In a landscape filled with wireless, mobile, handheld and remote gadgets – I did wonder, can I log onto my blog and contribute anything valuable from the console of my i-phone. Sitting in a Fish Restuarant in Houston airport, this test is hardly a challenge like the back roads of Uzbekestan, but none the [...]

Back in December 2009 I covered the exploits of my friend Duffy Sheardown and his pursuit of a new career beyond motorsports – as a Chocolatier. I expounded the values of niche marketing and the parallels between what we started at WEVO in 1996 and what Duffy initiated in 2009. On the first steps to fame, [...]

In January I had the opportunity to pour some much needed attention onto the Australian contingent of my fleet – very gratifying. Thankfully, it has not been since the late 90′s that my collection was spread over 3 continents. These days my relatively stagnant fleet is corralled in two locations and although roughly 12,000km separate [...]

I have been on some epic road trips in my time. I love the sense of crossing vast or significant distances at a steady and incremental pace. I especially love a road trip with a utility purpose – which in my case will have been towing a boat or car for one reason or another. [...]

In April of 2009 when Tracey and I were on a brief visit to Australia, I had the opportunity to visit the ECU Motorsports workshops at Joondalup and talk with half a dozen of the ECU, Formula SAE team who were completing the 3rd year of the ECU Bachelor of Technology (Motorsports) course that uses the FSAE [...]