Text and photo by GEOFF VIVIAN
A review of one of Kavisha’s 2011 concerts gave me the chance convey some of her early history, and some personal memories.
Midland Echo 16 April 2011
Kavisha delivers 16/4/2011
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Ants and termites used to find gold 19/3/14
TEXT BY GEOFF VIVIAN
Scientists have been seriously examining an old prospectors’ trick.
COURTESY AARON STEWART, CSIRO.
Termites and ants can be used to detect base metals and gold to a depth of 1.4 metres.
What was part of Goldfields folklore since the 1920s is now scientific fact.
Science Network [read this story]
An edited version of the story apeared in The Kalgoorlie Miner on 22/3/14
Organ donor nurse wins compo 7/3/2014
POST Newspapers
TEXT BY GEOFF VIVIAN
Organ donor coordinator Susan Frew has won a workers’ compensation case against the agency that handles organ donations in Western Australia.
DonateLife has admitted it made “errors” in the labeling and transport of organs.
The arbitrator awarded Ms Frew the equivalent of about four months’ pay.
She is contesting the decision.
I wrote about some of the incidents that led to Ms Frew taking stress leave and leaving her employment here.
SEALING the OUTBACK – could the Tanami really become a toll road? February 2014
TEXT BY GEOFF VIVIAN
From Truckin’ Life February 2014
The most direct route from the Kimberley to central Australia is the Tanami Track.
About 800 kilometres of this important arterial road is gravel and dirt.
A Kimberley shire has a radical proposal to make it a toll way, charging road trains up to $2,000 to use it, so funds would be available to seal the road.
I explained how this would then open up a major trade route to south-eastern Australia.