Susan ley made disgraceful comments saying ukraine should be conquered by russia (calling them the soviet union) not right and not suited for a possible leader.
Todays news 2nd january 2026 friday
Trumps wish for peace on earth when he acts the opposite is weird. The liberals should have listened when they realised the climate crisis. Housing prizes might be slipping which is good as people need a home.
Todays news 1st january 2026 thursday new yeara day
Happy new year. Brisbane beat marriners 2-1. Illawara hawks stun tasmania 92-90 in the nbl. Chelsea drew 2-2 with borumoth.
year in review 2025
this is my personal year in review for the blog.
politics – well the highlight was obviosuly labors massive record breaking win in may an unheard of landslide. otherwise it was slightly disappointing that he housing crisis isn’t fixed and the world is almost definately heading to a world war 3. the other highlight was the end of the carrers of dutton, chandler-maher and the big supprise bhandt all losing their seats. the shame was the whole disgraceful behaviour of linda reynolds towards higgins.
sport – no 5 peat for my panthers the only disappointment of any sort but wasn’t expected but still to get to a prelim after being last halfway through the year counnts for something and leading the prelim against the eventualy premiers the broncos (who did it the hard way and desreved it) counts for something. my hawks also had a great year being only the 2nd team from 8th to get to a prelim (the first was north in 2015) but couldn’t get past the cats who went down to the premiers brisbane who again earned it but the league needs to look into some teams advantages. the womans was again dominated by the roos. if i had a request it would be no brisbane teams in the grand final (between afl aflw and nrl 8 grand finals in 3 years ridicilous) unless its at the expense of sydney swans geelong or meloburne storm. my marriners also failed at a attempt at a 3 peat sliding back down. but both my austrlaian basketball teams won this year. it was also great to get back to the footy this year when i saw my hawks lose to the lions in may for the first tiem in 7 years
travel – this year i finally returned to the city of melbourne after 6 years and had a nice holiday on the gold coast. the flights on qantas link were good.
aviation – safety is back in the headlines but imporved later in the year. a lot of interesting new routes as well including adeliade to san fran for instance.
tv – a big disappointemnt that channels are cutting back on kids shows and animes way too much in australia replacing them with outdated and rubbish commedies. overall not the worse year though.
hopes for next year – not too much different but if they improvement in what i mentioned would be good don’t like the footy wild card round though and hope for a labor win in the victorian election.
score 7.5/10
pokemon tf story new year light show
a town is getting ready for a new years eve light show but the pokemon that provide power for the display had gotten sick so they decided on their sons request decided to get him luke to help with it he gets a few electrabuzz and meganaton but they are one short so someone gives him a small gift next thing he knows he is a luxuary and the light sow is a success he stays a luxaray.
animal tf story young eagle
a young girl always dreamed of flying like an eagle but thought it was impossible but she didnt realise that a young eagle mum had been watching her. one day she was walking when a eagle wing falls and lands on her confused she picks it up than she enters a trance when she snaps out of it she is not on the ground she is in the air flying she looks and she sees her body is now of a young female sea eagle than the eagle mum explains that it wanted a daughter to teach how to fly and care for that would enjoy it and asks her if thats ok she smiles and says yes.
Todays news 31st devsmebr 2025 new years eve wenesday
Albo is right to hold his ground on not doing a royal comision. Russia has to be atopped from taking over ukraine there is no excuse for what rhere doing. Thanks for a great 2025 on the blog.
Todays news 30th decemebr 2025 tuesday
You should not take bags in a plane evacuation. The gun reform is needed people dont need that many guns especially in america.
place guide wodonga
location – south of the murray river and albury on the victorian side of the border.
electorate – indi
transport – railway with 3 times per day each way between melbourne and albury on vline also quite a few bus services.
population – 38949
attractions – quite a few parks nearby lake hum.
svvomdation – quite a few hotels.
shops – some great cafes including elmwood. a few op shops. there is a shopping center with quite a few chains like eb games i think still.
catholic church – there is two the main one is on beechworth road and has mass every day but monday (saturday is only a night mass) and two on sundays 830 and 1030. the preists provides mass for mount beauty, deaderang and tamgambalanga as well as tallangata and corryong parishes (including walwa, sandy creek and mitta mitta as well) luckily we currently have 3 preists. there is a church on the main st as well which only gets mass twice per week during the week.
other religion – anglican, uniting.
a few notes this is my home town and quite a nice place to live.
parkrun – willow parkrun.
that is the end of the place series there were only a few places i considered covering but opted against.
Todays news 29th decemeber 2025 monday
Road safety especially for pedestrians is reallt important the fact that bigger cars which arent that needed are causing more deaths need to be looked into.
todays gospel reflection feast of the holy family year a
matthew 2 13-15 19-23
this is the story of how joseph got jesus and mary just after jesuses birth to flee for egypt to save themselves from herod and how after his death they are told to return to israel but the successor of herod was also a risk so this is why they set up in nazaerth and why jesus is called a nazerene. not much of a lesson here other than you may be persecuted for your faith but still its important to keep your faith.
Todays news 28th december 2025 sunday
Villa beat chelsea 2-1 this morning. The liberals have a youth problem due to ignoring the housing and climste crisis.
Todays news 27tb december 2025 saturday
A royal comision is not a necesity for the bondi attack.
Todays news 26th decemeber 2025 friday boxing day
A qantas flight to melbourne diverted to adelaide recently. Nsw to outlaw protests for two weeks good idea considering how dangerous its gotten lately.
today’s gospel reflection christmas day
this is the one from the dawn mass not the day one as i covered that last year.
luke 2 15-26
this is the story of when the shepards visit baby jesus in the manger and how they wre blessed to see him and even how they knew before he came wich made mary proud they ended up praising god which is the right thing and to believe what you have been told which is an important message.
Todays news 25th decemeber 2025 chirstmas day
Merry chirstmas to everyone hope you have a great day. Qatar airways to reduce san fran flights from daily to 5 per week.
Todays news 24th december 2025 wenesday christmas eve
Ex liberal mp katie allen has died aged 59.
pokemon tf story christmas wish
a few weeks ago dawn was sick and said this might be her last christmas her piplup would do anything for his trainer and saw a shooting star and wishes that it and dawn wouldn’t be seperated and be alike the next morning dawn is missing from the er room and they look and its piplup who finds her but she is now a piplup and after realising dawn lost her human memories other than about him decides to leave the area and help it get stronger again.
animal tf story suprise sibling
a young boy named nate was about to start a new school year his parents say there will be a suprise when he gets home from school on the first day he meets a “transfer” student girl named milda who shares his last name and they immeditaelyt become close friends during the first day of school they even bond over the fact that he wants to not only have a pet dog but be one. nate walks home from school after saying goodbye to milda. it isn’t a long walk home when he arrives he hears a voice that confuses him it sounded like milda but can’t see anyone than he looks down and sees a female black labrador puppy with her eyes at the front of his house he picks up the puppy and asks if its milda than his parents come out and she turns back into her human form confuisng him. his parents explain that milda is acctually his sister but had to be kept apart for their safety due to some bad guys wanted her changing power and reveals he can change into a puppy of the same breed as well he does and he and milda are not only best friends but siblings and happy.
Todays news 23rd december 2025 tuesday
The booing of our pm is not accsptable.
place guide albury
location – north side of the murray river north of wodonga.
electorate – farrer
transport – airport with direct flights to melbourne, sydney and brisbane. train station with service on the mlebourne sydney line.
population – 53677
attractions – a lot of parks wonga wetlands, hume weir nearby.
accomdation – several hotels.
shops – a lot of major chains including jb hifi, eb games and others. quite a few book shops. a great place for a roast lunch is carvin it up. there are a lot of pubs.
catholic church – there is two st pats centeral albury and sacred heart north albury (which lives streams masses on youtube you can check it out 9am every sunday) both have multiple masses each weekend nearby thurgoona and lavington are seperate parishes.
other religion – anglican
parkrun – albury/wododnga parkrun (wodonga does have a seperate one though)
next time – to finish this series i will cover wodonga my home town.
Todays news 22nd december 2025 mondsy
Three days till christmas. A royal comisioon on bondi is proabbly overreach. Roads do need fixing in country areas.
todays gospel reflection 4th sunday of advent year a
matthew 1 18-24
this is the story of how jesus was born and how joseph was unsure if he wanted to be the father due to the holy spirit being involveed and how the angel came in a dream saying about the coming jesus although it is often called emanuel until his birth which is hard to understand. this is not the birth story though that is told at christmas time. the lesson is the lord already has a plan and you must believe.
there will be an extra reflection for christmas day on thursday.
