Month: April 2014

Memories

Puckapunyal Revisited

Puckapunyal is the army base in Central Victoria where I first did my army recruit training and specialist driver training in 1968 when I was called up for National Service. Today, my ‘fellow comrade in arms’, Robert Bruce and I returned there to make a presentation to the Army’s DriverTraining Centre. Robert and I both […]

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Every Day Life

Anzac Day 2014

Well, I have survived another Anzac Day! I was up at 5.00 am this morning to go to the Dawn Service at our local Returned Services Club at Doncaster. It was a cold morning, so dressed up in overcoat and medals, Jill & I headed off in the dark and reached the venue just as […]

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Every Day Life

It’s Nice to Know You Made a Good Choice

It’s always reassuring when you find out that other people agree with the choices that you have made in life and especially as a consumer. In my consulting work, I used to tell sales people that many buyers read more technical product reports after they have purchased a product than they did before buying it. […]

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Every Day Life

Lunar Eclipse

On Tuesday, here in Melbourne, we witnessed a lunar eclipse – when the sun, moon and earth are in perfect alignment, causing the earth’s shadow to fall on the moon. The moon actually began to move into the earth’s shadow at 3.58 pm and was fully immersed in shadow by 5.06pm We couldn’t see it at […]

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Cambodia / Laos

Best of Laos Photos

I have now uploaded the best photos from my recent trip to Laos onto a new page at my gallery website: Bruce Wilson’s Photo Gallery. To see them, click here.  

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Cambodia / Laos

Best of Cambodia Photos

I have now uploaded the best photos from my recent trip to Cambodia onto a new page at my gallery website: Bruce Wilson’s Photo Gallery. Here is sample of just a few, but to see them all, click here. [slickr-flickr set=”Cambodia” items=”5″ type=”gallery”]

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