Well, it’s been a while. Apologies to all those who missed my charm and online banter. For those that did not, you have had a nice break, the holiday is over.

I was reading through the Cairns Post online this morning and found a lovely little story about the Cairns Yacht Club – or should I say the “restored Cairns Yacht Club” now the centrepiece of the student hub at JCU in Smithfield.  You can read the story online and see the nice picture of the happy students.

Now – let me be perfectly clear.  I think the students at JCU absolutely deserve new facilities – it’s great that they have a new student hub and I wish them the best and hope they make the most of it.  Enjoy!

But .. (you knew that was coming I bet) – it is a subtle bit of continued politics that the Cairns Post continue to refer to this facility as the “restored Cairns Yacht Club”.  This adds legitimacy to the flawed process that had it removed in the first place, the con-job that was pulled on the Cairns public and stupidity that has added further expense to an already flawed process.

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