Merry Christmas.

 A Merry Christmas to you all.

All is well with the Maces enjoying the rare heavy rains and much cooler weather. 

Today its a pleasant 27c.

Its been a challenging year for all world wide. Looking forward to a better 2022.

Wishing you all well and sending our love. xx

We are so proud to announce that Emma has been recently promoted to Associate Professor within the QLD University after so much hard work and achievement's...Celebrations all round.

Tawny Frog Mouth Owls. Podargus strigoides.

These beauty's were siting on our fence pretending to act like branches keeping very still while I closed in with an old Nikkor AF-D 2:8 80-200 ED zoom lens. Amazing value and still a classic.

New acquisition

I have to update new info our new bike after some low life decide to place three nails into my rear tyre while I parked this beauty in our local shopping centre. Thought I'd left crime behind but it seems not. Maybe it may have been a local bike hater or an act of jealousness. But this act was life threatening and our local police was disgusted...

Anyhow now the owner of the Pirelli Angel GTII.

I haven't had a motorbike since 2001 when we left Australia for India. I've been dreaming and fantasizing for another ever since. Then there was this bike sitting at our local dealership. A Yamaha 2006 FZ1S with 70,000Klm. It must have been an omen.

It arrived on Wednesday last and I took it out the next day, rather nervous with its 150BHP a detuned R1 but I needn't have worried it handles so well with a very comfortable upright dirt bike position. Must be the bargain the century. Freedom on the open road again....

Second hand test: Yamaha FZ1 Fazer (2006) - Bing video

Picnic at Girraween

 We decided to go out for the day to the Girraween NP less than 90minutes from home armed with a picnic and walking boots. It's something that we all enjoy especially after rains and during our cooler months.

And of course because of our borders still in lockdown we virtually had the park to ourselves.

Happy News from the Maces

 

While 15million Australians are in lockdown we wanted to share some happy exciting news.

Queensland researchers bring sorghum gene genie out of the box - Ministerial Media Statements

Emma has received yet another accolade for all of the hard work she does. We are so proud.

Managed an Easter break

We count ourselves really lucky that we Managed an Easter break just after another QLD lockdown. It was touch and go as to whether we would be allowed to travel and we had planned a Saturday trip. It was only Thursday lunch time that it was on...

Good to get away but we had three days of really heavy rain. But it was good to see and hear the crashing of waves and gone are my days of grumbling about rain. Here it's very much welcome.

The beaches were mainly closed for swimmers this time but captured the drama during a morning family walk.