course they have no idea how cold it can get up here in the deep north in the depths of winter. They think that we only use it to dry clothes or to prove bread, having little...
It is said that ‘Clothes maketh the man’. Now I have absolutely no idea what that means but I guess it has something to do with first impressions being based on how one is dressed. This would appear to be somewhat of a misnomer given that many very undesirable people...
Working in the commercial sailing industry just got a lot simpler with the announcement by the government regulator AMSA (the Australian Maritime Safety Authority) that the RYA Yachtmaster certificate is now recognised as a Masters qualification on commercial sailing...
My oldest son got a B+ last week. In golf. That’s right, golf, that bizarre pastime of trying to get a small ball into a small hole, hundreds of metres away, with a variety of different priced sticks….. Now I have calculated that his school fees come to around about...
From the feedback we received, it would appear that I am the only person over the age of 12 that didn’t know you couldn’t fly on a passport with less than 6 months to run. Silly me. But here’s something about passports you didn’t know. You...
Did you know that you can’t travel on a passport within 6 months of its expiry date? I do now. Let me set the scene. We are at the airport – Jenny and I and about 30 old friends off for a holiday ‘sans children‘ in Vanuatu. Many of us haven’t seen each other for years...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Enews. As winter appears with a bang here in South East Queensland we are reminded just how lucky we are to live at this latitude. As I look out across the Bay this winter weather can only be described as magnificent. Not a...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Enews. The Job family has grown by one in recent times with the addition of a Border Collie puppy late last year. The family have wondered why I so vehemently argued against getting a dog over the past 16 odd years. Noticing...
May I begin by wishing you all a belated happy and prosperous 2014. Some outstanding results from Southern Cross old boys/girls in this year’s Sydney to Hobart Race! Firstly, well done to Tam Faragher and the crew on Kerumba with their magnificent 6th overall and 2nd...