Todays news 21st december 2025 sunday
Chelsea drew with newcastle 2-2 while liverpool won at spurs and city beat west ham.
paw patrol season 12 episode 10
“pups save a big brother”
pups must resuce garvey after it get jealous of the ohter goats.
“pups save a giant baby”
the pups must rescue a baby that gets too big whihch ends well.
next time no idea what ep 11 holds ep 12 is on the blog already.
paw patrol season 12 episode 8
“pups save a topiary tal’
the pups have to rescue tal who is dressed as a topiary plant.
“pups save a hum ball”
in the forest mayor humdinger is bored and is in a hum ball being lazy but it gets in trouble so the pups must rescue him.
next time episode 9 is already on the blog so ep 10 features a brother.
Todays news 20th decemeber 2025 saturday
Taking sides in the middle east is dangeourous unless its protecting civilians on both sides.
Todays news 19th decemeber 2025 friday
Finair are launching melbourne flights via bangkok from helsinki.
Todays news 18th decemebr 2025 thursday
A trump adress will disurpt the survivor finale airing in the us tonight. Frydenburg should not try and return to parliament csnt see why it would help.
pokemon tf story cold camp
two kids were lost in the snow one day after getting seperated in a blizzard from their parents they were looking for some mamowswine when it gets worse they almost freeze but then wake up suddenly feeling weird and see a bunch of mamowswine running down the mountain and insticinvely follow them not realising they were now mamowswine themselves until the leader of the heard told them and are supprised but happy.
animal tf story female reindeer
santa is having trouble with the reindeer for this christmas as one of them has just fallen sick and theres not enough to pull the sleigh and is at a loss until he saw a letter from a young girl named zalia who said she wanted to meet santas reindeer and wonder what its like to be a reindeer. So he used a bit of magic and then waited. zalia was restless that night for somereason and couldn’t sleep when she woke up she wasn’t in her bed and was confused she moved what she thought was her hand but it was a reindeer hoof confusing her than santa appears and says hows my new reindeer at first she wanted to scream but then looked at herself and it was true her dream came true santa revealed that he needed help to pull the sleigh this year and knew about her dream asked if she can be trianed he says you only have 2 weeks but it takes 4 days and she became a natural and the delievery went well. when given the option of staying a reindeer at the north pole she agreed.
Todays news 17th december 2025 wenesday
Omanair to return to singapore after 9 years.
Todays news 16th decemeber 2025 tuesday
The attack on the bondi jewish community is a disgrace and should be condoned.
place guide myltelford
location – north east victoria between wangaratta and bright south of wodonga north east of melbourne.
electorate – indi
transport – no more trains no airport.
population – 3285
attractions – parks, museum, wineries.
accomdation – hotel
shops – pubs, cafes, op shops, wineries. coles.
catholic church – mass 5pm saturday (6pm in daylight savings) and 9am sunday. they also provide whorouly and bright mass.
other religion – presberterian, valley life, anglican
parkrun – ovens river trail parkrun.
next time – albury
Todays news 15th december 2025 monday
A shooting at bondi killed 16 shocking.
todays gospel reflection 3rd sunday of advent year a
matthew 11 2-11
this explains how john the baptist is the messenger of the coming christ and this takes place during jesus time and how he explains that jesus is more significtant than him and is the one that the profits fortold.
Todays news 14th december 2025 sunday
Chelsea beat everton 2-0. There is no excuse to bankrupt brittany higgins it is disgusting by linda reynolds.
Todays news 13th decemebr 2025 saturday
Centreal coast lost 2-1 to auckland. Brownyn bishop has no right to comment on expenses scandal as she abused the system herself.
Todays news 12th decemeber 2025 friday
Labor lead in the polls despite the expenses scandla with nats mp andrew wilcox way over using it.
Todays news 11th december 2025 thursday
Trump is being disgraceful supporitng putin whose in the wrong on the war in terms of what he wants
pokemon tf story gym leader to powerhouse
koga had passed on the gym to janine but wasn’t sure if he wanted to keep up with the elite 4 job and wanted to be a posion type to help her without realising he found a bunch of weird looking sludge just outside of the gym when he went to pick it up his body changed into that of a venuasaur not realising his daughter janine was watching who than catches him and realises its a mega venasaur which gives her much more strength for the battle and koga forgets most of his past.
animal tf story summer camp dogs
it was the start of summer and a group of kids are going to a unique new summer camp at a place called dog springs where they are told they will have a unique experience. annie just wanted to see the dogs while ned wanted to play with them and other kids had different goals but are told they will experience something with dogs as their summer camp. on arrival they are given instructions to head to certain rooms and put what looks like a dog collar on when asked the councilor says its to not intermidiate the dogs. they all put it on at the same time and ned is the first to notice he is feeling weird and his reaction becomes a bark suddenly they started itching all over and dropping to all fours suddenly the kids where no more they were replaced by labrador dogs of different colors with the exception of one girl who becomes a border collie. the councilor says they will be dogs for the length of a normal dog life and will soon forget thier humanity as well as saying it is the breed they wanted or their parents wanted them to be and will be at the end of the cmap returned to their human families as dogs. the kids were shocked but accepted their fate.
survivor dream cast
this is my dream cast for survivor.
borneo – no one
australian outback – jerri
africa – no one
marquesas – sean
thailand – no one
amazon – no one considered heidi
pearl islands – no one considered christa
vanautu – no one considered ami
palau – no one considered stephenie can’t have the late angie unfortunately.
gutamala – no one
panama – terry dietz
cook islands – ozzy,
fiji – michelle
china – amanda
micronesia – no one
gabon – no one
tocantins – sierra
samoa – russell (big call but i had to include a samoa representitive due to being the first season i watched)
nicragua – no one considered brenda.
redemption island – stephenie
south pacific – mikalya
one world – no one
philapines – rc, malcolm
caramoan – reynold
blood vs water – ciera
cagayan – no one
suan juan del sur – kelley wentworth.
words apart – mike (one winner of each gender again)
kaoh rong – michelle yes i am doubling a name and thats the female winner.
milealis vs gen x – jay
heroes vs healers vs hustlers – no one
ghost island – domeick
david vs goalith – no one
edge of extinction – lauren
island of the idols – janet
new era will be represented this time but not many but i had to include these two.
43 – jesse
48 – eva
i still have some pre 50 content including my favourite and least favourite players of all time and a review of 49 and a guide to 50 but these will likely be in the new year most of them.
Todays news 10th decemebr 2025 wenesday
Fatima payman is the latest parliamentarian involved in the expense scandal that might claim minister anaeka wells.
today’s news 9th december 2025 tuesday
barnaby has offically left the nats to join one nation disgraceful he should resign. qantas to launch international flights to the gold coast from auckland a weird sydney-auckland-apia flight as well as having alreday launched perth to johenesburg and auckland flights.
place guide rutherglen
location – northeast victoria between yarrawonga and wodonga near corowa.
electorate – indi
transport – no more trains no airport.
population – 2579
attractions – wineries shops skate park. there is also a mass tree in the nearby town of wagunyah.
accomdation – there should be a hotel.
shops – book shop, lolly shop, a few winies, cafes.
catholic church – there is mass every sunday at 9am the preist serves chiltern and wagunyah as well.
other religion – uniting the vine (whatever that is)
parkrun – n/a
next time – myltelford
Todays news 8th december 2025 monday
Labor are well ahead 55-45 in the latest poll with one nation gaining on the libs.
a paw patrol christmas special review
after a chirstmas song “can you believe its finally christmas” its clear mayor humdinger isn’t happy. rubble wants a laser drill for christmas. the pups help set up the christmas display in adventure bay with decorated pup viechles. the christmas star is givign rubble trouble setting it up but it ends up beautiful. mayor humdinger still resents santa and tries to damage the tree which the pups strsuggle to save and it catches fire but get it back up. santa rings mayor goodway to say he is sick with a cold and can’t deliver presents which gives mayor humdinger an idea to steal them. rubble is upset so he works with mayor humdinger to try and get his laser drill but mayor humdingers plan isn’t good and ryder decides to try and save rubble heading to the north pole on arrival santa claus feels better but mayor humdinger still wants revenge but his plan is stopped by the paw parol and santa claus even though he took the sleigh.
todays gospel reflection 2nd sunday of advent year a
matthew 3 1-12
this is the story of how john the baptist who speaks about how he will baptise differently to jesus who is more important which is interestnig as john the baptists mum and mary (jesuss mum) knew each other in another gospel story. the fact that this is part of how john the baptist is one of the last prophets talking about jesus coming. the message is jesus is the real salvation and you should be ready for him comiing when it happens.
