European train travel on the right track.

Reflecting on our recent 5 week journey through Europe – Switzerland, France & Italy – my wife and I agreed our decision to choose a train for all of our intercity travel, and most of our day trips, was a major contributor to what proved to be a thoroughly...

Dog breeds to make you smile!

Our daughter recently added a Labradoodle to her family, and this caused me to think about the many new breeds that are possible via creative cross breeding. Here’s a few to hopefully make you smile:- Collie + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy...

Over-65’s too engaged to quit workforce

Appearing on the front page of News Ltd’s papers nationally a few weeks ago was an article on the increasing numbers of Australians over age 65 remaining in the workforce. The headline read “Over-65’s too broke to quit workforce”. Does this include Rupert Murdoch and...

Hope I die before I get old – or my super runs out!

In their 1965 hit My Generation, British group The Who sang one of Rock’s most famous lines — “ I hope I die before I get old”. The teenage fans of 1965 are today’s leading-edge Baby Boomers, who have seemingly changed the lyrics to “ I hope I die before my super runs...

The Benefits of becoming an Encore Entrepreneur

Yet another study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, involving 2.6 million mature-age workers, has found 13% never want to retire, and 41% intend to transition into part-time work before they retire. That’s over 1 million people hoping to leave full-time work and...