Yesterday Western Australia voted on whether to continue having daylight saving.  The answer was No.  So at least for the next 10 years or so WA will be free of having to change our clocks twice per year.  This is the fourth referendum on daylight saving and each time the answer has been No. 
The yes [...]

This morning Western Australia ended the three year trial on having daylight saving.  Although every referendum has said NO to daylight saving, those in power at the time decreed we should try it for three years.  Now we are to have another referendum on the 16th May. 
Perth has 20 minutes daylight saving all year round [...]

It’s Labour Day in Western Australia today.  The rest of the states take next Monday off.  So today started with washing the car and making a few changes in the garage.
Looking at the charts it is noticeable the the FTSE has not yet tested the November lows which have been broken by the US and [...]

On Monday and Tuesday I had an old Renault bus for the 5.5hr afternoon part of my shift.  It is very heavy in the steering.  I did not have any problems after Monday but after getting the same bus on Tuesday, I felt my back stiffen up about half an hour before the shift finished.  [...]

Today did not start well.  While driving my bus towards an intersection the light went to orange.  I had to make a decision to stop or go through? A slight hesitation and it was too late to stop without a heavy application of the brakes. If I had done that at least some passengers would have been [...]

Today is a Sunday and I’ve spent 8 hours 20 minutes working at my day job. Albeit at penalty rates so it wasn’t too bad. By day I am a bus driver, working for Path Transit here in Perth. As far as jobs go it is quite satisfactory and probably as recession proof a position [...]

This is my first post. I’ve signed up with John Thornhill’s Master Class and this is the task that is set for today, to write my first post on here.
I’ve signed up for at least six online courses and this is by far the best I have come across. This is week two and I [...]