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Category: Lists

  • List #30: Another Peevish List

    List #30: Another Peevish List

    As the title says, this is not my first list of pet peeves, see here, and more peeves here and here. Some more things I STRONGLY dislike … Feel free to weigh in with your own peeves in the comments.

  • List #29: some things I’ve Been Reading

    List #29: some things I’ve Been Reading

    I do try to round up the books I finish reading each month, but there are some books that I read over months/years. Some are the type of books that need to be read one page at a time, poetry springs to mind. Others are dense with short chapters that I pick up for a…

  • 101 Things in 1001 Days: 700-day Checkin

    101 Things in 1001 Days: 700-day Checkin

    I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 600 days, I calculated that I was 38.55% complete. For a lot of this 100 days we weren’t at home which meant I couldn’t progress on a number of the ones that are home/local to home…

  • List #28: What We Did This Week on the NSW Central Coast

    List #28: What We Did This Week on the NSW Central Coast

    This week we had a little bit of time between leaving Noosa and meeting our friends in Sydney for the City to Surf weekend. Sidenote: there are 90,000 entrants in the race on Sunday so it should be pretty epic with plenty to distract me from my very slow running. On Monday we drove from…

  • List #27: Good Things Friday July 2025

    List #27: Good Things Friday July 2025

    I didn’t twig that last Friday (the 25th) was the last Friday in July so I missed posting this. Oh well. I’m going ahead with it today. What have been your recent highlights?

  • List #26: Good Things Friday June 2025

    List #26: Good Things Friday June 2025

    And some bonus good things:

  • List #25: Neighbourhood A-Z

    List #25: Neighbourhood A-Z

    I started this little project in April 2024 during Elisabeth’s CBWC, but partway through I got a stress fracture in my foot and couldn’t complete it. I’ve finally got round to finishing it off. Anzac Hostel. Now, the Anzac Campus of Star of the Sea Girls School. Originally, the Kamesburgh Mansion, the house was converted…

  • List #24: Good Things Friday May 2025

    List #24: Good Things Friday May 2025

    I missed last month’s Good Things because I was traveling, so some of these will be from April.

  • 101 Things In 1001 Days: 600-day Check-In

    101 Things In 1001 Days: 600-day Check-In

    I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 500 days, I calculated that I was 30.8% complete. My 600 day check in was May 3rd but I was in the UK. I have done a few more things since then but this is the…

  • List #23: Strengths of the Australian Democratic System

    List #23: Strengths of the Australian Democratic System

    As I posted last week, we are currently in an election cycle which got me thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of our system. A couple of changes I’d like to see: How do you feel about your system of government? What changes would you like to see?