blacklisted but...

Some books to bring to the next work assignment. Some of the items are my housemates'. But it's good to have bookends and bookmiddle...

the road less travelled

this is at the end of the cooktown-cairns coastal road in cairns international airport, and i had to stop and smell the roses. but before th...

listless reading

i am listless. meaning i lost my list he he. lucky i still have my wits. am wistful too. and wishful. brings to mind "The Remember Song...

the innkeepers

To close off this chapter on cooktown, i have to relate the story of the innkeepers. when we checked in at the inn where we were staying, at...

the dozer driver

Deliveries in an area the size of Baguio (this site is about 6km long by 4km wide), can be quite taxing after a while. Hence we called in th...

sights around cooktown

each picture paints its thousand words, so i'll just add some captions. cooktown is the closest town to the great barrier reef. with m...

fishing in robin hood's point

Archer Point about 20kms south of cooktown is famed for fishing. So on a sunday (a day-off to keep the sabat day uli, as you do), we drove d...

trails of trouble

This week involved a lot of walking and hiking up mountains, hills and gullies to do special deliveries. And this was no picnic! Our client ...

Goin’ troppo (november 08)

If you were wondering... m polichay's gone troppo this past month. Cooktown in far north queensland, is the northernmost town on the aus...