It is always interesting to see what the day will bring on the 12th of each month and today was another very different and varied day.

It started out with a visit to Lions Bargain Centre to drop off a couple of old stoves we had accumulated over the years. The Bargain Centre is where Lions Club members have provided the Blackwood community with the opportunity to “dispose” of their unwanted saleable goods which have been turned into cash and in turn donated back to many worthwhile local recipients.

Only problem was when I had loaded up the stoves and started to head off, one of the new tyres on the Fire Camry was flat. The tyre was not even a day old yet …. so out with the compressor and dropped off the stoves. Like lost things that are dropped off, you don’t even get them off the trailer and someone has bought them. It is a busy spot on a Saturday morning.

I busied myself with helping out the Australian Government by being a Tax Commissioner. In other words I started on the quarterly BAS statement where I work out what tax I have collected on behalf of the Government and send them a cheque. One day I should send them an invoice for the time it takes to collect the tax on their behalf.

It was then time to make my way out to Speedway City for volunteer duty on the Fire & Rescue Crew. Of course I grabbed a couple of caches on the way out and home as well.

It was a quiet night with small fields for most races until the novelty Ramp Jump Race where old cars with basically a roll cage head round the track going over 4 ramps while trying to stay upright and not catch fire. It is really a Demolition Derby with jumps. Even though we didn’t have any fires, there was plenty of rollovers and fuel spills.

The most spectacular part of the night was the sunset with red clouds away towards the east and orange clouds on the horizon to the west.

Until next month – I am on call on the 12th March so anything is possible …..