In my latest book Yanks in the Outback, I mention a program I wrote to calculate the ground station antenna pointing angles for “looking” at a geosynchronous satellite.  I came across the program in one of my folders and thought “Why not share it?”  Who knows, there may be a few folks interested to know […]

“Yanks in the Outback” ABC radio interview … Stopped by the ABC radio studio in Alice Springs on Thursday 9 Jul 2015 and had a “yarn” with Mark Jeffery about my new book Yanks in the Outback: A story of Woomera, South Australia, the Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar (JDFN) and the First Gulf War. Click […]

Here’s a story I didn’t inlcude in my new book Yanks in the Outback: A story of Woomera, South Australia, the Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar (JDFN) and the First Gulf War. Should I update the book to include this entry?  Let me know … *** I learned a new Australian phrase today. My lesson came […]

In my new book, Yanks in the Outback: A story of Woomera, South Australia, the Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar (JDFN) and the First Gulf War, I write about a very important subject – Vegemite.  It seemed one of the biggest perks about working at the Woomera tracking station was the free vegemite sandwiches!  You see, the […]

Here’s a snippet from my new book Yanks in the Outback.  I was having a bit of fun with the lunch ladies about their kickin Aussie accents! *** Phony Australian Accents 29 May 1990 Tuesday I’m amazed at the Australian accent; or any accent for that matter.  I guess I’m just lost in my own […]