tomarrow is a feast day for the imaccualte conception but i likely won’t cover it.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 14 final part
“stopping giritina”
the battle against the tough legendry is very hard but the combo attack is just enough then the pokemon that helped get them to the human world says its time for them to return to the pokemon world all of them as yuki and gingka lost their pokemon memories which is supprising to them. they all return to the pokemon world and then they are happy and get back to their journey.
that is the story hope you enjoyed it.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 13
“revenge”
satoshi is out for revenge still and after being baled out but realises he doesn’t have a pokemon but he works on a device to take over some but angers the pokemon instead leading to naria, lake and marlia stopping him but unleashes a powerful legendry giritina appear and is angry than something happens to gingka and he disapears and replaced with a pikachu and yuki is replaced by an eevee realising the final battle is about to start.
next time final part.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 14 final part
“final battle”
as ryder works to get his pups free chase and zuma battle and chase realises it is a mismatch so in a last ditch attempt he makes a call to throw a whole bunch of sewage and lightable things at the town but not reaising ski was one step ahead of them and with the cat pack take them down chase and liberty retreat with mayor goodway apologising and ryder says to her that if he can’t get her trust back same with chase and liberty there will be issues. carrie and ski are admited into the paw patrol for their actions and taylor stays for a while in adventure bay with everyone trying to figure out what could cause chase and liberty to defect. but there will be a bigger threat.
that is this story there may be a sequel at some point.
paw patrol fanficiton the quest part 13
“chase turns’
chase decides now is time to act and gathers the pups and their allies when he presses a button that traps them in cages except liberty revealing they dont want to mess up the plan to use the gem to have certain pups take over and mayor goodway appears agreeing but then ryder and the remainder turn up with backup and liberty is stunned to sees carrie and tries to attack her but it is a mismatch as carrie reveals the power of the gem once fully activated thanks to skye and zuma makes good pups really strong. the final battle is about to begin.
next time the final battle.
Todays news 7th december 2025 sunday
Chelsea drew with borumoth 0-0. North melbourne have made another profit which proves they should still be a club.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 12
“the man”
a man named satoshi appears and says he wants to study the pokemon but they refues to leading to him at least asking questions but with limited options he is suddenly arrested due to his past of questionable behaviour so he plots revenge.
next time seeking revenge.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 11
“combo attack”
the mamowswine are causing a lot of damage so naria lake and marlia suddenly reveal a combo attack that stops the stampede but it takes a tole on their human body so they stay in their pokemon form at this point meanwhile a man has been watching thier movements.
next time the man.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 12
“the destination”
the pups finally arrive and get skye healed when the water comes out which is why they got zuma to come with them as he suddenly gets the water under control taylor reveals she is aware of the powers of it to pure hearted pups once they get to a certain spot and skye gets some as well they decide to head back to adventure bay with their new friends but there’ll be a bad supprise.
next time chase truns.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 11
“humdingers plan”
mayor humdinger appears and reveals his plan is to use the gem to power his kittens which ryder and taylor says thats not a good idea he reveals mayor goodway is working against them with evidence supprising everyone.
next time destination.
paw patrol season 12 ep 12
“katies artic road trip”
katie goes on a road trip with the girl pups in the artic with cali nervous and they have to rescue a harp seal which goes well.
“pups save a magical mishap”
the goodway twins are doing a magical show but have problems so the pups must fix it.
next time no idea.
paw patrol season 12 episode 4
“pups save hummy mummys new home”
mayor humdingers mums is looking for a new home with humdingers help only for it to cause problems with getting trapped by gaters but it ends well.
“pups save adventure bakes”
the pups help a cooking show with rubble helping the show but miss winnington is triying to cheat but the pups stop her.
next time the next ep i have access to is ep 12 which is confusing.
Todays news 6th october 2025 saturday
The libs in south australia have changed leaders going to a woman 3 months from the election.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 10
“a hot spring trip”
naria yuki and gingka go to a hot spring for a weekends relaxation which calms them down a bit and they find out that gingka doesn’t remeber much about being little and yuki secretly tells naria that he was adopted at one point not to reveal it. that night naria is told there is a 4th pokemon involved but no more info. enroute to tokyo a mamoswine stampede is in progress.
next time the combo attack
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 9
“the other pokemon”
with people now starting to see pokemon the concerns are getting bigger and than gingka hears a report of a todotile putting out fires so they decide to investigate and find a little girl named marlia who is revealed to be the todotile in the same way she tells naria a lot more information and that the real world could be destroyed if things keep going the way it is.
next time relaxation.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 10
“closing in”
nearing their destination skye starts feeling really worse and ryder is concerned they stop at a rest stop in the mountains and run into an old friend of everests named ski who says that she knew they were coming and to be careful in the mountains when a call comes through that mayor humdinger is following them.
next time humdingers plan.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 9
“mayor goodway turns”
after an argument with the team chase decides to go to mayor goodway before the other pups get to her and she says she will do something when ryder returns but they need to wait their time for now as she knows the gem is important for a plan. Meanwhile rocky reports chases actions to ryder and he realises something is really wrong.
next time close to the destination.
Todays news 5th december 2025 friday
Leeds beat chelsea 3-1 while liverpool drew with sunderland.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 8
“toruing tokyo”
realising naria needs to relax the gang including lake spend the day going around tokyo which makes naria realise the world will be worth protecting that night she has a dream where she is told that in exchange for saving thier life she had to protect the world but tthats all shes told.
next time the todotile appears.
pokemon fanfiction chikroita in japan part 7
“recovery”
taken to a human hospital naria recovers quickly but changes into her chikorita form just before being released which stuns everyone as its the first time they see it as people shouldn’t be able to see it . yuki and gingka explain some of the situation with lakes help they are able to convince them its not a threat and they get scientists to investigate it after a blood test.
next time touring tokyo.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 8
“back in adventure bay”
meanwhile chase and liberty decide to convince the other pups to get their help with a plan involving the gems but there behaviour has marshall and rocky report them to ryder and the rest of the team don’t agree to it leading to chase refusing to help with a rescue. so ryder is now worried after the report but knows its too tough so he calls a friend to temporarily lead the team.
next time mayor goodway turns.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 7
:truck show pup”
the group arrive at the thing where roxy is being attcaked by a pup named lance who recognises taylor and than tries to flee but is stopped by a still sick skye. he says he needs the gem to get his friend better but they warn him that it has the other effect he than leaves. roxy is healed and they move on when a call comes through.
next time decent in adventure bay.
Todays news 4th december 2025 thursday
Ita airlines to launch houston flights. Jetstar launch cebu flights.
survivor nightmare cast
this would be my nightmare all star cast i tried to keep it at 20 players but went with 24 going in season order some will have more than one some will have zero.
borneo – no one was considered.
asutralian outback – considered colby but decided against it.
africa – considered lex and t-bird went with lex for old schoolr esperentation.
marquesas – considered kathy but thought her and lex together again wouldn’t be wise.
thailand – considered brian but decided against it due to only wanitng limited winners.
amazon – no one was considered.
pearl islands – considered fairplay but not after micronesia almost chose burton but he is largely forgotten now.
vanautu – put twila in the cast also considered eliza but chose aganist it.
palau – no one
gutamala – considered rafe and lydia (the later ruled out due to age).
panama – no one was considered.
cook islands – had to have penner on my nightmare cast as i can’t stand him at all.
fiji – no one
china – phih-gee
micronesia -all the considerations where early boots.
gabon – crystal made the cut considered ken and corinne as well.
tocantins – had to have coach can’t stand him. tyson was considered but being a winner ruled him out briefly considered stephen but not seriously.
samoa – had to include someone form that season as it was the first i watched so i went with monica.
nircragua – going with holly as naonka is a quitter.
redemption island – phillip no question my most hated player ever.
south pacific – unless you conut coach no one they would have picked due to brandons melt down.
one world – same but the reasoning is coltons quit considered monica and chelsea.
phillapines – have to have abi-maria.
caramoan – sherri
blood vs water – no one
cagayan – spencer
suan juan del sur – natalie anderson wanted one female and one male winner.
worlds apart – no one
kaoh rong – no one
milenials vs gen x – david, hannah
heroes vs healers vs hustlers – ben for the male winner it was him or tommy.
ghost island – no one
david vs goliath – angelina no question my most hated female player of all time.
edge of extinction – ron
island of the idols – so many to pick from i will go with dean and missy (for diversity reasons the later).
