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Category: 2023 East Australian Tour
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Series of Articles on Traveling through Life
Series Introduction: The Series of Articles on Traveling through Life (1–6) documents the intellectual and existential road trips of Dr. Neville Buch between 2022 and 2026. This series analyses the thematic triad of landscape, travel, and thought, framing physical transit as a “cathartic-therapeutic-life accounting experience”. The series is grounded in Dr. Buch’s foundational axiom that…
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The Story of the 2026 Canberra Trip: Intellectual Lessons
The Story of the 2026 Canberra Trip 22 June 2026 Dr Neville Buch I am alive. That is what is the most extraordinary thing about a road trip. That you survived the road and the sojourn of the unfamiliar landscape. The feeling is of a solider returning home from war, although much less traumatic. Let…
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Poor Dynamic of Cognition: Historical Case – Reactionary Phenomenon (Resistance)
Abstract This essay examines the systemic cognitive pathology characterizing the Queensland Cabinet’s resistance to the heritage listing of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) under Premier Johannes Bjelke-Petersen. By applying the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis identifies the poor cognitive dynamics driven by an aggressive obsession with State sovereignty and a narrow “techné mindset”…
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Tackling Australian Historical Ignorance Head-On
Said in a tradition of Australian politicians. I was thinking this morning would Australians talk of “defending the constitution”. Would they know what they were defending? Certainly, defending the Australian constitution is not defending gun rights, nor free speech, nor “inalienable rights”. If we were to defend the Australian constitution, then there…
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The Spectrum of Thinking in The Politics of Quora Project
The Spectrum of Thinking in The Politics of Quora Project Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 https://www.academia.edu/145517000/The_Spectrum_of_Thinking_in_The_Politics_of_Quora_Project The Spectrum of Thinking in The Politics of Quora Project Abstract: Quora is an American social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded…
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ANZACmania, Australia, and America
“…What we find today is the complete absence of the kind of concern with Americanization which one found in the United States in the 1880 to 1922 period. And this is a real problem. Possibly only in Australia, among the countries with mass immigration, does one find a basic concern for integrating and creating…
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I love to drive the highways, the skyways: The Message, Still Corners
I love to drive the highways, the skyways Just to get lost I pass so many places But won’t brake cos I can’t break your heart Driving ’till dawn Call you from the station Leaving you a message that I’m gone I’m gone Seasons change so fast They don’t last And the leaves…
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DAY 4 2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
You find the peace of the Australian country in the early morning of Gumly Gumly. Day 3 was a stay outside of Wagga Wagga at the Australian Homestead Motor Lodge. Partly rested and partly designing another, and more effective, explanation of my philosophy and history. The paper is published here. Motel owners…
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DAY 2 2023 EAST AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Image 1: Facade of the 1887 Italianate style rendered brick with balustrade parapet building, in the rural town of Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia. Photo 149222058 / Glen Innes © Antonio Ribeiro | Dreamstime.com My mate Ian and I love Glen Innes, NSW. It is a typical Australian country town if such…
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DAY 1 2023 EAST AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Image 1: Neville leaving home for a month, at 12:00 p.m. 8 April 2023 It was the day after my eldest daughter’s wedding, and I had to get away. I needed to be in Canberra on Tuesday anyway, and leaving on Saturday meant that I could have one of those road adventures where you…