Last Sunday several family members including myself trekked out to Whiteman Park to visit the clubrooms of the Northern Corridor Radio Group to see Dad’s ham radio tower in its new home.
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A week ago I sent my beloved Pumpkin into oblivion. There are many things I’d like to say about him, but I also need to unpack what it was like to end a life. (Triggers, obviously.)
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This is a slideshow I put together of the photos taken during the tower disassembly last Saturday. Small warning - I find the ending terribly sad, but I imagine that's only because I'm so close to it all.

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Just home now from Mum's place where today she held another garage sale for Dad's radio gear.

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Tomorrow is March 10 2012, and it marks two very different anniversaries.

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A quick word to say thank you everyone for your support. Again. ( Read more... )

A friendly word of advice to the world at large and the tiny cowering remains of my core personality and identity: I am experiencing a bout of Clinical Depression.

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This is the longer version of Dad's story from which a shorter eulogy was derived and read by my sister Judith at the funeral. For the curious (and this one time only), Judith is London-Based Sister, and she flew back today.

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This is the text of Dad's eulogy as read by his best mate of 60 years Wally Howse VK6KZ. A lifelong family friend, he is known to me as Uncle Wally and is the only holder of honorary family status.

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This post includes my part of the eulogy for Dad spoken at his funeral today (formatted for speech rather than text). There are others to come, and many tributes from friends and colleagues to be recorded here. It was a good service, with about 120 attending and many more apologies. It was standing room only at the chapel.

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