Macca's Meanderings

 Hi everyone In early March I attended a Marine Mega Fauna Workshop in Darwin. Nancy was already in Darwin helping to look after Noah and Millie as our daughter in law Kristy had had a knee operation.  The photo below was taken at Stokes Hill Wharf on Darwin Harbour.  Kristy's dad Patty, with Millie and Noah in Geelong beside Patty's truck. Noah in his high vis shirt - matching with granddad's.  To keep up with Patty, I was able to order a small size Garngi ranger shirt for Noah.    Last year Garngi Rangers had reported many illegal foreign fishing vessels in our area. We had 4 Chinese asylum seekers come into our accompany which prompted our head office to put out a media release - much to the displeasure of the Commonwealth Government. The media attention has resulted in the Australian Border Force (ABF) significantly lifting their profile in the Croker Island area. Below is a photo of a remotely controlled vessel which the ABF uses as another set of ears...

Hi Happy New Year to all.  Dear friends invited us to the Queensland Pops Orchestra New Year's Eve concert in Brisbane. After some detours due to flooded roads and a train ride into the Brisbane CBD we made it to QPAC. Below is a link to the QPAC website showing all the performers for this year's NYE concert - also celebrating 40 years for the Queensland Pops Orchestra. As you will note, there was a very wide variety of music styles and amazing talents, all presented in a bright and celebratory tone - didjeridoo, bagpipes, Scottish dancers, Celtic music, harmonising singers, pop music to some of the great classical pieces.  https://youtu.be/Mni1UVa2TNY We went to the early 5:00pm performance. As we emerged from the concert hall the early round of fire works lit up the sky.  Early on new year's eve there was much more of a family feel to proceedings. The serious revellers had not arrived yet. After another train and car ride and we were back home in Yarraman just in time t...