there maybe a gender disballance but thats not what im going for i also decided to avoid the new era for now.
next week is my dream cast look forward to that.
pokemon tf story pokeringer trouble
a town is having its pokeringer contest but a mysterious illneess effects the flying types and some of the locals can’t even enter and after a threat from a visiting trainer they decide to make three kids from the village turn into flying types for the contest turning into a pidgeot, talonflame and unfenzant respecitvely they protect the contes t with one of them winning it for a local trianer. the change ends up being permanent as they got the option to.
animal tf story wanting to fly like an eagle
a young girl named alice was really into flying and wanted to see the world like an eagle but thought it was impossible until one day she finds a feather and a note to head to a nearby peak alone she heads there and sees some eagles flying around and wishes she could join them when the feather attaches to her and suddenly she looks and she is not on the ground and looks her body is now that of an eagle a bigger one introduces itself as the one who made her change for her dream and they flew off to the distance.
pokemon fanfiction chikroita in japan part 6
‘train problems”
taking the yanamote line to an apopintment it is stopped when the train is damaged by an attack they realise its a rhydon doing the attacking and naria battles it and looks like it wins until rhydon evolves into rypherior which leads to a draw but naria is hurt.
next time recovery.
pokemon fanfiction chikroita in japan part 5
“the cynadaquil boy”
the boy introduces himself as lake who is supprised to see another pokemon saying he was taken to this world for a goal and says he can fuse with cynadaquil but won’t show them until he can trust them naria turns into her chikorita form and they battle which she loses due to the types but then lake heals her revealing a rare power. the next morning a train trip in town has problems.
next time rhydon attack.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 6
“a confusing call”
the call was from liberty stating be careful of a pup named carrie which leads to an argument and carrie reveals that she is from adventure city and had a good owner who was forced to give her up by bad parents and found out that liberty had replaced her. ryders confused and tries to get information from liberty who says that owner had acctually passed away just before she met ryder but thats all she can say. another call comes through saying theres a problem at roxys stunt show nearby and carrie agrees to go with them.
next time friend or foe.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 5
“the mysterious temple pup”
as they try and find the mysterious pup they finally figure their way to the pup a young female lab named carrie who says she is shy and has lived in the temple since being abandoned for another pup a little while ago and recognises ryder and skye for some reason she helps them get out but then ryder realises he missed a call.
next time carries past.
Todays news 3rd decemeber 2025 wenesday
Russia needs to be stopped or else we are heading for another european war or worse a world war 3
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 4
“attack on harajuku”
that morning the news reports of a weird incident in harajuku they go and investigate it and find some durant attacking food venders which is barely stopped as naria uses sweent scent they realise in human form anyone can see her but in pokemon form only yuki and gingka can see naria that is what they think until a boy tuns up with a cynadaquil.
next time who is this boy.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 3
“confusion”
naria explains the limited information she has to yuki and gingka but all she says is she from the pokemon world and knows nothing other than she was being attacked. yuki reveals that there have been a few pokemon sightings in the real world but no oe believes them so they need naria to lay low if she can change forms like she did earlier. luckily they have a spare room which they let her stay in for a bit that night she changes into her chikorita form and a voice tells her that this is part of a plan.
next tiem harajuku attacked.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 4
“the jungle”
chase and liberty report to someone what has happened and they agree to wait a bit for their plan. meanwhile ryder taylor skye and zuma arrive at the jungle where appartently the first clue is which carlos and tracker already have a lead for and look in the monkey temple which needs repair and they are told about a pup that has been creating issues but everytime they think they hear it it vanishes.
next time the mysterious pup.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 3
“departure”
ryder calls a meeting to state they will depart the next morning and indicates that he needs one of the pups to go with him zuma vulenteers so agrees and says he will be back with the antidote as soon as he can for skye and tells the pups to be careful in the mean time. chase doesn’t want to lead so rocky is in charge temporarily. when ryder leaves he realises skye is following him so they reluctantly let her go with them.
next time the jungle.
Todays news 2nd december 2025 tuesday
Virgin launch melbourne to doha flights 16 years to the date of when qatar launched the route.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 2
“arrival”
twins yuki and gingka are having a normal morning at their home in tokyo they have been noticing weird things happening in town with yuki (whose a girl in this story) seeing brief images of pokemon and tells gingka but they still don’t believe what is happening on their way back from school one day they spot a girl in a weird state they pick her up and the body changes into a chikorita confusing everyone and than let her go she changes back confused they walk her home the girl says she is naria.
next itme what has happened.
pokemon fanfiction chikorita in japan part 1
this is an attempt to write a story involving pokemon but in the real world with a slight twist.
“the night of change”
a young chikorita was with its trainer naria in the ilex forrest when the group is attacked by a bunch of ariados cihkorita barely fights them off but naria is hurt than a v oice says to it how far are you prepared to go to save your trainer the chikorita says it would do anything. than they vanish.
next time busy tokyo morning.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 2
“skyes sick”
ryder immediately finds skye feeling sick and dizzy and asks what happened rubble says liberty showed her a gem image that caused the reaction. ryder introduces taylor to the group and she had warned him about this possible problem taylor says she can be healed but will need a antidote and asks ryder to quest to get it ryder agrees and will make plans.
next time departure.
paw patrol fanfiction the quest part 1
this is a new fanfiction series which is going to be a tricky plot but here it goes.
“the meeting”
it was a normal day in adventure bay when a new girl named taylor arrives in town with information for ryder that she needs to tell him in private while this happens chase and liberty go to a secret meeting about a gem. ryder is told by taylor that he will need to go and find something for the sake of adventure bay that will involve a quest initally reluctant until he sees the image of it that taylor shows him that causes a reaction. taylor says you must be careful not to show female pups this as it can have unintended concequences on good ones. ryder is about to call a meeting when rocky and marshall say skye is sick.
next time the illness.
place guide yackendandah
location – north east victoria between wodonga and myltelford near beechworth and barnawatha. north east of melbourne.
electorate – indi
transport – no trains anymore no airport.
population – 2008
attractions – walking tracks. swimming pool.
accomdation – caravan park
shops – newsagent, cafes, pubs, op shop,
catholic church – weekly mass 1030am sunday part of beechworth parish which is administered by wangaratta but they use a suply preist usually.
other religions – angilican.
parkrun – yes there is one.
next time – rutherglen
Todays news 1st december 2025 monday
Chelsea drew with arsenal 1-1 while liverpool beat west ham 2-0 and man u beat pallace 2-1. A lot of airbus 320s have been grounded due to safety concerns.
today’s gospel reflection first sunday of advent year a 30th november 2025
matthew 24 37-44
this is a story of being prepared for the coming of the son of man as in jesus and comparing it to the flood in noahs time and how if your not ready you won’t be in heaven and you must stay awake and be prepared. an important message that you must be ready for the coming of jesus at christmass.
Todays news 30th novemebr 2025 sunday
North have won the aflw final over brisbane. Albo has gotten married to his partner yesterday. The lnp have won a qld by election off the katter party.
Todays news 29th november 2025 saturday
The aflw are giving handouts to only collingwood gold coast and gws controversal
Todays news 28th november 2025 friday
Barnaby has left the nats offically becoming an independent. Venzuela needs help not punishemnt.
survivor winner reviews
this is a guide to the 46 winners of us survivor only considering the us version in reference to parvati, tony and sandra (who have been on the australian version) thisi s a ranking and is a work in progress on their survivor carrers (why i say 46 when 48 seasons have aired is tonly and sandra have won us survivor twice) this will likely be in draft form till finished and may update when 49 finishes and is based on their survivor carrer now to the rankings and this will be slightly controversal. this rankings is a combo of personal preference and their game play.
46. brian heidik season 5 – big call but he is one of two winners who only won because of a juror who should not have been on the jury (ted) and barely beat a clear goat in clay while his 3 immunity wins and strategical control was very good its the whole ted situation that hurts him substantionally in the rankings and his lack of social game costs him.
45 fabio season 21 – this is the other winner whose win was controversal due to jurors that made the difference in this case (purple kelly and naonka) who quit the game making the difference his social game was quite good and 4 immunites including 3 when he needed to is a big help to his case but if you don’t win normal jurors votes than you rank lowly sadly.
44. chris underwood season 38 – again ranked lowly this is because he is the only winner to be voted out and come back and win the game his end game is impressive but is all over the place his social game is good though.
43. ben season 35 (returned for 40) – if you need a last minute twist to win the game than your very low having to survive 4 tribals with idols over 2 seasons and the last minute fire making twist and confrotational not someone i rank highly at all might have put him last if i could.
