Water meter.

I got to thinking about how much water we've used over the years, I checked on some past photos and noted the new water main and meter were installed back in February 2010, I also noted that the gang who installed them was led by a former mayor and were very productive, unlike almost everything else I've witnessed of late.
Anyway we've now used 152 kilolitres, so I suppose about 40 kl per year but I make a bit of an effort not to waste too much. Considering about 200 kl falls on the roof every year a person has to wonder about the compulsory expense of town water.

True.

This plaque is at the memorial site to the Coral sea battle at Cardwell.

Cardwell.

Went for a drive this morning to check out how it has recovered from cyclone trauma in recent years. It looks very smart thanks to sizeable cash injections but sadly the trip was almost a total waste, firebreak burning had rendered the air into a hazy ruin quite useless for taking photos.

Nearby Hinchinbrook Island was barely visible in the background here.

Delicious.

A pity these are considered seasonal but with only 15 weeks till Easter it's close enough.

Cute dinosaur.

I've never tried posting a video here before so here's a first for me.

I noticed the video had a horrid flicker from the LED lighting but I liked my commentary so just resized it.
Edit: It appears they reduce videos posted even further than I was game to, sorry about that, it's now like free TV in Australia, just a blurry imitation of the video it once was.

On this day 14 years ago...

My dear old grandfather died after having a fairly good run, but more people would be familiar with the dog Seymour in the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark, who began his lonely waiting period for his friend to reappear.

For some people that episode brings forth copious streams of tears, but since it's a dog all I notice is the wonderful background song "I will wait for you" by Connie Francis.
Now with 14 years up I imagine Seymour has done a Greyfriars Bobby and shuffled off.

BTW I always feel my Grandmother was a little hard done by in that plaque, she was always called Molly (Mollie?) and was born 1st November 1903 (not so coincidently being the date her own mother died). The B.E.M being the British Empire Medal, about the lowest level of honours dished out, but conversely also about the highest honour that ordinary non-important people could attain at the time.
A fortnight short of a decade later the last of my Grandparents died, in hindsight triggering me onto another phase in life.

Cool.

I suppose there may be a few places on earth that actually get temperatures below zero at this time of year but I cheated and used the freezer, we never see minus numbers at any time otherwise, yesterday was a rather warm 37+.
I've made it to another year and am hoping for a change to the holding pattern I've been living for months, may we all have a good 2014.