My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

In a week where the BBC have gotten into trouble with a Bhopal hoax; there was the lowest cricket defeat by a test side ever; and more bombings taint the "democracy" and "safety of the free Iraqi people"; however, on the homefront, well, namely my homefront - things have been a little more subdued.

I went to a road safety audit on Monday and Tuesday - which was fantastic - the lunch was pretty cool, but more importantly, the course was worthwhile. They had a special segment set aside pointing out all of the issues with Port Macquarie CBD - it had a special place in my heart. Relief is the word I would best use to describe it - relief that not only myself, but, the engineering fraternity at large have realised that landscape designers should not be designing towns and the chaotic crash-inducing mess that is the business district of port macquarie is the result of such meanderings.

The rest of my week involved road safety audits as i treked back up the coast to Port Macquarie. I am over restaurant food - the past couple of days I've been served a meal with a large piece of clear plastic in it which I nearly choked on, and grubs which the chef insisted were not maggots on my chicken and salad on a separate occasion.