42. boston rob – season 22 (played in 4, 8, 20, 40) he loses a lot of points for the fact he won on his 4th attempt took my most hated player to the end (phillip) and his non-winning seasons were all over the place while 4 and 20 were average and 8 he probably should have won 40 loses him a lot of points this is a very tough ranking though.
41. tommy – season 39 same as brian but no controversy directly from his win very unlikeable for the dan situation and i could swap him for rob but the fact he won convicignly counts for something on his first attempt.
40. wendell – season 36 (retruned for 40) – this is another low ranking due to the fact he didn’t win a traditional final tribal and is one of the more annoying winners on the board but props to his social game.
39. gaber season 43 – still haven’t had a woman yet but his run was far from convicing at all played a good socail game i guess.
38. amber – season 8 (also played in 2 and 40) – had to break the run of men and it was between her and another woman from season 2 a good social game but only had one memorable run.
37. tina – season 2 (returrned for 8 adn 27) never been a fan and can be annoying props for her age but questionable moves in the rules and her overreaction to the arass blindside in blood vs water costs her.
36. nick season 37 (Returned for 40) last of the winners who dragged an awful person to the end (angelina) his gameplay while impressive not remarkable.
35. richard season 1 (Returned for 8) the inapproaite touching incident costs him dearly here.
34. bob season 17 – old guy reasonable player good in challenges but bad at strategy.
33. denise season 25 (returned for 40) – remarkable she lasted every tribal first time but giving up on season 40 pretty much a mark against her.
32. yul season 13 (returned for 40) – another controversal pick last guy where twists saved him but his dealings with penner effects his rankings.
31. tyson season 27 (returned for 18 20 and 40) – too aroagant one good season keeps him high.
30. jt season 18 (returned for 20 and 34) stupidest winner on the board only good first time.
29. todd season 15 – loses points for anger issues good strategist.
28. chris sesaon 9 – not much to like other than his underdog run.
27. cocheran season 26 (played in 23) – hated him first time earned the win the 2nd
26. sophie season 23 (returned for 40) – a very mixed bag if it was on her winning season only would be lower but gets points for some of winners at war game.
25. danni season 11 returned for 40) – invissible lucky likeable.
24, dee season 45 – don’t rember much.
23. kenzie season 46 – same
22. natalie anderson – season 29 (returned for 40) – despite getting votes in the all-winners season her game was largely invisible for 2/3rds of both seasons but her end game in 29 keeps her up.
21. – jam jam – season 44 – nothing to dislike but not a fan.
20. maryanne season 42 – her character loses her points but good winner.
19. aras season 12 (returned for 27) – good at keeping people in line but not much else to say.
18. kyle season 48 – not bad.
17. adam season 33 (returned for 40) – like him a lot but questions over his game play.
16. sandra season 7 and 20 (returned for 34 and 40) – first two time winner but no challenge wins and lucky the 2nd ime.
15. jenna season 6 (returned for 8) – her tendacy to nearly quit hurts her but 4 inmunity wins and likeable.
14. rachel season 47 – suprise challenge beast but lucky.
13. ethan sesaon 3 returned for 8 and 40 – likeable but too close to lex.
12. sarah – season 34 (returned for 28 and 40) – good player and underrated only problem was her first game.
11. vecepia season 4 – good player but forgotten.
10. jeremy season 31 (29 and 40 played in) – the luck with an idol hurts him but very likeable.
9. parvati season 16 (13 20 and 40) – unlucky in 20 but a complete mixed bag.
8. erica season 41 – first woman in a while underrated.
7. natalie white seaosn 19 – high up due to social game and first season i ever watched.
6. tom season 10 (returned for 20) – smart good at challenges despite his age.
5. kim season 24 (returned for 40) – best female competitor challenge wise to win and quite good.
4. tony season 28 and 40 (returned for 34) poor game changes run costs him.
3. michelle season 32 returned for 40 – my favourite female winner and very close to favourite over all and probably most consistant player of multiple seasons.
2. earl season 14 – best one time player margin wise but just less likeable than.
- mike halloaway season 30 – 5 immunity wins underdog story very likeable great man.
and thats the list two more survivor posts before end of year 1 will be my nightmare cast the other a dream cast for an all-star season. also before 50 there will be a 49 review and 50 preview but they will likely be in the new year.
Todays news 27th november 2025 thursday
Chelsea beat barcelona 3-0 yesterday in the champions league.
pokemon tf story scary test
a girl named mia was dared by her siblings and parents forced to go to the old cheatu in sinnoh and interact with a tv that is rumored to be cursed. She is forced to again agaisnt her wishes and they hear a sound her family abandons her and then she gets shocked by a pokemon named rotom which she is scared but the rotom speaks to her saying that they don’t care about her it does and shows off its power with applainces which supprises her so she decides to get rvenge on her family confusing them completly before deciding to stay a rotom.
animal tf story retiring as a wolf
for margret being an older woman had its challenges but one thing she always liked was wolves and wished she had that freedom in her later years her grandson nick also loved wolves and had similar dreams. on a cold day nick met a girl of his age maria who asked him some quesitons and than said bring his family with him to a meeting place in the woods that night. nick told margret and she agreed as nicks parents worked a lot and weren’t often around and let margret help raise him. that night they headed there and see a wolf cub with marias eyes who than spoke saying she is part of a rare wolf clan that can make peoples wolf desires come true and had been watching them from a distance and then scratched them leading to nick and margret turning into wolves maria said they can turn back to human after the first full moon but doubts they want to and at that point nick will gain her powers at the full moon and margret already has those powers but had forgotten due to amnesia as a little cub. they were happy though.
Todays news 26th november 2025 wenesday
Pauline hansen has been suspended from the senate due to her stunt and her cartoons promo haw been stopped from bejng shown in parliament house.
Todays news 25th novemebr 2025 tuesday
Trumps peace plan is not good and unfair not to mention unlikely to work. Pauline hansens burqa stunt shouldnt be allowed.
place guide beechworth
location – north east victoria near chiltern yackdendandah and stanley south west of wodonga and sydney north east of melbourne.
transport – no rail service since the 1970s and no airport either.
population – 3290
.electorate – indi
attractions – the old jail, the gallery, a lot of walking areas and parks. also lots of nearby wineries and orchids. there is also something called a church walk which i found doing my research for this.
accomdation – quite a few hotels and bandbs.
shops – book shops, there is a market once per month, lolly shops, craft shops, food shops.
catholic church – sunday mass is 9am weekly they don’t have their own preist anymore despite being head of a parish while its administered by wangaratta a visiting preist usually provides the masses for here and yackendndah (which is in the same parish) i think there is also a wenesday weekday mass as well.
other religions – anglican, uniting.
parkrun – n/a
next time – yackendandah
Todays news 24th november 2025 monday
The liberals are in dire poling federally proving dumping netzero was wrong.
todays gospel reflection christ the king year c luke 23 35-43
this gospel story is taken from the end of the passion story of when jesus is on the cross and is being verbally attacked and how one of the others on the cross saw jesus and asked for jesus to remeber him when he comes into his kingdom its also where the enscription that describes jesus kings of the jews is from. this story is about how jesus forgave sins even on his last day and how if you eventually believe and obey the lord you too will be forgiven.
next week is the start of advent so its a new laturgical year.
Todays news 23rd november 2025 sunday
Chelsea beat burnley 2-0 while notingham forest stun liverpool 3-0. Brisbane and north will play in the aflw grand final.
Todays news 22nd novemeber 2025 saturday
Qantas and virgin to ban power banks on flights a good idea safety wise also more planes need charging spots. The social media bans opponents dont care about the vulnerable and also america shouldnt complain. It is insane channel 7 have the rights to ths aflw and the ashes which are the same time which is poor planing.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 10 final part
‘saving the pikachu part 2″
the leader raichu is revealed to be a distrusted pikachu who left the group and evolved and had become really strong and is mad at liko for some reason the battle though goes in likos favor and it is stopped the group are told about a spring nearby which can calm pokemon down so they take the raichu there which acctually works after the formerly bad raichu leave. jay reveals to liko and ritchie that its up to them if they return to their human forms on the condition if the place is attacked again they will be called to help the same way but in another twist they can change forms at will but have to avoid thunder stones they decide to return to their old lives but still use their pikachu forms occasionally to not get rusty and only tell trustworthy friends what happened.
the end.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 9
“fighting to save the pikachu part 1”
the area is again attacked this time by a bunch of angry raichu which are being used to take out the pikachu having somehow gotten through liko and ritchie hold them off easily until their leader turns up.
next time final showdown final part.
