Kroey

I recently came across this skit on Godtube and YouTube, it's so powerful I thought I'd share it in case you haven't seen it. Essentially it's about each of us and our life's journey. When we're little, whether we know it or not, God is leading and teaching us, but then life gets in the way. That doesn't mean He's absent, just that we get caught up in life. The skit shows that He always cares, and when we're ready to come back, and when we need Him, He's there.

Well, my time at the NSW Police Force as an IT Support Officer has finished. It's a shame to see what's happening there. The bean-counters have cut some really skilled people, simply to "save money", a false economy really, as the jobs will still need to be attended to. On the bright side I think I'm gonna like my new boss, I'm going to be working for myself! So if you're within cooee of Bathurst NSW Australia, and need a skilled, qualified, and friendly IT guy on a short term, temporary, or single-use basis, I'm your guy. The Chinese have the same word for crisis and opportunity. I don't know how they pronounce it, but in Engrish, it's CRISITUNITY!

It has been a long time between posts, but I've found the news on the bottom right a reason to keep on coming back. We've just finished the 2007 Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 motor race, my contribution was setting up the police and emergency services IT network and infrastructure. All the stuff we planned for went well, but of course there were some difficulties with what was thrust on us without notice. During the race we watched from "ping pong alley" out the front of the old police compound, and sure enough, right at the end of the race when all the racers were trying their hardest, a group of about 10 - 12 cars came around the narrow, sharp, concrete walled curve at over one hundred miles per hour, setting off a series of minor collisions which took out two of my favorite race drivers, Mark Skaiffe and Jason Bright. The race was won by Craig Lowndes, his second consecutive win here.

This week I ended up in Bourke on Wednesday. Took care of some jobs at Dubbo and Nyngan on the way and got home on Thursday afternoon having put in some big days. Fortunately for my 40 hour week I only have to work for 2½ hours on Friday before I knock off...

Here's a nice panorama or our farm about 900km (560 mile) north of home. It's the family farm from when I was growing up, here's where it was taken from on the map, facing due west. Click on the image for a large copy of the image.

As I mentioned I like four wheel driving, and here's my Toy[ota] Hilux. It's a fairly standard 1982 tray back ute, with around 8" of lift, detroit locker diff, new bullbar (the one in the picture is now bent) and winch, 12½x33x15 Maxxis Bighorn tyres, and of course some recovery and survival gear. Around where I live there are heaps of places to test out the ability of 4x4s, and so far I've only got stuck once. The Bighorn tyres make a big difference, they don't fill up when it's muddy, and have heaps of gripping ability in all loose surfaces. The track in the picture is the Bridle Track , from Hill End to Bathurst. It's a nice drive with camping and fishing spots (don't forget your license), and has a few spots to test out the 4WDs running off it. Some of it isn't for the weak hearted, but most vehicles (even my company car) can pass through it ok. It's definately NOT for sports cars though.

I've just figured out how to link directly to Google maps, it's really easy. To track my trip tomorrow to Walgett from Home click here . Once you have the map you simply click "link to this page" and the long URL appear in the address bar. Here's My House !

Now-a-days everyone has a blog. Who knows, some day this may help someone with a History assignment. I've long had my own blog at http://users.bigpond.com/kroey , but I think this one might be more permanent, seeing it's free and I don't have to keep paying for it. That's about it for now, in the morning (early) I'm off to Coonamble to take care of some faulty PCs, then Walgett, both in N.S.W. Australia.