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A tweeterview about The Perfect Gift for a Man

darryl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:37:28 +0000

Today I tweeterviewed co-creator of the concept and book ‘The Perfect Gift for a Man’, Gavin Heaton (@servantofchaos). This was a follow up to a previous post about the launch of the book. Yes it is a shameless plug for the book, but then why not. It is a serious cause. Importantly the tweeterview provides some additional [...]

Rebuilding a garden…. and our health?

darryl — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:18:44 +0000

One year ago, November 2008, saw a decent storm waltz through Brisbane. It absolutely devastated The Gap, and out where we live on the north side of Brisbane we copped a fair bit of it as well. Our acreage property had trees down and damage all over, none to our main living accommodation, but the main [...]

Setting Challenges and seeing the humour

darryl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:07:31 +0000

This past weekend I helped out as land crew for Sean Smith (aka @fatpaddler), as he navigated the waters of the Hawkesbury River in NSW, to complete a mammoth 111km kayak challenge. The Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is a charitable event which has both a competitive and less so stream to it (no pun intended) while ultimately [...]

The perfect gift for a man – Book Available

darryl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:55:57 +0000

A group of Australian men have banded together to create a book about some of the tough issues facing the average Aussie bloke. The book, The Perfect Gift for a Man – 30 Stories about Reinventing Manhood aims to get men talking about their feelings in a bid to help prevent male suicide in Australia Touched by [...]

5 Social Media Tips from Folbot, they get it!

darryl — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:02:14 +0000

Last night I Tweeterviewed David AvRutick, President of Folbot Inc. Folbot make foldable (and consequently portable) Kayaks. I chose to talk with David because of several posts I read about them and also a colleague in Sydney Sean Smith (aka @fatpaddler) who recently purchased one, and used it to do some fantastic paddles in Alaska.(View [...]