BLUE HOPE

24/12/2025

16/12/2025

Just a comment following the incredibly tragic events at Bondi on Sunday…

It never ceases to amaze how the number of 'trained tactical experts' in the world automatically increases exponentially following an event such as this, with each of them happy to provide ‘accurate detailed commentary’ (and then criticism) of the Police response, based on nothing but a couple of pictures posted to social media.

To these ‘expert gunfighters’, on behalf of anyone that has ever been required to carry a duty weapon and/or hurriedly put on a ballistic vest and run towards the noise, not to mention those who have been required to actually engage a real human being, we very respectfully say:

‘F**k right off. And when you get there, f**k off from there too. Then f**k off some more. Keep f**king off until you get back here. Then f**k right off again’.

To the families of the fallen and those brave souls who took care of business, you have our utmost love and respect.

11/12/2025

Three years today.

Never forgotten.

24/11/2025

RIP our friend 💙.

19/11/2025

Happy (half century) Birthday to former QPS member and PT extraordinaire Sally Brouwer. For a long while now, Sally has dedicated her working life to helping others be the absolute best version of themselves.

If there is nothing for you in Sally’s list below, you are dead set walking around with your eyes shut!

Thank you Sally for what you do!

50 LIFE LESSONS

That’s right, I’ve officially reached level 50, which means it’s time to add another lesson/quote to the list I share each year.

I’m not suggesting you should live by these, I'm just keeping with tradition and thought someone may be interested 🙂

▪Let go of your ego.

▪Talk more about what you love than what you hate.

▪Read more.

▪Compliment people publicly and frequently.

▪Live according to your values.

▪Life isn't fair but it's still wonderful.

▪You don't have to have an opinion on everything.

▪Strong is always a good option.

▪Luck comes from hard work.

▪Your health and happiness is your responsibility.

▪No task is beneath you.

▪Work hard, stay humble.

▪See adversity as an opportunity.

▪Never, ever, ever quit. Ever!

▪Be more inclusive. That person is someone else's child.

▪Choose your environment wisely.

▪Complain less, compliment more.

▪Choose education over entertainment.

▪Let the monster see you smile.

▪Some people are investments, some people are bills.

▪Focus your energy on the solution rather than the problem.

▪You make the job, it doesn't make you.

▪You can't win if you're not in the game.

▪Your goals don't care how you feel.

▪The little things really are the big things.

▪No one is coming to save you.

▪Don't forget to sing in the life boats.

▪The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of overcoming it.

▪You become who you spend the most time with.

▪Pursue what is meaningful.

▪The odds increase the more you try.

▪If you give yourself good options you can only make good decisions.

▪Don't ever "need" anyone else.

▪Excuses make today easier but tomorrow harder.

▪The person who has the most fun wins.

▪People will treat you how you allow them to.

▪You have complete control over your attitude and your effort.

▪Always be the hardest worker.

▪Once you have good habits then all you need is patience.

▪There are treasures you won't find at the peak of a mountain.

▪If you're undisciplined you're a slave to your moods and passions.

▪Your attitude to life determines life's attitude toward you.

▪If you want it badly enough you'll find a way to get it.

▪Seek to understand rather than to be understood.

▪The future starts today not tomorrow.

▪Thinking won't overcome fear but action will.

▪There are no days off.

▪Do the right thing, especially when no one is watching.

▪The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

▪Don't just age - evolve 🙂

16/11/2025

WOW! So the Gold Coast's Senior Constable Jade Henderson has recently been recognized as the Guinness World Record holder for most pull ups in one hour.

This superhero knocked out 733 in sixty minutes, eclipsing the previous mark of 725! We understand that Jade pivoted onto the 1hr attempt after an injury whilst training for the 24hr record (some 7000 odd pull ups!) 😳!

If you've spent any amount of time in a gym, you understand how difficult this exercise is!

Congratulations Jade - you are a proper real life Wonder Woman!

INCREDIBLE!

13/11/2025

It has taken a few days for us to process the most dreadful events of Monday this week. Its fair to say that since then every superlative imaginable has quite fittingly been used to describe this man.

To say that he was vital in the evolution of Blue HOPE could not be anymore understated. Quite simply, without his support, we would probably still be just a couple of blokes with good intentions. He is one of the main reasons we have been able to do what we love to do for so long.

Over a friendship spanning the best part of 20 years, we disagreed on plenty. He was fallible but man enough to admit it. He was seriously professional yet profoundly funny. He was famously generous and kind but for the most part, one word comes to mind, he was consistently altruistic, that is to say, having a selfless concern for the well-being of others, without care for one's own interests; unselfish.

This was Ian Leavers described to a tee. This is how we will remember him.

I've read a few times this week words to the effect of 'if this can happen to him, what hope is there for us'.

The hope is that he did not die in vain. Like others before him, his seemingly pointless death has to mean something. It has to continue to galvanize us into doing whatever it takes to prevent another senseless tragedy. More words I know but it's the only way I can make sense of it.

The day you left the Union we gasped. The day you died we cried.

I remember discussing some bad press with him once, some particularly nasty vitriol that had left a mark on him. It made me think that aside from the president and the politician, this man was a dad, a son and a brother, desperately like many of us, trying to do his best to successfully swap hats as required.

But he was also our steadfast friend. A man you could ultimately count on.

Leavo you will be loved always, respected fiercely and missed often.

RIP.

10/11/2025

No words.

12/10/2025

5 years Cookie.

Never forgotten.

12/10/2025

10 years Sim.

I can still hear you laugh.

Never forgotten.