Cemetery OHS
Today was the first time I saw this apparatus on which a coffin is placed in order to be lowered into a grave. Apparently it’s safer that the ground-level apparatus they formerly used. I suppose the...
View ArticleChange In The Weather
This morning’s exercise around Mount Gambier was a bit cooler. It wasn’t breezy, so not too bad. A sign of things to come.
View ArticleFarewell Fidler & Webb
Caleb Fidler and Samuel Webb we’re pioneer retailers in Mount Gambier. They were also both used by God in the establishment of the Methodist Church in this town. Their retail business had left the...
View ArticleBig Tent By Night
The large tent at OB Flat has seen Generations In Jazz come and go. And soon the tent will go as well. This is the southern side.
View ArticleSeason For Sneezing
The rain stopped and the skies have cleared for a day or so in Mount Gambier which heralds the onset of Spring. Here’s the pollen that was in the air this morning.
View ArticleNBG
Natural Born Grillers. A really tasty burger joint. Who would have thought this sort of place would be in Mount Gambier.
View ArticleMuffin And Coffee, Presto – Mount Gambier
Presto Café had a slightly jazzier than usual muffin for their coffee and muffin special today. They went well together.
View ArticleEaster Sunday 2020, Mount Gambier
Not so much a sunrise as dawn in Mount Gambier on Easter Sunday 2020. Christ is risen.
View ArticleWatching Mount Gambier’s ScRoll Queen
Local businesses in Mount Gambier are supporting each other, and the community is rallying around our food producers. Dylan produces a variety of scrolls as ScRoll Queen moving to a commercial...
View ArticleSpot The Errors While Waiting For Pizza
The pizzas are so good it’s worth the extra twenty-five minutes we’ve been waiting past the longest time they said it would take for them to be ready. They even provide spot the error competitions to...
View ArticleMount Gambier’s COVID-19 Traffic Jam
Our local hospital is the regional site for COVID-19 testing. Though we have no local cases, testing required due to people who live in proximity to the border with Victoria crossing back and forth has...
View ArticleMore In Common As The Years Go By
Usually I’d just be grumping along about the disorientation from the latest effort in everything moving position in our local Woolworths. This time all my adult kids are grumbling about the situation...
View ArticleMount Gambier Christmas Parade 2020
The display floats for the static Mount Gambier Santa Boulevard were traveling in convoy to the Blue Lake Sports Park at 5.30am this morning. It almost looked like a parade. No bands, though.
View ArticleBlue Lake Carols 2020
Each year the minister’s association in Mount Gambier hosts a carols event on behalf of the community. It showcases the fact that we have a remarkable group of very talented people who live in our...
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