Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race – vantage points for the starting gun!
If you’re in Brisbane at Easter time and the spectacle of hundreds of racing yachts is something that rings your bells, then get on board the MV Lady Brisbane and get up close for this annual boating event. Brisbane Cruises, hosts this annual cruise where passengers can enjoy the race from a great position near […]
The stately lady of the Brisbane River – Lady Brisbane.
How many businesses can you think of who have done the same thing for 37 years, expanded, contracted, expanded again, employed 100 people, suffered flood losses, returned to business, pivoted, and all while maintaining timber vessels? Brisbane Cruises Pty Ltd is one such company. Having divested itself of the Kookaburra River Queens who went on […]
When poor management becomes bullying.
Recently, a good friend of mine has been experiencing a long stint of being bullied by her two managers in the Public Service. The first manager was acting in a managing position above my friend, who used to manage her. The manager above this person has been wreaking havoc for a few years. Now things […]
Switch off….and switch on to the present
As I sit in three lanes of thick, crawling traffic on the way to the city one morning – something I rarely have to do, thankfully – there’s always time to look at what’s going on around me on the roadsides. Strangely, traffic jams do sometimes give us headspace to just “nothing” and to be […]