Let me make this clear, Parliament has decided to review education in Tasmania, and they have absolutely no idea the purpose nor what they are supposed to be looking into. If you want an uneducated response, then this is it writ large. It's retrofitted decision-making with the only objective being political expediency.
Read MoreTo paint a picture of parliament in the 1980s, it was a time when smoking was permitted in the chamber and tobacco companies would send boxes of cigarettes to members who could 'enjoy' a mid-question time 'dart'.
For those with experience or interest in the parliamentary process, the first thing you look for on a new sitting of the state parliament is where members sit.
Read MoreTo explain the heat of the day, I fed water to a parched blue tongue lizard straight from the bottle!
Our party thought the situation brilliant, comical in fact, but there were others who were worried.
The train was full of passengers from Europe and Asia and visitors like us who had chosen to leave an island to visit another.
The locomotive had seen tougher days, but it had also seen better days.
Read MoreIt's utter madness on two wheels and participants regularly die.
It's difficult to watch the families of the Isle of Man TT racers when they are interviewed.
Some can't endure the visual coverage and listen to race radio while others don't attend.
Children, young and some not so young, huddle around the trailer sites listening for information.
When a red flag is signaled from the control tower to mark suspension of the session and that the race must stop, panic ensues.
Read MoreBut as the episode of the Working Dog’s masterpiece Utopia, about a federal government infrastructure department, which has been shared on social media in recent days suggested, we didn’t want nor ask for a stadium. The stadium was thrust upon us, a key ingredient in a totally disrespectful ultimatum that was never part of the average punter’s understanding.
Read MoreWe are island people who escape to islands. We move from relative obscurity and isolation to deeper isolation in the hope of finding peace.
It is a difficult to comprehend character trait for those who are not us but for those who call Tasmania home, it is the way we are - determined and courageous in the face of difficulty or challenge yet protective of our space.
And that's why I am a rock hopper, as difficult as it may seem.
