Here in Australia we have just finished a 5 day weekend. This year the Easter Weekend (normally 4 days) occured at the same time as the ANZAC Day public holiday. For the benefit of international readers ANZAC Day is a national day of rememberance for those who fought and died in war. It commemorates the […]
… national culture and resilience
In Australia we celebrate our national day on 26 January – “Australia Day”. While technically a public holiday, my day started with a trip to my primary client’s site and several hours of crisis management before heading out to celebrate. Normally having my phone battery die is a bad thing, but this day was an […]
A good news story – corporate supports the community
Over recent weeks a large chunk of this country has been under water, the worst impacted areas are in Queensland. Here is a map showing the impacted area. One of the major economic impacts of this flooding has been on the coal mining industry. Estimates of the cost to the coal industry are up to […]
… a focus on community
In the previous post of this series I talked about the 3 words that I have chosen to provide my focus for 2011. This post expands on the ideas that ‘community’ is intended ot focus on. I want to make the blog more resilient There is only so long you can go writing notes to […]
… community requires work
A community is not just a bunch of people who happen to live in the same place. It requires work and dedication to build and maintain relationships and a sense of common purpose. This weekend the 30th Merimbula Classic was staged. This event is promoted as the longest running wave sailing event in the world, and […]