Todays news 21st november 2025 friday
The nsw libs will have a new leader after their leader lost support and resigned.
pokemon fanficiton pikachu heroes part 8
“liko and ritchie meet and the attack”
as they train liko and ritchie finally meet and realise they are changed people but a bunch of rogue pokemon and the battle is quick and they are not known. sparky than appears revelaing he was asked to look after ritchie.
next time more battles.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 7
“the other pikachu”
meanwhile ritchie is having the same weird dreams similar to what liko was having and is given a message that the pikachu needs his help and wakes up in the pikachu dimension in a pikachu body again confused and notices his change and sparky is missing a female named darah shows up and after meeting the elder it is the same situation.
next time first attack.
today’s news 20th november 2025 thursday
air asia x to launch instanbul flights. the afl draft needs fixing to keep all 18 clubs competitive which is complicated with father/son and accedemy picks.
review church st hotel wodonga
i thought id review the dinner i had last night at the chruch st hotel which the first thing id say is the staff are very friendly but the main thing you review a place for is the food first thing id say there is a very good gluten free menu including what i had a gluten free parmi and chips which tasted really good (you can get gluten parmis as well and southern fried parmis (both gluten free and with gluten)). they have a lot of sides and shared plates as well but be careful of spiciness with some of those dishes. overall a good experience 9/10 recomended and superb.
pokemon tf story champion to dragon
lance was always interested in what his dragonite go through and finds a weird symboled thing which has him dream that hes flying like one not realising it wasn’t a dream he looks and sees he is a dragonite and his pokemon had been released a voice also says its preminant but he doesn’t mind.
animal tf story mentally confused
a young girl named aria has had a weird mental disease where she often acts like a dog but is clearly human and it has been getting worse doctors can’t figure it out she has rarely even see dogs so how she started acting like one has been a mystery to her parents. One night aria couldn’t sleep for once looked at the moon and something changed in her and let out a big bark like a dog which wasn’t the first time but it felt so natural to her and looked down her body was a small choclate labrador puppy female her grandma who was staying explained the truth she was always a dog but was forced into a human body due to concerns about her small body and is growing at a human rate so will eventually be a full grown dog but until she grows can change to a human during the day but maintain her dog mind her parents understood as well.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 6
“Seeing captain”
captain pikachu appears in front of liko and explains he knew likos past when they met but didn’t say anything as she couldn’t understand pikachu talk in human form but explains that there is no way back into being a human as far as he knows and if there was it won’t happen till the task is complete captain then returns back saying it go between dimensions at any point.
next time the other pikachu appears.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 5
“training’
liko decides to see what attacks she knows and quickly masters thunderbolt, quick attcak and volt tackle but struggles with iron tail and jay says its tough but helps with it. then they get a supprise.
next time captain returns home.
Todays news 19th november 2025 wenesday
The liberals have selected jess wilson as their new victorian leader.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 4
“meeting the elder”
liko is guided by jay to the elder now being able to walk like a normal pikachu without issue. the older pikachu introduces himself saying a bit about the legend pikachu that needed to return but doesn’t reveal much at all but liko questions him and says that why is she now a pikachu all he says is she is a unique pikachu and theere is another one like her but not revealing something as liko leaves the elder tells jay to look after her because she is important.
next time training.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 3
“reaction”
the brave olivine is in chaos as liko is missing and there is no evidence of her exsistence much other than her pokemon and this leads to confusion freed tries to make a few calls but even likos parents don’t know where she is. but they also notice captain pikachu acting weird when this comes up.
next time liko meets the elder pikachu
today’s news 18th november 2025 tuesday
federally and in victoria and nsw the liberals may have new leaders soon which is scary and only in victoria a good idea. preferentional voting should stay at this point i don’t see an argument to change it yet.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 2
“transformed”
are you ok liko hears but doesn’t see a human and sees a pikachu which is clearly male confused about her reaction to her talking liko looks like down her body was no longer human but that of a female pikachu even with the female tail this confuses her as the only pikachu she had seen was a male (captain pikachu) with her still confsued. the male named jay decdies to take her to the older pikachu of the village.
next time reaction on the brave olivine.
pokemon fanfiction pikachu heroes part 1
this will be a brief fanfiction series not many parts but enjoy.
“legend among pikachu’
many years ago there was a seperate village where only pikachu exist that is protected by a magical barrier that keeps humans out but there is a legend that a pikachu was sent to the other side to find a missing female pikachu whose powers were beyond the normal pikachu that only a few knew about but had been secretly made human and a pikachu was sent to spy on it. meanwhile on the brave olivine liko has a bad headache and decides to lie down not realising she won’t wake up in her traditional body.
next time wheres liko.
place guide deaderang
location – in the kiewa valley between mount beauty and tamgambalanga south of wodonga. northeast of melbourne.
transport – n/a
population – 198
electorate – indi
attractions – anual picnic races in febuary (used to be january).
accomdation – bed and breakfast.
shops – pub, antiques shop, petrol stop with cafe.
catholic church – one mass per month 1030am first sunday priest provided from wodonga also mass at christmas and easter.
other religions – anglican there is another church that closed a few years ago possibly presperriterian but don’t know definatevely.
parkrun – n/a
next time – beechworth
Todays news 17th november 2025 monday
The coalition once again want to destroy our relation with our region for their own political reasons and not in a good way going backwards on climate action will destroy our relationship with our neighbours.
todays gospel reflection 33rd sunday of ordinary time year c
luke 21 5-19
this is a confusing story of how temple will be destroyed explained and how those who believe in jesus will have to overcome being exiled and mistreated to end up in heaven with him. not an easy story to cover. next week is christ the king the end of ordinary time.
Todays news 16th november 2025 sunday
Carlton have ended the hawks aflw season by 46 while dees end crows season.
today’s news 15th november 2025 saturday
the counting of votes in australain elections needs to be quicker and we need to go back to the old senate voting system the fact it can take weeks to count votes is not helpful and one to six above the line is unnesarcy as it means you got to throw votes to bad candidates.
review qf1971 brisbane to albury 14th november 2025
this is my reivew of my flight home today.
qf1971 brisbane 10am
albury 1pm (1 hour time zone difference (1205 brisbane time) (5 minutes early)
the flight was nice friendly crew the meal was a hotdog which tasted good and interesting as well as a choclate. there were passengers talking during the safety demo which is not good or recomended. but was a smooth flight despite the clouds leaving brisbane. 9/10
and thats the reviews of this years main holiday.
review novitel brisbane airport
this was a disappointment i’ll start with the positives good bed to sleep in and friendly staff now to the negatives the pool is small and narrow and if there are other people in it you need to be careful the wifi also drops out way too often so don’t rely on it. i’ll note it is located not at the airport itself but pretty close to it. score 4.5/10
review q1 resort and spa surfers paradise
from sunday to thursday this week i stayed at q1 resort and spa on surfers paradise first thing to say is the pools are really good although be careful in the indoor pool as the stairs are very hard to spot so entering safely is not easy the outdoor one can be cold but still really good. the room is spacious and nice but can get very bright so it is hard to sleep with the sun rising early most mornings you need to be careful the wifi in the rooms is really good didn’t drop out once and the view is stunning and the microwave and washing machine/dwyer work. the other thing to note is the tvs don’t wokr like uusal and are pretty much useless as you can’t get the normal channels. the staff are very friendly no major issues with car parking and a good location. 8.5/10
Todays news 14th november 2025 friday
The libs have abandoned net zero and any real shot at long term goverenment. There is a rumor that canavan will replace michelle laundry in capricornia who will likely retire if he can beat one nations james ashby who is also rumored to run in a seat labor held till 2013 and were within a percent of winning in 16. The afl has annouced its fixture for 2026 with too many night games esepcailly on thursday friday and sunday. Linda reynolds does not deserve anything by not doing anythign to help higgins and supporting leherman the ciritercism may have been harsh but you do need to be careful supproting a rapist. The us goverenment shutdown might be over and no i dont think privtasing atc is a good idea.
