Going Car Free

A life beyond the little metal box

Monday, 9 February 2009

Destiny

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I've been reading "Heat" by George Monbiot. In chapter 8 he has a great quote from Russian journalist Ila Ehrenburg. In 1929 h...
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Walk / Don't Walk

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A few of my writings here have illustrated the health benefits of walking (which we do more of when we are car-free). I think the following ...
Friday, 16 January 2009

Bus-stop Snack

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After watching the cricket, i decided to go for an evening walk - i hadn't been out of the house all day. On the way home, i bump into a...
Friday, 9 January 2009

Santa and the Christmas Road Toll

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In the absence of much real news in the Christmas-New Year period, the road toll features heavily on the nightly news update. For the record...
Thursday, 1 January 2009

A Local's Local

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Yesterday i cycled to indooroopilly shopping centre (to visit the library) and was locking up my bike ... to a lamp post (don't get me s...
Monday, 29 December 2008

Praise For Late Buses

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To get to the family homestead for Christmas, the first step was to catch the bus from my local stop. Knowing the timetable, and how long it...
Monday, 22 December 2008

Twas Days Before Christmas

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Riding my bike along the bicentennial pathway (between coronation drive and the river) i'm getting into top gear and building up some sp...
Monday, 1 December 2008

Sunday Night Help

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So last night i'm walking home through the suburb of Indooroopilly. A Chinese guy asks me for directions to a bus to the city. It was ha...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Remembering The Departed

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So today is remembrance day, where we take time to remember those who, through the unwanted circumstance of war, died for noble principles s...
Monday, 10 November 2008

Bike Stats

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Last time, i showed how popular bikes are becoming. Today i found some more stats about bikes: - about 100 bikes can be made from the mater...
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