Peter Dannock @peterdannock

Peter Dannock last shared their writing West Gate Bridge

When the partially complete West Gate Bridge collapsed in October 1970, thirty-five people were killed when one of the box-girder spans collapsed while the bridge was under construction.

The West Gate Bridge workers were a highly unionised workforce. Safety concerns over the construction method of the bridge, and disputes over workers'...

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Long live the roadster

Owning a fun convertible sports car is often the dream of many people, and it is not as hard to achieve as you might think. Many of those dreams started with recollections of the British and European sports cars of the '60s and '70s, like the MGB, Lotus Elan and...

ANCAP

The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) is a new vehicle safety rating based on a five-star score, where five stars are the highest safety rating and zero starts the lowest. Cars assessed with a safety rating of five stars are the safest cars on Australian roads.

To get a five-star...

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Winners are grinners!

In 2010, Brendon Gale, a former AFL player of the Richmond Football Club, was appointed the club's CEO. At the time of his appointment, the Richmond Football Club had not won a premiership for thirty years, its membership was only 35,000, and it had a debt of $1 million.

The Richmond...

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Making their mark

I finished watching the seven-part Prime Video series "Making Their Mark" today. It was a documentary following players, coaches, and club administrators from the Australian Football League (AFL), during the pandemic interrupted 2020. I must have got a little bit of dust in my eye whilst watching the last episode,...

Automated Quick Steps

I recently wrote about using Quick Steps in Microsoft Outlook to do simple tasks in my quest to keep my email inbox empty. But my efforts to maintain my 'Inbox Zero' status doesn't end there. To complement these Quick Steps, I have also implemented some simple workflow automations with Microsoft...

Email Quick Steps

I am a bit of an 'Inbox Zero' type person who likes to have an empty inbox at all times. I want to read a message once and then action it in some way.
There are only two actions that I need to consider:Moving an email message to an archive folder,...

Kitchen makeover

My wife and I have done some renovations to freshen up our aging kitchen in the past four years. We have added new benchtops, cupboard handles and appliances for a cost-effective and quick makeover.

This year, when our interior designer made a few suggestions for the kitchen, it appears to have...

Licking our wounds

I recently wrote about a poor investment we made in Far North Queensland when we purchased an investment property. The property value is now lower than what we paid, so we are destined to lose when we sell it.

The good news is that we got an offer on the property...

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Lewis Hamilton

The Formula 1 season begins tonight, with the Bahrain Grand Prix only a few hours away from starting. And though the season is yet to begin, there is already speculation about which drivers will be on the move to a new team or ousted for 2022.

The Mercedes Formula 1 team...

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No one can tackle Dusty

One of the critical aspects of playing Australian Rules football is the ability to tackle. Tackling a player can allow your team to impede a player's progress, force a free kick or stoppage and give your team the best chance to get the ball back and advance it down the...