Review farmboys kebabs surfers paradise
Just a brief review of my lunch today which was at farm boys kebabs which is a small cafe and i had chicken and chips which waa nice but wasnt a big serve which is slightly disappointing its more a lunch time than a main meal but it still tasted nice score 7/10
Todays news 13th november 2025 thursday
The liberals have abandoned net zero it looks like and will be in opposition for a long time at this rate.
review sky point view and meal
today i am reviewing the skypoint attraction which is near my hotel which is both an viewing platform and a cafe i ate at the cafe twice but i’ll start the review with the view which is massive and amazing although in some spots you can only see the ocean and theres no easy way to spot the airport but still really good.
view 8/10
meals the first time i went there i had a gluten free parmi and chips and it was really good not a bad service size tasted lovely and conisdering its hard to get in some places an outstanding meal 9.5/10. the secoind time i went there i had a gluten free garlic adn cheese pizza which was great and even tasted slightly differnt to the one i had at the italian place a few nights ago review is on the blog 9/10.
the one worry is at night it can get quite crowded we got in through the hotel were staying at but you need to be careful at peak times.
the hotel review (q1 resosrt and spa) as well as a review of tomarrows lunch will be ont he blog at some point as ewll as the flight home and the novitel brisbnae airport (where i’ms taying tomarrow night).
pokemon tf story moving house
a young boy named nicks family was moving house but unfortunately the day before both his parents had a back injury and it would take a massive effort to load the truck when he sees an old training scarf he puts it on and he suddenly changes into a machamp and his parents suddenly see the truc loaded with no issues and realise the machamp is their son and can change form freely with the scarf he wares.
animal tf story outswimming a seal
one day in a costal town there was an anual competition for a good child swimmer to outswim one of the local seals no one had done it but james was this years challenger he was 7 years old and had already been one of the fastest swimmers in his town. the night before he went down to the beech to practice and saw a female seal that he thinks hed be racing a bit sad which made him reconsider entering but his parents told him he had to for family pride. the race started and it is against the same seal who seemed distracted then half way through the race the vision cuts off and the female then kisses james shocking him and says to stop the race suddenly his hands become fins and she says this comp is unfair as humans can never otuswim sesals even if they wanted to and she wanted a brother and could tell he was caring enough and kind is what she wanted and had watched him really enjoy being around seals so it was set to change him even using some magical sea powers to change all the race and everything so it would happen james smiled.
survivor reason of elimination part 1 borneo to amazon and who outlasted their welcome
borneo
ep 1 sonja – fell during the challenge.
ep 2 bb – wanted to quit and asked to be voted out.
ep 3 sonja – sort of the weak link and production interference to save rudy
ep 4 ramona – sick earlier in the game.
ep 5 dirk – lazy
ep 6 joel – shogonistic and bossy.
ep 7 gretchen – one of the leaders of pagong (greg had immunity)
ep 8 greg – biggest challenge threat
ep 9 jenna – alphabetic voting strategy.
ep 10 gervase – challenge threat
ep 11 colleen – last pagong left
ep 12 sean – not part of original allaince
ep 13 part 1 sue – so richard and rudy didn’t turn on maybe production inteference to avoid kelly keeping it tied.
ep 13 part 2 rudy – too likeable that hed win the jury vote.
final result richard won due to his strategical play over kellys wishywashiness and challenge dominance.
lasted too long – the late tagi members in different ways.\
australian outback
ep 1 deb – annoying
ep 2 kel – smuggling beef jerky social outcast.
ep 3 maralyn – too week in challenges.
ep 4 mitchell – same but also to weaken jerri.
ep 5 kimmi – social outcast.
ep 6 skupin – fell in the fire so wasn’t voted out.
ep 7 jeff varner – only kucha to have votes against.
ep 8 alicia – challenge threat.
ep 9 jerri – annoying her tribe.
ep 10 nick – challenge threat (show implies laziness but that has been disputed)
ep 11 amber – to keep colby loyal?
ep 12 rodger – he wanted to save elizabeth.
ep 13 elizabeth – last kucha
ep 14 keith – so the good guys win although its disputable
final result tinas social game was better than colbys i guess and colbys poor final rpeformance.
africa
ep 1 diane – illness
ep 2 jessie – see above
ep 3 carl – doesn’t need the money.
ep 4 linda – annoying
ep 5 silas – bad swap and leader of the young.
ep 6 lindsay – past votes
ep 7 clarence – too strong in challenges.
ep 8 kelly – falsely accused of tereas throw away vote.
ep 9 brandon – untrustworthy.
ep 10 frank – old fashioned and annoying.
ep 11 kim p – unsure other than being in the minority.
ep 12 tereesa – last samburu revnege for the lex vote earlier.
ep 13 part 1 tom – for trying to betray the alliance and kim having immunity.
ep 13 part 2 lex – kim was closer to ethan.
final result ethans game was socially (excpet at final tribal) strategiaclly and until last two days better in challenges than kim j.
marquesas
ep 1 peter – annoying
ep 2 patricia – bossy
ep 3 hunter – too threatening to boston rob.
ep 4 sarah – too lazy
ep 5 gabriel – not wanting to stay loyal to rotu.
ep 6 gina – wrong side of the numbers.
ep 7 boston rob – too threatening and on wrong side of numbers.
ep 8 john – leader of the rotu 4.
ep 9 zoe – too unpredicatable and crazy.
ep 10 tammy – other leader of rotu 4 and challenge threat.
ep 11 robert – last rotu 4 left.
ep 12 sean – challenge threat.
ep 13 part 1 paschal – there is no reason he got the wrong rock.
ep 13 part 2 kathy – too big a jury threat.
final result neleh betraying the rotu 4 cost her the game sort of.
thailand
ep 1 john – a bit bossy.
ep 2 tanya – illness
ep 3 jed – lazy
ep 4 ghandia – misagony and bad treatment of her due to her being abused by ted as well as sort of waekness.
ep 5 stephenie – lazy
ep 6 robb – wrong side of numbers.
ep 7 shii ann – flipping thinkign there merged.
ep 8 erin – challenge strenngth?
ep 9 ken – cchallenge threat.
ep 10 penny – too openly trying to throw jake junder the bus.
ep 11 jake – last sook jai.
ep 12 ted – to big a all round threat.
ep 13 part 1 helen – jury threat.
ep 13 part 2 jan – clay was considered the joke.
final result brians lack of social skills lamost costs him but challenges and strategy won over clay.
amazon
ep 1 ryan – pre game illness.
ep 2 janet – illness
ep 3 daniel – lazy
ep 4 joanna – annoying
ep 5 jeanne – on the outs of all the tribes.
ep 6 shawna – wanting to quit earlier.
ep 7 rodger bossy.
ep 8 dave – too big a threat.
ep 9 deanna – making the wrong move too early..
ep 10 alex – telling rob he was 4 in the allaince.
ep 11 christy – using the swing votes status too much.
ep 12 heidi – wanting to stay in the game compared to jenna.
ep 13 part 1 butch – on the bottom of the guys alliance.
ep 13 part 2 rob – jury threat.
final result jenna had pretty much all categories over matthew except maybe work etthic so easy win.
part 2 will be pearl islands to panama (which is where the pearl islands are) and maybe more than one per week
Todays news 12th november 2025 wenesday
The nrl has announced its round 1 draw with penrith playing brisbane while the vegas games return (which no one wants).
afl problems with the game solutions and ideas for the future.
i have been meaning to write this for a while and was going to wait till the fixture is out but after another absurd decision of having a wildcard finals system i thought id write this today.
opening round
this is unnescary completly especailly since they now have one game in victoria which to be fair was a required fixture on the 60th aniversery of the saints only flag to date but we don’t need 10 teams to start the year we need all 18 to play week 1 and the afl is going too far with the northern focus over the years such as the addition of hthe suns and giants before tassie without the same stupid conditions and not really giving consideration to the perth market either which i will cover in my next point.
gather round
one of the many problems is its an extra home game for the adelaide sides and an extra match for every club while interesitngly one of the complaints of the fixture last year was the cats having an easy draw they had the hardest gather round match first place crows in adeliade (but they still won amazingly the cats). if they have to keep it they should expand it to having two with the 2nd in perth on fairness as the northern states already have opening round and maybe have the perth clubs play the adeliade clubs those weeks so no team is disadvantaged compltely.
thursday and sunday night footy
has to be severely limited and never during the school term and really should go back to one per year holy thursday on that topic good friday shouldn’t have been a fixture if they keep good friday its hould include north but not two games. also it should not replace saturday as a free to air game at all. and sunday night footy should never be a thing if there has to be one maybe easter sunday night as thats always in the shool holidays. kings birthday eve is an unneeded marque game for the night (always a sunday). on that note i think anzac eve as well should not be an automatic fixture unless it falls on a friday or saturday (anzac day on a weekend).
drafting
father/son rules for clubs near the bottom of the ladder that year doesn’t need to change same wiht accedemy but teams near the top especially constant ones like brisbane, geelong and prrobably collingwood should have massive limitations on who they can get through the system as the draft is meant to help weaker clubs. tasmania needs good picks when they join.
