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Brisbane: Professional Photographer Hanged By Camera Strap

Maxine died. I can’t believe it. I just got off the phone with Sarah. She says that the big woman died sometime last night. We were talking to each other only yesterday. Maxine never said she was going out with her camera. She was staying at home and watching TV. It’s bloody typical though — […]

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You’d Know If Your Closest Friend Was Having an Affair, Right?

No. You won’t. Not if that friend keeps secrets well hidden. You won’t know a thing. You can’t know what you’re not told. Here’s the truth. Even best friends withhold information from each other. They really do. One of my closest girlfriends was extremely secretive when it came to dating. She was highly superstitious. Nina

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Photographer Hanged While Taking Pictures of Lightning

Brisbane Photographer Maxine Sewell, 32, was found hanging from a cliff near the Story Bridge by early morning commuters this morning. It is believed she was taking photos during last night’s fierce electrical storm. Fortitude Valley police are saying little about today’s grim discovery. ‘This just looks like a terrible accident. Her phone and handbag were neatly

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Person swimming in water. Silohuette.

Solace’s Beach

Samantha, a 17-year-old with an adventurous spirit, found herself drawn to the desolate beauty of Australia’s rugged coastline. The remote beach, a place where crashing waves harmonized with her inner turmoil, offered brief but welcome solace. On a fateful summer afternoon, she set out alone, determined to find the tranquillity she so desperately sought. As

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News: Truth or Just Entertainment?

Love or hate the guy, Trump is right when he calls out the media on their poor performance in reporting the news. FAKE news is a real thing. Fiction sells way more than fact! Narcissistic tossers aside, honest news reporting makes less money. Sometimes the stories news reporters chase go absolutely nowhere. This means that

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Are Clickbaits, Ads, Subscription Pop-Ups and Paywalls Ruining Your Browsing Experience?

I’m sick of on-screen harassment. I get stopped every time I’m searching for online content with: “Do you agree to these terms?”‘; “Would you like to subscribe to this or that?”; “Accept these cookies?”; “Only 4 more free articles…”. And that doesn’t begin to explain the incessant advertisements on each web page I visit. There

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I Finally Got Sold On DAB+ Radio

Change is great unless it’s anything to do with analogue radio. Flip the taxation system or screw with religion but don’t change radio. Give me AM or FM and then step away. There’s no reason to digitise it. It doesn’t need that. There’s a certain warm fuzziness tuning into a free-floating analogue radio wave. Music,

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