Around a third of Australian school kids now attend a non-Government school. The difference between school fees can be enormous, even for schools in the same catchment area.  For example, my children are in the Catholic system and the fees are around $10,000 a year just for tuition. A non-Catholic private school in the same area charges around $30,000. With school fees accounting for a ma... read more>

Storage….we all need it. Whether it’s for hobby items, treasured belongings or for your home run business products. In Mid 2016 I completed some home renovations to give us a couple of extra bedrooms. After ruthlessly throwing a lot of stuff out, I still had family memories I couldn’t part with. Things like my children’s first drawing from kindy, my old school uniform and dad’s flying log bo... read more>

Most teenagers count down the seconds until their 17th birthday, at which point they make a B-Line to the RMS to secure their highly coveted drivers licence.  It’s a ticket to freedom. No longer do you have to pester your parents for a ride. No longer will you patiently wait at platform 4 for a red rattler to wherever. It’s just you, your first car, your mates, and an appointment with the ne... read more>

In the past 6 months I’ve had the privilege to meet some amazing people on our Daily Drive Radio Show, sponsored by the FiftyUp Club. Here's one of those stories:  As a child, Vicki Wilson dreamed about one day becoming a professional ballerina. Vicki was 4 years old when a teacher suggested to her mother that she try ballet as a way of seperating from her mum who she was very close to. G... read more>

He’s shorn close to two million sheep in a career spanning six decades, and now one of Australia’s most well-respected shearing contractors is going to be inducted into the Shearers Hall of Fame.  Ron started work as a rouseabout at Winton when he was 13 years old. He was shearing by the age of 17 and one of his most prized possessions – “a family heirloom” – is the 25 carat gold handpiece g... read more>