free agency
needs to be csrapped it has never been fair on the weaker clubs and teams like sydney consistantly have abused it. there needs to be encouragement if they keep it for the weaker clubs to get good players.
cost of llving allowance
has to be scrapped if they try and bring it back.
double up fixturing
every team should only have one automatic double up collingwood should not get both richmond essendon and carlton next year only one of tem really as they were 3rd/4th the highest of those was level 11th. the only double ups automatically are adeliaev port, gws v sydny, gold coast v brisbane, freo v west coast but on this year only the sydney and q clashes are acctually really required as they are sort of fair matches the ohters are a long way apart on the ladder. finals rematches should generally be double ups as are big aniverserys this year should be st kilda v collingwood and bulldogs v sydney double ups for the aniversery of breaking 60+ year flag droughts and if the bulldogs get an interstate home team at the g has to be sydney for the same reason.
venues
the only team who should get priority at the mcg is melbourne thats always been their home ground. hawks should only get 1 home game at marvel till the tassie deal ends a year if that as the gs their other home ground and if they play 4 in tassie (which i don’t know if the deal is over now or in 2028 when tassie joins). essendon and carlton should only get 4 at the g per year the traditional maxmium for a non-home ground especially when the tassie deal ends. i’m still torn on the bulldos games at ballarat as its something i never understood but id say no more then 4 per year. suns can keep two games in darwin for now.
thoughts on future clubs
i have no idea on who the 20th side will be the afl will need one eventually but there is no certanity on where there can be one i think maybe a 3rd perth side is the best option at this stage but i have my doubts that or canberra. they need to keep the 10 victorian clubs none can be disolved or relocated and if two have to merge than they should all and that wuold be a logistical nightmare looking at geographacy the most logical ones would be bulldogs/geelong essendon/north, collingwood/carlton, richmond/melbourne, and hawthorn/st kilda the main problem with this your merging two of the clubs with the biggest supporter bases and your merging two of the worse 3 on the field in recent times and no i don’t support that at all also hawthorn and st kilda aren’t located near each other at all geographically but all the others are clearly close to each other so that would be by default. i can’t see south melbourne returning in any form sadly (Fitzroy were folded for financial reasons south didn’t have to leave for sydney). the only options otherwise are canberra and naother regional victorian side likely based in ballarat and i think those might be better. we are years off a northern territory team even if you combine it with north queensland (which should have been selected north queensland before gold coast but thats another story).
pre finals bye
is ruined by wildcard round but has to stay and i don’t think should be moved to before the grand final.
concussion protocols
are needed but maybe scale it depending on how bad it is and needs doctors views.
score review
should have a quick check on all-scores and if questioned do a full review like the nrl.
captains challenge
i think thats a rare idea from the nrl that the afl should adopt so that we don’t have major umpire errors i feel for you crows fans.
wild card finals
one word no.
later season
again no they have to work around the gridiron somehow.
night grand final
no and less night finals i’m glad we don’t have saturday night prelims anymore (its always twillight). also first should get the first pick if they win week 1 of when they play even if it means sydney for instance don’t get their pick of home grounds as in 2012.
marque fiixtures stay or go. regular ones.
richmond v carlotn round 1 keep
essendon v hawthorn round 1 keep
brisbane v collingwood easter thursday keep
hawthorn v geelong easter monday keep
essendon v collingwood anac day maybe alternate who essendon play.
melbourne v richmond anzac eve not needed.
essendon v richmond dreamtime keep
essendon v carlton kings birthday eve scrap
melborune v collingwood kings birthday keep but again sometimes chaneg who melbourne play.
freo anzac round home game keep
gold coast indigenious round darwin keep
melbourne alice springs game scrap it has had no benefit yet maybe should be alteranted.
north bunbury give it time.
hawthorn v brisbane indigenios round don’t know if thats traditional but has been two years in a row around that time so keep for now.
no return to overseas games ie china nz (there once was a practice game in dubai i think in 2008 and in south africa in 1998)
other weird celebrations that don’t get much publicity ie hawthorn v st kilda blue ribbon cup don’t need adjjusting.
after the siren shots on goal should not be allowed or harder to do.
that was a long post hope it gives people room to think
today’s news 11th november 2025 tuesday
the afl has lost their mind introduing a wildcard round for finals which no one is calling for. today is the 50th aniversery of one of the most undemocratic things in australian history the whitlam dismissal which sohuld never have happened at all.
review afghani charcoal kebab house surfers paradise
today i went to this place for lunch and there was hardly anyone there the food was nice but filing and the one staff member was very friendly i had the chicken skewers with chips which was nice not too spicy. overall a good meal recomended it.
score 8/10
place guide lockhart
location – riverina between wagga wagga and narrandra southwest of sydndy northeast of melbourne its in new south wales.
transport – there used to be a passenger train but no longer runs the line is still used rarely for charters due to a former famous resident of the region tim fischer but thats very rare and there are grain trains still serving the town there is a small airstrip as well but no flights.
population – 818
elcetorate – riverina but the region was the home of the former member for farrer tim fischer in nearby boree creek.
attractions – spirit of the land festival (every october), picnic races, museum.
accomdation – small hotels
shops – roadhouse, supermarkets, old things shops. and a few cafes.
catholic church – mass laternating with urana either saturday night (odd weeks) and sunday morning (Even weeks) with urana getting the opposite.
other religions – there used to be a presberteryan church i think. anglican
parkrun – n/a don’t know the closest one.
next time – a small one on deaderang
i will note that with my trip to the gold coast which started yesterday that is not the kind of place i am trying to cover with this segment at this point its more small to mediumm size places not a top 10 biggest city in australia.
review alfresco italaian surfers paradise
this is my brief review of last nights dinner at the alfresco italian returant on the gold coast i had a gf base garlic and cheese pizza which was served quickly and tasted great it was muggy but was likely the weather they were mostly friendly staff once we got in and a great meal. if anything slightly noisy.
score 8.5/10
flight review qf1970 albury to brisbane
yesterday i flew from albury to brisbane as part of my anual holiday this yearit was to the gold coast but flew to brisbane.
flight number qf1970
date november 9 2025
seat number 13f
departed on time from albury 1345
landed brisbane 1432 (one hour time zone difference) (8 minutes early)
aircraft embraer 190
the flight was good not bumpy despite the weather the snack wasn’t something i had but they offered choclates later on which was good crew was friendly and overall a great flight.
score 9/10
today’s news 10th november 2025 monday
cbelsea smashed wolves while city smashed liverpool 3-0 in the premier league on the weekened. crows end saints season while lions beat dees in aflw. strategically voting for independents instead of labor in seats labor can’t win is always risky as you might end getting an independent with almost no say on policy who ends up supporting the libs anyway ie what happened in 2016 which is not good on your concience.
today’s gospel reflection dedication of the lateran basicila
john 2 13-22
this is the story of when jesus encountered people mistreating the temple and forcing the sinners out of the temple annyonig them when he says that he can raise the temple in 3 days and explains the real temple is him explaing about his upcoming reserection and how the deciples eventually realise this at his reserection.
pokemon tf story short on starters
professor elm is short on the johto starters due to an attack and only has one for the last two trainers both female but meets lily the witch who agrees to help but only on the trainers agreemenet the girls arrive and asks if either of them wants to be a pokemon jenny says her dream was to be a cynadaquil and she is suddenly changed into one and becomes maceys starter.
animal tf story birthday ride
a young girl named anne was given a birthday gift of a horse ride but the horses are nervous due to her color of her eyes which are unusual but when she gets on the horse she seems to disappear and fuses with the horse and then seperates but her body is now that of a horse supprsiing her but it makes her get her birthday wish.
pokemon fanfiction tough birth one part story
ash was occasionally having weird dreams about when he was little including a strange girl and him being sick for a while he asks his mum if there is anything to this and she says to head to the tin tower and hunt for a girl called liana on arrival ho-oh appears for a second which drops a rainbow wing than disappears then a girl who is clearly liana says happy birthday to ash and says its time for him to be healed and explains that she is his sister but had to be apart to protect their powers that are designed to help ho-oh as they are part ho-oh supprising ash but understands.
paw patrol fanfiction zumas birthday one part story
zuma has been feeling down lately for not being called for many rescues so ryder decides to give him a supprise a few days on a cruise ship with a friend of his taking him but suddenly the port is attacked by mayor humdinger and when the pups fix it zuma is told to board the ship before he leaves with a young girl (ryders friend) reluctantly he agrees and finds it was his birthday gift and makes him smile.