Category: Off Beaten Track

The frailty of human life is never more apparent than when it hits close to home. Today, I received news that a colleague of mine – in fact, someone I rep...

During my recent whirlwind trip to the US – 2 nights at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, followed by 2 nights in Boston, all in the space of ...

For the coming week, I have been asked to “do my duty” and travel abroad for work. This does not sound so bad? Or does it? For this trip, I will be ...

It was well worth the effort to stay up for the game and witness another historic moment for Australian soccer. This morning’s (23 June) game was a pulsat...

After my latest trip back to Canberra, a friend commented that some of the shots from the trip were very “me”. This made me wonder if I had really d...

Last night (12 June), the Australian national soccer team – known as the Socceroos – created history at the FIFA World Cup 2006. In retrospect, it w...

While on the subject of travelling, here is a great site providing all sorts of info on airlines seats. You get to find out what your sleep pattern means as wel...

Having arrived at some airports at late hours myself, I can sympathise with those who has had to put up at airports in the wee hours due to delays, cancelled fl...